Sol e Mar Adults Only

Portugal , Algarve
ALBUFEIRA, Rua Jose Bernardino De Sousa, 12
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100 reviews shown

10/10

Exceptional

05 Mar 2026

Austin

clean room beach wqs amazing and location couldnt be better

Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Feb 2026

Terry

Staff

Partner

4/10

Poor

25 Feb 2026

Kevin

Very basic beach hotel. The service was very poor. I would avoid this hotel. They do not like to provide clean towels upon request. Very centrally located but there are better options in the area.

10/10

Exceptional

07 Feb 2026

michelle

Amazing hotel 8rbfiryfiwlk fo

6/10

Pleasant

12 Jan 2026

Alireza

Staff great. Room had foul and horrible smell. Like dirty laundry

10/10

Exceptional

29 Dec 2025

Anne Rikke

God beliggenhed, venligt personale, rent værelse hver dag, lige i centrum, særdeles anbefalingsværdig!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Dec 2025

William

Nice room, nice view, nice location

10/10

Exceptional

04 Dec 2025

Hannah

Perfect stay for a solo traveller looking for peace and quiet. Spacious and tidy room. Good food for half board stay. Old town within walking distance. Polite and welcoming staff. Would definitely stay here again.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

27 Nov 2025

Joshua

Beautiful room, perfect view

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Nov 2025

Craig

Hotel is wonderful, great views. Only faulr is a hard bed.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Nov 2025

IGNACIO A G

Alem da ótima equipe e dos serviços a vista que se tem do quarto é espetacular assim como a localização pé na areia.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Nov 2025

Miguel

Comfortable room.
Great breakfast!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Nov 2025

Sean

The room was very clean. The common areas in the hotel were also very clean and well maintained. Friendly staff. Beautiful view and right in the center of all the action.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

31 Oct 2025

Anthony

Location is perfect. On the beach and close to everything. Sea view from every room. Spotless rooms. Breakfast buffet is good but repetitive. Great staff.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Oct 2025

Judith

Excellent location, Clean updated rooms, nice staff, awesome buffet breakfast.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Oct 2025

Mitesh

Views and location are unbeatable

Self

10/10

Exceptional

17 Oct 2025

Maryse

Beautiful property located on the beach with several restaurants, bars and shopping across the street from the hotel. Friendly and accommodating staff.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

11 Oct 2025

Donna

The view is spectacular, you're right on the beach. Staff attentive and friendly. Rooms are spacious, modern and clean. Buffet breakfast is good, I liked the fresh fruit ,my husband liked everything else. Easy access to beach, restaurants and shopping. Top floor bar is great, friendly bar tender, piano player/singer was great and great drinks. Gellato was amazing at beach level. Had lunch at beach bar, food was good and plentaful. Bed and linens are great, has good air conditioning. Modern shower, spacious room with safe, hangers and shampoo, conditioner and body wash. No body lotion, but not a issue. Great place to stay

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

05 Oct 2025

VINCENT

Cleanliness

Very clean

Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Sep 2025

Palvi

it was ok

10/10

Exceptional

19 Sep 2025

Marshall

This hotel is amazing. The staff were all amazing and it's in a perfect location. Walking distance to anything you might want..we loved it 💗

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Sep 2025

Kristine

The hotel is in an AMAZING location on the best beach and right in Old Town! So convenient and close to all the fun, dining, partying and shopping! Hotel rooms are pretty basic but have lovely decks overly the ocean abd beach. The lobby etc was very gorgeous with comfortable seating and bar overlooking the ocean too. Breakfast was very nice with nice options. Would highly recommend staying here!

10/10

Exceptional

06 Sep 2025

Natalie

Great location, close to everything.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

31 Aug 2025

Eric Wayne

This is advertised as Adults-Only. However, all the rooms are above the promenade. While there are no children in the hotel lobby, each room is filled with noise from loud children, the beach, music, and late night parties. Things did not quiet down until after midnight.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Aug 2025

Jose

Beautiful location and close to great entertainment and dining!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Aug 2025

brian

All good

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jul 2025

Digna

The staff was so accommodating and wonderful. The hotel is conveniently located both on the beach and near wonderful restaurants and nite life. We felt very safe in Albufeira. To all staff and Jose, thank you!

