Superb!! - Dennis Buchan. Date of travel: Aug 2005
We arrived on the 20th March at the Aldiea de Golf complex, sunny skies,warm, almost hot, Called in at reception, got a friendly welcome, the key to the villa (semi-detached) opened the door, the first reaction was...very impressive... and it just got better and better -the best one word description is...........Superb. We had arranged a hire car to be delivered through Style and as agreed the car was there at 2 pm, had a chat with the rep and agreed to take out additional car insurance which gave me peace of mind,like, for an extra 57Euro, about £40, in the event of an accident, my fault or not, I had no excess to pay whatsoever, the name of that company is Auto-Jardine Algarve, SA. Very, very helpful, nothing was too much trouble for the delivery guy. We had to give him an additional £40 cash as a guarantee that the fuel tank was full when he came back to collect it, it was and we got the cash back! I was, I admit,very nervous about driving on the "wrong side" of the road,but in truth it was quite easy,my biggest problem was that the gear change is of course on the right. It really isn't so bad simply because everyone is on the "wrong side"... Having the freedom of the car we ventured to almost all of the ports, big and small all along the coast of the Algarve in our weeks stay. Tips..If you are at tha Marina at Villamoura have look for Chico's Restuarante,it is well worth finding,very friendly atmosphere,Very good food,It was in fact the best meal of the week and the least expensive,by a mile. Give it a try. We will definatly be back to the Algarve region,hopefully to the same complex,and,we really look forward to it. The sushine was with us all the week which we learned from "locals" was very unusual for March. Don't worry about going to the Aldeia do Golfe complex,its great..Oh by the way,if you don't have a car,no worries there is is bus stop out side the complex,one minute from the complex, buses to anywhere you will ever want to go!