Turim Estrela do Vau Hotel

We (2 adults and 3 teens) enjoyed our stay here. Staff very friendly and welcoming, pools good, rooms spacious and clean (cleaned twice in the week) and well equipt apart from lack of oven (but we ate out) lovely large balcony with pool/seaview. Alvor about 6 mins by car lively with great shops/restaurants. My complaint with the hotel itself is we found it a little "dead"no music at pool side and no entertainment. I think families with young children could struggle. Also not really within walking distance to anywhere. We rented car from Faro airport so went everywhere by car, or on 2 occassions taxi to praia da rocha ***** (6€). Albufeira worth visiting is you like a lively resort and also spalsh and slide very good for the price. All together we had a lovely stay and would return to estrella do vau hotel if the price was right!

Incredibly average. Best thing I can say is that it was clean. The cafe by the pool which is completely separate from the hotel was also good. As for the hotel itself: - No gym as advertised, sign for the fitness centre had been hidden under a laminated sign for the toilet. - No entertainment, at all. - Ordered 2 cocktails in the mostly empty hotel bar. Took 25 minutes, the last 5 was so that the barman could find and cut a lime into the shape of a sun. - Bit of a hole in general, couldn’t walk down the ***** without being offered ***** every 20 or so metres.

Just returned from a lovely stay. Was very nervous after reading some of the comments. To correct a few things written below, there is WiFi in rooms, pool is no colder than any other, no issue with inflatables in pool. The apar**ents are really spacious and spotlessly clean. All the utensils you need. The pools are really nice, all of the staff are very helpful. Pool bar had really nice food and snacks. Yes, there are certain elements of the hotel that are slightly aged. The tiles around the pool are in need of replacing and not ideal for kids. We were there in late September so didn't expect much entertainment anyway but it does seem to be very quiet. It is a short taxi/uber ride into Alvor but Uber is great and it's a short walk to the beach. All in all, having paid a lot more for very similar hotel setups previously, given the value for money , we could not fault Estrella do Vau. Thanks for an enjoyable time.

Had 2 bedroom apar**ent which was huge, great view of the pool. Tried the restaurant one evening and very disappointed by the buffet, not much choice especially for children, lots of dishes empty. Very clean and had everything we needed. Not close to amenities though. Would recommend

Our of 5 family had a lovely holiday at turim estrela do vau. The location is beautiful, not near town so quieter, close to a stunning beach, the Atlantic sea is cold, despite the weather being very hot. We did swim and it was very refreshing, abit too cold for one of our sons though. There is a bar, restaurant and snack bar at the hotel. We drank at the bar but didn't eat there, as mainly self catered. Highly recommend the sangria! The room is clean, comfortable, and big, we enjoyed our air conditioning as the weather was hot at 35°+. The appartement was a little tired in places and security wasn't the best, we had a ground floor appartement and locks on the windows didn't all work. However no issues, the balcony was fabulous and we loved eating on it and were able to enjoy the live music from bar. It was perfect for our family, as all quiet by midnight at the latest. No problems with noise in the appar**ent. I would recommend hiring a car as it is not near shops and town. However it is the perfect base to explore from with a massive free car parking area. We enjoyed going to zoo marine and had a fabulous boat trip to the caves. The hotel also has lovely swimming pools we enjoyed. The reception staff were wonderful, 5 star and our children have great memories being given sweets at reception. Our daughter made friends with Vivian who made her paper aeroplanes and she loved seeing her everytime we went through reception. We would recommend this hotel and we love to come back.

Apar**ents, large and very clean , reception and cafe staff very friendly kind and helpful generally can’t fault the staff . Pool large loads of room although it really upset the kids that they weren’t allowed any inflatables in the pool . Made no sense to us as there was always so much space it wasn’t the busiest pool maybe because it was freezing the kids could only manage 20 minutes at a time as they would start shivering. Distance to anywhere you need a taxi but it wasn’t too much of a problem as all friendly and very cheap especially Uber . Kids looked forward to kids club before we got there but they were never able to go as it was always empty . Hotel entertainment in the day zero not even any music around the pool . Evening entertainment shocking started too late started 9.30 and only lasted 30 mins and bar prices very expensive. Wouldn’t personally return mainly because entertainment for the kids was poor , no inflatables in pool and a little far from anywhere when people said 10 mins for shop they must of meant for mo farah !!

The hotel itself is very clean, safe and quiet the staff were welcoming and helpful. Room is cleaned and fresh towels every three days but it's to be expected with the size of the rooms. Nice touch with the washing up pack for the dishes, plenty of free shower gel and shampoo. Decor dated but adds to the Portuguese effect! The pool was great for the kids with poolside entertainment some days. Evening entertainment every night in the shell bar. I would 100% recommend to anyone with families. Fantastic value for money!! Need taxis to and from porta mayo but can walk to and from if wanted to.

We arrived at the hotel and met a lovely lady by the name of Audrey who checked us in and made us feel welcome. That process was smooth but didn’t understand why we had to give a €100 deposit but.. the room was spacious and ok for us. We had breakfast on a morning and all I would say is that the glasses or tea cups (also the cups in the room) could be a bit larger, and also there could be veggie sausages etc for those who don’t eat pork, after a few days I was tired of eating same thing every morning so didn’t have breakfast some days. I asked about the gym area and was told it’s been closed since the plandemic, but don’t understand why it’s still not open for use. The pool table could be free or even if charged I would say 50p or €1 as €2 is a bit too much for 1 game. Sometimes we wanted to go to the pool in the evening when we came back from a day out and it was a bit cooler but the pool area closed quiet early in the evening (around 7) and the showers could do with working so people could rinse off before entering or upon leaving the pool (maybe this why you could see all the dirt etc in the pool water). I was recommended to go to their other hotel by a member of staff, Turin presendente which is apparently much better.. The beach wasn’t too far away, there’s no local shop nearby so you have to walk to near the beach or into Portimao town. We took Ubers to have days out and go on excursions. We enjoyed our holiday and these are just a few things I’ve written that could be changed or updated.

We spent a glorious week at Estrella Do Vau. We were greeted by lovely Audrey on reception and we were so well looked after by Paulo, Solange, Daniela, Alio, Jarderson, Diogo, Beatrix and Maria in the restaurant. We also found the food, service and staff at Starfish restaurant really wonderful, especially the lovely girl who served us each time ...short hair. Our accommodation was perfect and we hope to return again in the future. Thank you to all involved.