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Jul 2025

Karen

It is a beautiful hotel with ocean front view, dining areas and swimming. The staff are very good, pleasant and helpful. I would return there again. The only negative comment I would share about the room is that they only give you 1 bottle of water in your room upon arrival and then you need to pay to have it replenished. Also, the lounge chairs are 10 Euros each per day and beach towels need to be rented as well.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

21 Jul 2025

Mandy

The property itself looks like the photos, however the lack of facilities made it poor value for money, hotel states coffee machine however, you only get one coffee pod each for arrival along with one small bottle of water, and then have to purchase any more coffee pods that you want from them - this is a 4 star hotels and not cheap so you would expect better!! you also only get one tea bag each. No where on their website is there a picture of the indoor pool, we discovered it by accident after leaving the hotel and going through the downstairs restaurant/bar! This was small and uninviting - hence no photos! It didn’t even appear that this was attached to the hotel as you had to leave through the exit. Hotel shows beach beds and parasols that are owned and run by the hotel but don’t tell you that these are at a cost of €20 per day! Again not something you would expect from a 4* hotel, we were very disappointed by our stay having to pay for things that ‘appear’ to be included

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jul 2025

Anna

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jul 2025

Gulnar

Lovely stay

2/10

Poor

02 Jul 2025

Nicolas

Horrible!!! Only location is great but the rudest front desk staff and for $500 per night the most greedy hotel they have espresso machine in the room but you have to pay 1.20 euro for each pod , no napkins in the room shampoo and body wash not enough for one shower only one bottle of water free for 2 people they charge 10 euro refundable to give you a card to pick a beach towel toaster in the breakfast room not working doesn’t worth to pay $500 per night only for the location only and receive the bad service ever and rudest staff I won’t advise anybody to have the experience we had

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jun 2025

Katherine

We loved our stay at Sol e Mar, close to the beach, close to wonderful food and shopping - very relaxing and restful.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

13 Jun 2025

Tanya

We were under the impression this was a 4-star hotel, (I would rate it as 3), and as an \"adults only\", was going to be quiet and relaxing. This hotel is the complete opposite. It is in the middle of party central, with loud, techno music right on the beach, other hotels with loud music and their own beach bar contributing to the noise. When we asked for 2 nights of reimbursement out of 4, they were mean, put the blame on us and talked behind our back to each other in Portuguese in angry tones. It was very upsetting. We stayed 2 nights and couldn't take it anymore, no sleep and no relaxation on the beach. If you want a party place, this is it, if not, go somewhere else.

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2025

Joseph

The amazing location right on the beach, the delicious breakfast buffet and the wonderful staff

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

22 May 2025

Hotel was outdated, but our room had just been renovated. Rooms on the sixth floor do not have an elevator that go up there. There was three or four mini flights of stairs we had to climb to access our room. Once up there, the view was fabulous. they had 3 k-cups available in room, they don’t replenish the cups for the second day of stay. They €1.2 for each K cup on the second day to have coffee in the room and this is with already paying for the breakfast buffet. The view is incredible and very good access to shopping and restaurants. No parking on site as the roads are very very skinny and we had to walk with our bags about eight minutes on cobblestone streets coming from the United States, we were a bit confused about parking prior to arrival. Wish we had parking information prior to arrival. The restaurant only offered a buffet for dinner and it did not look very good. Something you would expect at the Golden Corral or worse, and not at a four star hotel on the beach.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 May 2025

Alexa

The room was nice and comfortable with beautiful views. Walking distance to town. The front desk was very helpful and gave great suggestions for restaurants.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

20 May 2025

Stefan

Wonderdul view over the sea. We got the top 6th floor which was brand new but it had not an elevator

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

20 May 2025

Sarah

The white old woman with brown hair at the front desk was extremely rude and unprofessional . When she showed us to our room she basically threw the room key on the table and walked out without explaining how anything works . But everyone else was lovely .

