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Clare Roddison from Rotherham travelled to Old Village Apartments with
Thomas Cook
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 1 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 04 2007 |
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| said: We stayed in a 2 bedroomed aparment on the Old village. The Old village itself is stunning, looks like something from a fairytale.
The grounds are imaculate and gardens well maintained. Our apartment was maybe not one of the best, in need of a little tlc but clean and adequate.
Our room had a conservatory with a pool view but we were unable to have the outside door open as we had our 20 month old baby with us and there were around ten concrete steps bang outside. We felt a little caged in and thought due to the steps it was unsuitable for a family with a small child.
Onsite we found the restaurants and cafes really overpriced they were more expensive than ones around the marina. In the Jazz cafe it cost us 4 euros for 2 cans of coke (£2.80).
The pools were lovely, but not a great deal for children of any ages, there is a playground but would say its for children over 7.
The location of the complex was nice and quiet, about a 10 minute walk to the marina, but if I came back to Vilamoura would stay closer to marina as thats where we spent most days.
Did enjoy this holiday but wouldnt recomend it to families as there is no entertainment and not much for children to do in the resort. Would come back maybe when children have grown up.
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miss claire lyon from renfrew,scotland travelled to Old Village Apartments with
thomas cook
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 07 2006 |
rated the Old Village Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff |  | | Food | | |
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| said: The apartments were really fresh and clean.
Plenty of space and good self catering facilities. The Princess Garden restaurant is very nice for dinner.
Try the steak on stone and the chocolate mousse! the walk to the marina was fairly short and was well worth it.
Reception staff were very good and waited up for us as we arrived late. Overall very nice and comfortable.
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Paul from Swindon travelled to Old Village Apartments with
My Travel
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 07 2006 |
rated the Old Village Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: Myself and my wife stayed here for a week, the apartments are nice and clean, they are all privately owned and rented out to holiday companies when they are not in use.
The only downside was that the room only got cleaned twice during the week, and one of those was because we requested it be cleaned as we had ant's in the room.
They also only change towels once a week as well.
We was on the Ground fllor and had a patio area with a sunbed and table and chairs.
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david from leicester travelled to Old Village Apartments with
private
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 12 2005 |
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| said: Too far out of the main part of Vilamoura for us. Nothing wrong with the apartment, and can't really complain with the bargain price we paid for it.
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Lee from N Ireland travelled to Old Village Apartments with
My Travel
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 09 2005 |
rated the Old Village Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: Apartment was great, cleaning staff were in short demand we went nearly three full days without seeing them and had to ask for our rubbish to be collected. We cleaned the apartment ourselves.
Apartment was lovely but a bit far from the marina.
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Hazel from Accrington travelled to Old Village Apartments with
Eclipse Direct
on a family holiday.
There were 3 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 09 2005 |
rated the Old Village Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We have just returned from The Old Village Apartments in Vilamoura and must say before we arrived I was a little worried after reading some of the previous reviews, but after arriving there my worries were soon taken away - what a fabulous place to stay in.
We had a 2 bedroomed apartment which was decorated lovely and spotless. We couldn't complain about the complex at all very clean and well kept and caters for all ages, in fact you don't need to go off site if you didn't want to.
I would recommend this complex to anyone and will be returning early next year.
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Shaun Blencoe from Beverley travelled to Old Village Apartments with
self packaged
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 3 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 05 2005 |
rated the Old Village Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We travelled with Thomson in 2004 and enjoyed it so much we booked an apartment whilst we were there for the next year! This saved us over £1000!!
The website is alternativas-algarve.com. Ana is superb and responds wery quickly to email.
If you have small children like us (6,4 and 2) the site is traffic free with a great pool, and only 5 mins to vilamoura which is very nice.
Restaurants onsite have been disappointing, except Roma pizzeria (Great). Strongly suggest you eat in Vilamoura (£3 each way in a taxi). Most people we met had been going for a number of years, adn we have booked for 2006 again.
It is a great place for younger families. No rowdiness or foul language, plenty of grass open spaces, and safe for little ones! Recommended!!!
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Alex from Birmingham travelled to Old Village Apartments with
First Choice
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 1 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 04 2005 |
rated the Old Village Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: Been to The Old Village since 2003 and going back again - 2007. Always had fabulous apartment - very clean and quiet.
Cannot complain about the complex at all. It is for people who like to keep themselves to themselves as families or couples. Like it as I have a family and it has a washing machine so you don't have to worry about the kids clothes getting dirty.
