Apartment Al Gharb

Perfect place to spend the winter months. We had everything we needed for an extended stay. Great view of the ocean every day. Close to cliffs, beach, hiking trails, grocery stores, restaurants. Harald was an exceptional host - very responsive to any issues, good communicator, quick to act on our requests, easy to work with, and, as a bonus, provided free oranges and lemons most days from his orchard. We would highly recommend this accommodation in the beautiful Algarve!

The apartment is lovely, very clean and the hosts (brother and sister team) were very responsive to answer any queries or problems we had and came to help within a few minutes. It's advertised as being a 3 minute walk to the closest beach. It's not far but more like 7 minutes as it's a steep walk down/up a cliff via steps. An older person would definitely struggle (as did my mother), so we had to take the car which is only a 2 minute drive but then have to walk to the beach (again quite steep). Better to take the car and drive to Carvoeiro's beach 6 minutes away as easier to access. Would have been useful to have a microwave to heat food. Had to use saucepans which is longer and more washing up but wasn't a big deal. A little cheeky that you have to pay extra for the air conditioning. Overall, a great stay in an excellent apartment with 2 shower rooms which are very useful when there's 4 people. Would recommend them.

Great holiday in a very good location. About as close to the beach as you can get.

We’re very satisfied from stay in Harald’s place. The house was neat and as good as we expected. The location is very good. Harald was very friendly. He also helped us find a rental car, while other company refused to rent one for us due to lack of credit card. We do recommend ;)

Overall great.

A great apartment in a nice location. As I said in my previos review following my visit in September 2011 you can easily walk to the beach and there is also a supermarket, cafes and restaurants within walking distance - The Tropical Bar is great for breakfast and very reasonable.... Access to the cliff to walk is a very short walk away and if you can also walk into Carvoeiro if you want to go a bit further - still not far but you may want to hop into taxi for the return trip..... Whilst there is no real need to hire a car if you do you will discover a beautiful coastline with lots of stunning hidden beaches. We really loved Portugal on our first visit, said we would be back and will be again....

I have stayed at this apartment on several occasions and cannot praise it enough. The owners have taken great care in decoration and furnishings making the stay home from home. The front bedroom opens onto a balcony with sea views in the mornings and wonderful sunsets of an evening. The apartment is in a very safe area you can be on your own as I have been, with friends or with children. Your are only a 5 minute walk from a small beach with a very good restaurant, 20 minutes walk from Caveroeiro a lovely town with great restaurants and shopping. Very reasonable taxi fares. The local family run taxi firm will be able to take you to some lovely beaches and restaurants if you do not want tostay in the area. I shall be going again . Rita. want to stay in the area. I shall definately be going again tnis year. Rita There is also a small parade of shops and eateries within 2 minutes walk with very friendly and helpful patrons. Can highly recommond the supermarket and Helders (breakfast the best) Just give it a try you will want to return again and again There is a small parade of shops and eateries within two minutes walk from the apartment all very friendly