Name: Porto Dona Maria
Rating: 3.5

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Terrible experience - on arrival, we discovered the villa (which had a for sale sign on the front gate) has a large smashed double-glazed unit, filthy private pool, soiled sofas, exposed electrical wiring, large areas of cracked render, peeling exterior paint everywhere, litter in the pool, litter on the sun terrace, broken pool loungers, ripped pool liner, broken pool light cowlings, broken outside lights. I didn't let anyone swim in the pool as it was cloudy and filthy and immediately complained to the resort manager, who said the previous guests had caused the damage. So in essence they knew about the problems but just let us find out for ourselves. I demanded to be moved but was told there was no other accommodation. Their maintenance man put some electrical tape over the cracked window on one side (which promptly fell off) and then tried to revive the pool pump - the pool pictures show the pool after he cleaned it... I have complained for three months to the resort manager (and their head office) and was eventually offered a partial refund, but now, over a month later, they have not refunded the money as agreed and are ignoring my emails and telephone calls. Congratulations on spoiling my kid's and grandchildren's only holiday in 2024 - I hope other families read this before experiencing what we went through

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We stayed for one night in a duplex sea view house as part of a holiday that was organised for us. The accommodation was beyond dated, and looked uncared for. There were mops and buckets left in front of many rooms and uncovered electric boxes. It just looked tired and like nobody cared, and didn't make you feel secure and safe. We had a sea view from the upper level of the house, but only stayed one night so didn't use the terrace. I mistook the blanket on the sofa in the lounge for pool towels, and saw that it was covered in stains when I opened it up. Yuk. The decor in the bedroom downstairs was very out of date and depressing, with dated furniture and faded prints on the walls. It reminded us of a convent. The twin beds were very hard and the pillows were very lumpy. It was not a room you wanted to spend any extra time than necessary in. The pool was large, but cold. There was zero atmosphere at the pool bar, nor anywhere in the resort. No evidence of a functioning golf course, or any golfers. In fact, apart from 2 other couples, we appeared to be the only ones staying there. Breakfast was better than expected (expectations were low) but the restaurant were it was served looked tired and half closed. The wifi was non-existent. It is a 30 minute walk into town from Porto Donna Maria and after getting a lift from the hotel staff, we were not able to get a taxi for love nor money, so ended up walking home in the dark. Would not recommend to anybody!

Grim

I hadn't realised there was a hotel here. We never saw it. We stayed in a 1 bedroom bungalow with sea view.  The sea you could just see between the large pine trees.
We entered the bungalow on arrival and there was a very distinctive smell of damp. No kettle or hairdryer and we did eventually get these items neither worked.  It was dirty and we were told they would give it a deep clean. The room hasn't seen a deep clean for a long time.  It was dark and dingy and antiquated.
The oven didn't work and we never even used the hob.
In the bathroom the towel rail was rusty and the plugs and taps were very dirty.
The top of the fridge was dirty and just everything about the place was horrible. The bedroom curtains were all stained and when you went to bed because of the damp the bedding was damp. When we got home we opened our suitcases and our clothes smelt of damp. The TV was  only one station and wifi didn't work as it was like a dungeon. Our neighbours had also complained about the damp.
We have been to Portugal a lot and never ever experienced anything like this.

Very Bad

Stayed in the Porto Dona Maira resort in the first week of August 2019. But must explain that we stayed in a privated villa and not the hotel, so this review is really on that villa. Villa was just a few meters from hotel reception, which is were the resprt bar is. Stopped for a drink when we were walking around and was greeted by a very nice staff member ( he was a man in his 60s), made us feel very welcome. Had a walk around the resort and it looked ok ( didnt see into the hotel or hotel blocks). Hotel pool looked ok and surrounding grounds looked clean and ok, seen some comments about waste lands and all that, yes a few o f this, but these are villa sites for sale, could they be clean up and kept a certain level ( yes) but its the same all over these areas so no big deal to us. Our villa had 3 bed rooms ( 2 doubled and one twin) with 3 bathrooms ( 2 ensuites, one just across from room), private pool and roof top terrance. Villa had everything needed, included sky sports and movies. Walk to resort from Praia da Luz is about 30mins, but not that bad, can go over the cliffs, but really tge same time, taxis are between 6.50/ 8.00€ for 4, so again not bad. No noise and lovely wind to keep you cool.

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