The supermarket on site is fine for all the basics although take your own nappies and baby formula as nappies are expensive i.e. £12 a small pack and they don't sell any UK brand of baby milk.
Nothing is too much for the staff at the Old Village and would highly recommend it.
It is cheaper to book direct - we saved £400 on the cost of the holiday as opposed to revisiting with First Choice.
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Christine Conde from Flintshire travelled to Old Village Apartments with
Travel Cook
on a family holiday.
There were 4 adults and 1 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 04 2005 |
rated the Old Village Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: The apartments at Vilamoura were very clean and the maids came in every other day. However, the beds were the worst I have ever slept (or not slept) on in my life.
The Village is very pretty and if filled with little streets and covered in lovely flowers, everywhere is very well maintained. The satff were brilliant, very frindly and helpful - especially Gilda who works in reception, she would do anything for you.
There was no entertainment put on in the resort, although there were pubs that had pool tables, darts etc and the complex had two lovely pools, although really cold water.
I would certainly visit this complex again, although the walk back up to the complex is a bit steep but it gets you fit, you can go on a little train though or get a taxi - varued from 3.10 - 3.85 euros not much!
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Dawn from Lancashire travelled to Old Village Apartments with
Thomas Cook
on a family holiday.
There were 4 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 07 2004 |
rated the Old Village Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We have just returned from a holiday at the Old Apartments in Vilamoura. The apartment had maid service which was very good - every other day.The reception lady was very helpful as was the Thomas Cook rep. We had a 2 bed apartment overlooking the main square with roof top terrace for sunbathing or eating al fresco or just taking in the views towards the marina. The furniture in the apartment had seen better days but it served a purpose and it didn't spoil our holiday.There were plenty of bars/cafes and restaurants on the complex. The Roma Inn was excellent - a small Italian restaurant that served excellent food. The 20 minute walk to the marina was well worth it to see how the other half live! The walk back was not too bad although we caught the little road train which was quite novel. It was a very relaxed holiday you could do as little or as much as you wanted - there were 2 swimming pools, golf courses all round the complex, tennis courts just along the road.
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titch from Tyne & Wear travelled to Old Village Apartments with
indepentant
on a family holiday.
There were 3 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 06 2004 |
rated the Old Village Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We have stopped at the Old Village Apartments in Vilamoura twice and would not hesitate to return. June is fairly quiet at the village (which we like).
Our apartment was rented from a private owner and had everything we needed and more, it looked over one of the two pools, which are cleaned on a regular basis, the gardens and pool area were cleaned every morning (you had to be up early to catch them).
The staff in the office in the main square were very helpful with anything you wanted to know about golf, taxis, places to go etc.
The food on the complex is varied from snacks served all day to 2 super restaurants with a good selection of food.
From the Village it takes about 20 min stroll to the Marina or there is a road train which stops outside the village if you don't fancy the walk.
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snowy from teesside travelled to Old Village Apartments with
airtours
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 06 2004 |
rated the Old Village Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: stayed at the old village for 1 week, travelled with airtours,
all the town houses and appartments are privately owned,and sub let to holiday makers,
we had an excellent accomodation in a top floor 2 bed apt. with roof access for sunbathing, sat t.v. balcony for breakfasts and cosy livig accomodation,
enjoyed the walk to the marina, about 10 mins.but there is a small holiday train runs at 25mins past every hour,if you dont want the exercise,
well stocked supermarket on site, and a couple of bars and retaurants,
we thoroughly enjoyed our stay and can recomend the old village to our friends, will definately be going back,
the temp.was between 27 and 31 in june 2004
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faskham from Sheffield travelled to Old Village Apartments with
Thomas Cook
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 05 2004 |
rated the Old Village Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: Clean and very quiet. In fact, a bit too quiet for our liking. The extremely relaxing atmosphere would be better suited to the more mature traveller or people with very young families. An indicator as to how unlively the Old Village is the fact that when we visited, one large restaurant had closed down.
The Thomas Cook rep was very knowledgeable, but we didn't need to trouble her too much because there was an extremely helpful lady in an on-site office. I believe she is paid by Thomas Cook but not an official rep.
We had a ground floor apartment. It was clean but past its best-by date. Nowhere near bad enough to complain but from speaking to other guests I think the standard of accommodation varies widely.
There are two pools. Also very clean. The only irritating thing was the fact that the Old Village has started to charge for sunbed use. We pu up with this on the first morning, and handed over the 2.50 euros each. The irritation was made worse when they demanded a second payment for the afternoon. At that, we found a small patch of grass around the pool and slummed it for the rest of the week!