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

12 May 2025

MAGDELINE

Excellent location…right on the beach and steps away from town

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 May 2025

George

Stayed at this hotel 2 times now

Both times have been fantastic, staff friendly knowledgeable

10/10

Exceptional

28 Apr 2025

Verified traveler

Amazing hotel in the lively seaside town. Rooms are stunning, view is incredible. Hotel is in a prime location and thankfully at night is very quiet compared to other areas. We was celebrating a birthday and the hotel staff picked up on birthday cards in the room and we come back to a little gift from the staff. Could not recommend this hotel enough, we will be back.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Apr 2025

Taline

The staff were so friendly.
The hotel location is wonderful with the view from the room

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

06 Mar 2025

Sarsvati

Very nice property. Close to restaurants

8/10

Excellent

15 Feb 2025

David

Fantastic view from balcony and wonderful beach. Easy walk to restaurants and historic area of town.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

08 Feb 2025

Verified traveler

Good 3 star

Hotel is dated, beds are super hard, service was average and amenities weren’t as advertised

Self

8/10

Excellent

27 Jan 2025

Jae Won

Beachfront hotel with direct view of the ocean is wonderful. Amenities were adequate though bare. Coffee pods not replenished daily. Breakfast was good with a variety of hot foods, fruits, yogurt and oatmeal.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

19 Jan 2025

Laura

Construction taking place in hotel

Unfortunately we were not made aware of construction taking place in the hotel. We would not have booked this hotel if we were made aware. Really disappointed as our restful break wasn't very relaxing.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

06 Jan 2025

Stephen

Our stay at sol e mar was great. The location is great, right on the beach and a few minutes walk to the old town. The staff are lovely and the food was nice. Not a lot of entertainment in the evening but plenty of places to go to in oldtown but sometimes it’s nice to stay in hotel. Maybe a quiz night and a bit more entertainment but I would definitely recommend this hotel and would stay here again

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Dec 2024

Carol Ann

Really enjoyed our stay here. Beautiful property, fabulous location. Staff very friendly. Rooms are clean, great a/c, plenty of storage also. Fast wifi. Beds comfortable. Breakfast is in a beautiful room overlooking ocean. Stunning sunrise, sunsets from patio. I would love to return here.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Dec 2024

Diana

Sol e Mar in Albufeira is an absolute gem of a hotel that exceeded all of my expectations. From the moment I arrived, I was impressed by the warm and friendly welcome from the staff. The location is truly unbeatable, offering stunning views of the ocean and easy access to the beach.

The rooms were spacious, clean, and beautifully decorated, providing a comfortable stay. I especially enjoyed the balcony overlooking the sea - the perfect spot to relax and take in the breathtaking sunsets.

The hotel facilities were top-notch, including a fantastic pool area, and a variety of dining options to suit every taste. The breakfast spread was delicious, with a wide selection of fresh fruits, pastries, and hot dishes.

What truly sets Sol e Mar apart is the exceptional level of service. Every staff member I encountered was attentive, knowledgeable, and quick to assist with any request. Their dedication to ensuring guests have a memorable stay was evident throughout my visit.

Overall, my experience at Sol e Mar was nothing short of exceptional. I left feeling rejuvenated, relaxed, and already looking forward to my next stay. I highly recommend this hotel to anyone looking for a comfortable and unforgettable getaway in Albufeira.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

11 Dec 2024

Raul

We rented two rooms for a 2-night stay at this hotel. The location is perfect! The employes are very pleasant. That is the end of the positives. Both rooms had the smell of sewage. As you walk into the bathroom, you can hear the pipes struggling with the sewage. The smell was horrible. Both nights we called reception. Reception came to both rooms and added spray that did not help. The manager, Luis, was rude, loud and honestly, did not care to even help. His solution was for us to contact Hotels.com. To me, he should not be in that position. We traveled Portugal for 12 days and this was the ONLY bad experience we had. I recommend finding another hotel until this sewer issue is resolved and Luis is replaced with another manager willing to help. At a minimum, it is off-season, and he should have offered to move us to another room. Not a pleasant situation. Let's not forget the mold in the shower! This is not sanitary.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Dec 2024

Marilyn

Picked this area for the beach accessibility and it was perfect. Room was clean and staff daily tidied up the room. The breakfast buffet had a great assortment of food and beverages and staff again were great. If I had to think of one thing that did disappoint it would have to be the slow or missing service in the lobby bar in the evening. If I were to return to the area, I would definitely go back to this hotel.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

02 Dec 2024

Lisa

Amazing location, wonderful all inclusive breakfast buffet and very friendly staff.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

25 Nov 2024

Jennifer

Lovely hotel

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

25 Nov 2024

Kevin

We were woken up every morning with slamming hotel doors. I could hear the TV through the floor of the guest below us. Difficult to get a sound sleep

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

21 Nov 2024

Kevin

Very noisy hotel, slamming doors continuesly.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

06 Nov 2024

Jean Ann

Good room with good bed but only three pillows. The view was amazing and the breakfast buffet very good. Great,location! Nespresso coffee maker was great but only coffee pods for the first day. Plastic glasses in in plastic wrap. Not very environmental and cheap. I found this quite disappointing for a four star hotel.

