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Grande Real Santa Eulalia Apartments, Albufeira

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Price by departure month

Per person, 7 nights, 2 adults — cheapest of ten UK airports. Going in Dec 26 instead of Aug 27 saves £912 per person (69%).
£200£550£900£1,250SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

Dec 26 in Algarve averages a daily high of 18°C with about 7 wet days — £23 per °C, per person.

Leaving soon

Imminent departures we currently hold for this hotel.
2026-08-15 · 3 nights · Glasgow Intl£680 pp
2026-08-29 · 7 nights · London Gatwick£1,054 pp
2026-09-14 · 7 nights · London Gatwick£1,063 pp
2026-08-22 · 7 nights · Glasgow Intl£1,287 pp

School holidays & term time

Fixed weeks, re-priced every capture.
depart-7d£680 · 15 Aug 26
depart-14d£1,287 · 22 Aug 26
depart-21d£1,054 · 29 Aug 26
depart-35d£1,063 · 14 Sept 26

What guests actually say

From 25 recent reviews · 76% of them mention the food
Location 4.6Sleep Quality 4.3Rooms 4.2Service 4.4Value 4.1Cleanliness 4.5
Food. 19 of 25 reviews mention it — 9 positive, 1 critical.
  • “Drinks, Meals and snacks are overpriced when compared to other bars and restaurants just a short walk from the hotel.”
  • “Hotel refuses to allow a shortened stay even though service/food terrible and everyone unhappy.”
  • “We arrived yesterday - room air con not working, food buffet terrible and very limited, sent to hotel pizza Restuarant which was also not good.”
  • “The hotel say we must rather just eat breakfast here and get an uber to another restuarant for lunch and dinner.”

Counted by keyword across review sentences — a rough guide, not a sentiment score.

3/5Overpriced and did not feel like a 5 star resortCouples · 1 Jul 26

Pool toilet doors do not lock leaving guest feeling exposed & vulnerable Ridiculous queues for breakfast with not enough seating and inadequate space to walk between tables with waiting staff and other guests bumping into chairs of seated dinners which detracted from the dining experience. I don’t expect to be charged for sunbeds on the…

3/5Only ok1 Jul 26

Stayed with my son for a week in july Room is a bit dated but was very clean The hall porter was very helpful on check in,very friendly.breakfast was absolutely packed each morning,my son arrived at 1030 one morning and the young lady at the podium pointed out the time to him,very petty for a hotel that claims five star service,food was o…

5/5Relaxing but yet so much to doCouples · 1 Jul 26

My husband and I had the best time at Grande Real. We were able to relax and also able to do so much. We went Old Town, New Town, beautiful beaches with beautiful sunsets, marina in Vilamoura, a winery tour and much more. This hotel is very centrally located. We did do a spa day at the hotel, and that is the one thing this hotel needs…

1/5Unfortunate1 Jul 26

I’m a night two of staying at this hotel and I came with a lot of hopes for it to be an amazing hotel unfortunately number of issues have beenfound which I already emailed the Hotel and Management. Location is beautiful rooms are nice but cleanliness room service and stop at the pool area. Have a number of issues which need to be address…

1/5Hotel refuses to allow shortened stay1 Jul 26

Hotel refuses to allow a shortened stay even though service/food terrible and everyone unhappy. They refuse to refund a pre-paid week long stay via bookings.com. Bookings.Com currently to get a refund now but they also refusing to negotiate with them. We arrived yesterday - room air con not working, food buffet terrible and very limited…