The walk to the marina was nice enough and never troubled us. On the whole its quite a flat walk, except for the final 500 yards to/from the Old Village.
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buffer2212 from UK travelled to Old Village Apartments with
Unknown
on a Unknown holiday.
There were Unknown adults and Unknown child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 11 2003 |
rated the Old Village Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: I have just come back from Old Village on Sunday. It is a lovely complex, however it was dead, I suppose that is due to the time of year. There are several small bars in the complex and 2 restaurants. One bar ,Old Village Inn, is very scruffy and dirty - the floors and tables looked like they hadn't been cleaned for months. The 2 other bars near it were o.k. but very quiet. The best bar was the Bar Nautico, which is at the back of the complex, it was very clean, you could use the toilets without fear ( unlike the other bars). It is also the most reasonably prices for drinks.
The restaurants - 1st on we ate in was A Caso De Largo, which is beside reception, we had a nice meal - fillet steak, potatoes, veg. The meat was very small, about 4oz and quite expensive at 17 euros. We did enjoy it - until we saw one of their Portugese kitchen staff go into the toilet, come out and not wash his hands - he walked straight past the sink and back into the kitchen.
The 2nd restaurant C.J's was much nicr. The surroundings are very romantic and cosy. The meal was slighter nicer, though still small portions and, as in most restaurants in Vilamoura, there was a cover charge of 2euro per person. This gets you a dish with cold garlic carrots and a hunk of bread - it is not optional.
The best restaurant we found was behind the Marina, just beside a hotel called Olympus, near MacDonalds. It was called Shakespeares - the food is to die for. 4 of us had fillet steaks, which were at least 8-10oz, a hugh plate of potatoes, cauliflower, brocolli, carrots,peas, mushrooms , tomatoes and freshly made pepper sauce. Their home made desserts are scrummy - we had banoffee pie. Our total meals, including 2 beers and 2 wine spritzers was 72 euros - compared with 105 euros in Caso de Largo and 125euros in C.J's!!! It was excellent value. They also do 3 course meals with a wide selection for 16.50 euros. I would thoroughly recommend it. Don't be put off by it's cafe looking exterior - give it a try.
All in all it was a god holiday- Portugal is spotlessly clean and the architecture is lovely.
The Old Village is well maintained and being private apartments you get a lot of extras, like full cooker, toaster, kettle, washing machine and hugh fride freezer. It has a supermarket on site for all your needs, though it is quite small.
The only downside was the weather - we had five overcast days out of seven, 1 night of rain and 1 really glorious day. At night we had heaters on and blankets on the bed. I would probably go back, but not in November.
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dave g from nottingham travelled to Old Village Apartments with
thomson
on a family holiday.
There were 3 adults and 1 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 09 2003 |
rated the Old Village Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: This was the first holiday we had abroad with our two year old and we were looking forward to it very much. The brochures made the village look excellent and we were not disappointed at the appearance of the complex. However the first apartment we were put in was dirty, scruffy and generally worn out. The table was falling to bits and the sofa was torn and the decor was dirty.
This is not the cheapest place to stay in villamoura and for this price it is not acceptable. After complain we were moved to another apartment which was of a standard that you would expect to see. The problem is that all the apartments are privately owned and so are all of different standards, maybe we just got the worst at first.
Although very helpful the rep said she could do nothing but report it to the owner. Even so I would visit again because the location is excellent and the general standard of the facilities are good, however be prepared to move if your apartment is not up to standard as there all different.
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rickoza from UK travelled to Old Village Apartments with
Style
on a Unknown holiday.
There were Unknown adults and Unknown child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 08 2002 |
rated the Old Village Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We were self-catering so no rating for food!!!! Great place though quite a distance from the Beach, also up a hill (which is crossed by a golf course) so beware. Still, lovely setting with superb apartments, entertainment on most nights was good. Vilamoura marina is about a mile or so away, bit of a trek especially on the way back.
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travel_amj from UK travelled to Old Village Apartments with
JMC
on a Unknown holiday.
There were Unknown adults and Unknown child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 06 2002 |
rated the Old Village Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: Friendly and attractive apartment grouping with good on-site facilities (bars, restaurants, shop and pools) for when the marina is too far. Beautiful marina reached by a lovely walk from the apartments, excellent choice of restaurants, bars and shops all around the marina. Add in local places to visit and other tourist attractions and it makes an ideal family holiday.
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