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

05 Nov 2024

Gary

Beautiful views from the room. Exceptionally nice brunch.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 Nov 2024

Tammy

It’s a beautiful property in a great location. The free breakfast was amazing. Definitely worth the money

Leisure

4/10

Poor

04 Nov 2024

Vince

Be aware this is a smoking hotel, they said no smoking in the room only on the balcony but guest do smoke in there rooms. You can smell it in the hallways . Our balcony door was left open to air out the room
Ocean view Wes’s Beautiful beach was great buffet breakfast ok. Had to park quite far to find parking stay was not helpful no electrical plug in bathroom and towels were small and old. Don’t believe this is a 4 star or 8.8 in my option.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

30 Oct 2024

ALEIDA

Muy buena la estadia. Staff amable y bien orientado.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Oct 2024

Ronald

Nice and quiet

Nice and quiet

Partner

8/10

Excellent

09 Oct 2024

Erin

Close to everything, restaurants, nightlife, shopping, beautiful beachfront.
Dont stay in the rooms 410-417. Every morning at 7:30 the chairs from the breakfast buffet upstairs scraping the floor is very annoying for a few hours.
No Kleenex in rooms or facecloths and the hair dryer is very dated, it is attached to the wall and the cord wasn’t very long.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

09 Oct 2024

Carlyn

Nothing like being ocean front

10/10

Exceptional

06 Oct 2024

Michael

First class

Friendly, helpful staff - great location right on the beach

Self

10/10

Exceptional

03 Oct 2024

Andrea

Perfect location, beautiful beach front hotel, spacious clean room with amazing views!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Sep 2024

Pat

Awesome!

View, room and service was just awesome. Would go back in a heartbeat. Restaurants located just outside your door

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Sep 2024

Kevin

Great location on the beach right in the heart of old town

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

19 Sep 2024

David

This property is on the ocean so you can hear the waves from your balcony - which we loved. Views are phenomenal! Easy walk to everything Downtown. Parking is a bit of a nightmare and not right at the property. Overall we were glad to be there!

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

29 Aug 2024

Verified traveler

Really nice stay here. Can tell it was recently refurbished. Beautiful room looking out onto the beach. Lovely staff and a very convenient area with the strip just around the corner and the beach just behind. Would definitely stay here again. Only thing I would say is rooms are not that sound proof

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Aug 2024

Peter

Great location, friendly staff

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

20 Aug 2024

David

Amazing hotel! Highly recommend!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jul 2024

Justin

Great weekend get away!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Jul 2024

Alfredo

We will stay again.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jul 2024

samy

great area

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jul 2024

Elizabeth

The hotel itself is fantastic. The staff is second to none.

However, Albufeira has become a party destination best suited for high school/college kids on holiday who just want to get drunk and go to clubs.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jul 2024

Walter

Built into 4 story rock wall, this hotel fronts out to the ocean beach. All rooms with balcony and sea view. Excellent breakfast included.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

08 Jun 2024

Ann

The Hotel and staff were all lovely the only thing that let it down was the food - very basic

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Jun 2024

Norma

Great location, right on the beach.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 May 2024

Justin

This hotel was located in the heart of the city. Easy access to the beach, restaurants, ans shops. Thoroughly enjoyed my time.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 May 2024

Connie Carlene

Only complaint is the room doors slam and it's extremely loud. With people coming and going regularly from their rooms, it causes sleep disruption. Otherwise, I can't say enough good things about the hotel. I travel continuously and I'd go back. And I don't do that very often. Highly recommend!!!

