We have just come back from a week here, and could not fault anything. The apartment was beautifully clean, well equipped and very spacious. The gardens and pool area were always immaculate. Luis made us very welcome and was always happy to pass on information and advice about the area, places to eat etc. Thoroughly enjoyed the holiday and have already booked for next year.
We stayed here 2 weeks and it was great. Lovely clean, spacious apartments with everything that you would need for a stay. The pool area, while small, was also kept lovely, clean and tidy. Luis, was warm and welcoming and arranged car hire for us before we went out. If ever we had a question or needed some advice on anything Luis was always happy to help pointing us in the right direction of good local resteraunts with authentic Portuguese food and local beaches to explore. The only downside would be that the location is just to far to walk into Lagos and you definitely need a car or use local transport, this however was not a problem for us as we like to explore and had a car for the duration of our stay. I would definitely recommend Quinta dos Caracois and I would happily return there
We were here at high season in July. So 80 € per night might sound OK for a little appartment with kitchenette. I didn`t think it is justified. The whole appartment complex is build into a slope, so the living room doesn't have windows. In fact, the whole place (living and sleeping room) has only windows and natural light through the terrace doors. Since we were located rigth at the entrance, we felt a little exposed. There is no Air condition, no ventilation. Mosquitoes were all over us during the night. We asked for a ventilator, but the owner wouldn't give us one. In Lagos it is never hot! he said.....very relative I think.....There is an equipped kitchen, true. But the knifes do barely cut, the whole furniture and equipment is worn and old. The shower had a leak which the owner repaired reluctantly with silicon. The WLAN connection only works sometimes, and most of the time you have to go outside to connect. I would not recommend it!
At Quinta dos Caracois we were very disappointed when we do not correspond the expectations of our customers. However I would say that the apartment corresponds exactly to what was booked, all divisions of the apartment have natural light, the bedroom has a door 1.20 m wide by 2 meters tall in the lounge has two more doors with 1m wide by 2 meters tall, the bathroom has tilting window.
The apartments are south facing, meaning that the sun hits the front, but we have all the doors with film to sunlight, black out curtains, double glazing, insulated walls acoustic and thermal. When the sun hits the front, in the morning, if the doors are completly open, course that the sun comes in and heats the whole apartment, all this was explained at check in.
Where the apartment was booked says that we do not have air conditioning.
Where the apartment was booked says "Free Wi-Fi access is available in public areas and costs!. Free."
The shower has a leak of a drop of water in the protection, that was repaired with silicone in 10 seconds.
Perhaps it was by forgetting that it was not mentioned that there were breakages in the apartment and was not charged anything.
It has been a while but not forgotten to thank Luise and his wife for making my stay at there lovely place a beautiful & relaxing holiday! I did stay for 10 days in May and going to return for sure.
Luise, thank you so much for helping out with my car issues! Wish you all the best & congrats ⚽️
Greetings from Koh Samui, Thailand
Jana
This is the second time we have stayed with Luis at Qunita dos Caracois - both times in Apartment No.7 by the lovely pool. The apartment is big, spotlessly clean and very well equipped with hob, oven, fridge/freezer and washing machine. We were welcomed back as old friends by the owner / manager who took great pains to ensure our comfort. We visited in January when the nights can be quite cool in the Algave but the apartment had a heater which kept the evening chill at bay.
You really do need a car as the property is a little way outside of Lagos and the access road up to the apartments is very steep, as others have mentioned but should not be beyond the capabilities of a competent driver however you may struggle with a bigger car than our Punto as turning space is a bit tight. The wi-fi is a bit patchy and slow but we got a reasonable signal just outside our apartment. The new road is now open down below the property on the N125 but noise levels haven't increased significantly but access to Lagos and the Avenieda and Marina areas is much improved. All in all a nice, safe, comfortable place to stay. We will certainly visit again.
I went there with my girlfriend last year and I had very good experience, so quiet and chilling place. The receptionist was helpfull despite my portuguese. The wifi signal wasa bit weak. If I come back Lagos I´ll repeat!