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

21 May 2024

Amanda Jayne

This is NOT a 4* hotel it is a travellodge !
Arrived at 8pm which is not late - buffet restaurant apparently closed we were given 2 ham rolls after pointing out we had paid for dinner for which we had paid the dinner price of £50 staff attitude take it or leave it ! NOT welcoming at all
Bed was not made up
Room had 2 coffee pod 2 tea bags 1 small bottle of water which we were told by the cleaner (who was the nicest member of staff we met) could not be replaced when used same with bathroom products and towels
Bar was closed more than it was open
Food provided was awful and not worth the money
Room was adequate as a room only deal but not a hotel standard.
Staff were not interested in guests at all everything was work it out for yourself
Many guests were moaning but few are prepared to speak out
Luckily plenty of good bars and restaurants in the town which is where most guests seemed to go
Basically an overpriced travel lodge with miserable staff selling itself on being close to the town and beach
Beach towels were available but needed 20 euro CASH deposit despite the fact that they had card details on file for the booking !!
All of this has been pointed out to Expedia prior to leaving this review as I was hopeful of some resolution or support but as they told me there was nothing they could do the only way is a review
Lesson learned don't trust the description or the photos Expedia have no idea what they are selling you

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 May 2024

Louis

Our first impression was of Jose who checked us in fill us in on all the information we needed about the hotel and the surrounding area and from that moment on all the staff At the hotel were extremely nice and helpful made us feel very comfortable
We loved staying at this hotel and don't think we would stay anywhere else when we come back to Abufeira

10/10

Exceptional

29 Apr 2024

Vikilynne

Great place over looking ocean. Close to everything

10/10

Exceptional

31 Mar 2024

AMANDA

Our second stay here at this hotel. It was just as good as the first, excellent breakfasts which we had included. Rooms are spacious and have the most amazing view over the beach. We'll be back here again

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Mar 2024

Michelle

Amazing hotel on the beach! This is our 4th visit and it gets bettet each time!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Mar 2024

silvia

Parking on the entire area is completely impractical, but that's not the fault of anyone business...just worth mentioning so anyone visiting knows what to expect.
Staff was amazing, the view from the lobby and room was fantastic, and there were tons of options for food and shopping around.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Feb 2024

Ian

Hotel perfectly placed on the beach guaranteeing lovely sea views. Excellent choice at breakfast. Friendly, helpful service.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Feb 2024

Svetlana

Location is very convenient,staff and service 5*, attentive,polite and helpful .
Property itself and rooms very poor in amenities.
Breakfast was very good,dinner was good some days.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

20 Feb 2024

Elizabeth

So great- decided to stay one more night!

10/10

Exceptional

18 Feb 2024

Cid

Beautiful oceanfront property where everyday you can welcome the sunrise and witness the sunset. The buffet breakfast included in your stay is one of the best with lots of selection to please every taste. Luis entertained us nightly and the dancers on sunday were amazing. Hotel is in an ideal location close to great restaurants and shopping. Can't wait to return.

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

15 Feb 2024

Nagina

Great location, breakfast was good, seaview rooms, was fantastic.

Booked 2 twin rooms, one was fine the second one which i was staying in had several problems. On the first day we gound the sink was blocked and draining very slowly, after reporting this nothing was done until day 2 it was completely blocked. Had to spwak to reception 3 times before someone came to fix it.
The next day the electric went off, next door room was absolutely fine. Called recpetion and again response was slow they came after 40 minutes even though id told them we had an excursion booked.
On day 4 electric tripped again, this time they came in 20 minutes and found the elecgric keeps going off dhe to the faulty fridge i the room.
Not happy with the room, if we didnt have the avoce issues then this is an amazing locatio

Friends

8/10

Excellent

23 Jan 2024

Kyra

Great location and lovely hotel. I would have rated excellent if all the staff were a little welcoming and friendlier. It seemed like they were not too happy to be there. All in all I would definitely vist again. Obrigado 😀

Family

10/10

Exceptional

31 Dec 2023

Hemant

Great hotel backing on to the beach with a great breakfast buffet. Convenient walkable to attractions and center of old town.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

09 Dec 2023

Ian David

All rooms have stunning sea views.

10/10

Exceptional

28 Nov 2023

cindy

The front desk and the amazing Anissa (sp) was top notch. We could not have asked for more friendly and helpful people. Way over 10 star....

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

25 Nov 2023

Fernanda Kalil

The room is great, nice view, the staff is mostly great, except for the one receptionist that wasn’t very pleasant, but what bothered me was the lack of parking and the noise in the room from what happens in the hallway. Overall, a good stay, great location, would stay again with ear plugs and prepared to work to and from the car.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

19 Oct 2023

Kavitha

Breakfast was great. Area was convenient and had a lot of action, though a little bro-y. Beds were hard and uncomfortable

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Oct 2023

Ruben

The elevator will take you from you floor right to the beach. The buffet breakfast was exquisite with a large selection. The waiter was nice a friendly

Leisure Partner