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Jackson from York travelled to Oura Praia Aparthotel with
Thomas Cook
on a friends holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 06 2008 |
rated the Oura Praia Aparthotel as follows:| Cleanliness |  | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food |  | |
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| said: Having stayed in the CPO for the last 6 years was a little disappointed to be told we were in the Oura Praia but we a had very plesant surprise. The rooms were large are airy with a balcony covering both the lounge and bedroom, air conditioning, very large bathroom and bedroom with plenty of storage. The room was above the bars/cafes on the street but there was no noise at all after midnight. Staff very helpful giving advice on local bus travel. The hotel sticks by its policy of removing towels from sunbeds if they have been saved and not occupied, which gives everybody an equal chance.
Prices for food and drink around the pool are very reasonable and very good.
Cannot wait to return, fantastic holiday.
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jayne vaughan from liverpool travelled to Oura Praia Aparthotel with
thomas cook
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 2 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 06 2008 |
rated the Oura Praia Aparthotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location |  | | Staff | | | Food |  | |
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| said: booked the cpo and was placed in the oura praia. Hotel spotless and apt well equipped. Was unfortunate to be located on the second floor rm 218 above a chippy and a karaoke bar, which kept my children up until approx 3am. Numerous complaints were made to the management and the Thomas Cook rep who was completely useless and more or less said I would have to sort it out myself!!! The reception staff could not have been more rude if they had tried , with the exception of one person, thought we should be grateful that we had been placed in a 4 star hotel!!!!! after a week of pure hell, due to lack of sleep was given a room on the 5th floor. would not recommend anyone book the cpo / oura praia if you have small children as you could well end up with a room on the side that we did, rm 214 to aprox rm 222.
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Graham Brown from Birstal WY travelled to Oura Praia Aparthotel with
Independant
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 02 2008 |
rated the Oura Praia Aparthotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We were pleasantly surprised when we arrived to find a large well furnished apartment. It had recently been reburbished with a new kitchen area, microwave, fridge freezer, adequate cutlery crockery etc. Balcony had sun all day but lacked loungers to take advantage of this. Flat screen tv with a handful of uk chanels.
Downside was the appauling noise from the bar below...we were in room 220 and were kept awake after 0300 for 3 nights with disturbances from the bar in the street under the hotel. I challenged the revellers but got only abuse (they were English of course.) The couple in the room at the side of us, 221, were French and resorted to throwing water over the offenders. This was met by torrents of abuse inclusing "We'll come up ther and smash your F*****ng door down" Come on hotel ownership....get to grips with this and you'll have a great place.
Don't spoil the Algarve.....it's great.
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Neale from debenham travelled to Oura Praia Aparthotel with
timeshare owners
on a family holiday.
There were 4 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 10 2007 |
rated the Oura Praia Aparthotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff |  | | Food | | |
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| said: We have been to the Ourapraia many times over the years and also the Cpo(Clube praia da oura) on several occasions.i much prefer the OPH as its quieter and has air con in the rooms.
Both the OPH and the CPO are situated away from the noisy strip but within a 10 minute walk.
There are a number of small friendly bars/cafes under the hotel as well as a large cheap supermarket.Fresh bread rolls every morning and with ham and cheese from the deli counter at just over 1 euro for 6 slices of each makes me a very happy boy! Cans of beer sell for 47 cents...again another reason to smile!!
We have never had a problem with the cleanliness of the hotel although the satellite tv is rubbish(bbc1/sky news and eurosport..the rest were foreign)but the rooms are spacious and well equipped.The pool is a good size but always very cold..but you can't have everything.
Staff can be a bit sour faced but just joke a bit with them and you might just get a smile.
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karen from cardiff travelled to Oura Praia Aparthotel with
thomson
on a family holiday.
There were 4 adults and 2 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 07 2007 |
rated the Oura Praia Aparthotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: we have stayed in both cpo and ouria priara 4 times in the last 10 years and always enjoy it. we favour oura priara hotel now the children are older as it is closer to the strip, but if youre looking for kids entertainment and daytime pool activities then cpo is your best place.the hotel grounds are spotless and the hotel room is cleaned every other day, however the your bins are emptied daily. we find the staff are very helpfull and food great especially their baco breakfasts(poolside).the glasses arent plastic as long as you drink at the poolside bar which is very relaxing, as most hotels use plastic glasses even if youre sat at the bar. the night entertainment gang are very friendly also and do their best.
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Gill Louise Phil from Durham travelled to Oura Praia Aparthotel with
Airtours
on a family holiday.
There were 1 adults and 2 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 12 2006 |
rated the Oura Praia Aparthotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location |  | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We had booked for a Christmas break after staying at CPO previously. I emailed the hotel a week before going specifically requesting CPO , as its definitely better positioned for children, however, on an almost full bus going there we were the only party to be put in the hotel -we were absolutely gutted.
The hotel has no view whatsoever, its on a loud street, above a supermarket overlooking a few bars. The room we were originally given wasn't clean enough - I bought 2 bottles of bleach to clean toilet but it smelt disgusting.
We also had no heating for 2 days, despite several requests to fix it or move us. Reception (who are the most arrogant lot I have ever met - with the exception of 1 lady) refused to move us for several days, they then offered us an apartment which was in a block down the road from CPO, this was almost in middle of woods - with metal grille shutters for safety - erm no thanks.
After 3 days of requests we were given a top floor apartment with same ugly view, but at least it was clean and had heating.
Staying on half board is well worth the extra you pay, the evening meals were all waiter service, ordered from a menu - good selection, or you can have any of the carvery or buffet/snack meals they do. Walked to CPO for breakfast, as preferred the buffet there.
The entertainment at Christmas and New Year is specifically for the older generation, most were in at least 50s 60s and older. They do a quiz, then some well past it singer does an hour or so warbling.
The fireworks at New Year were beautiful, as was the weather for most of the 2 weeks.
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JAL from Scotland travelled to Oura Praia Aparthotel with
Direct Holidays
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 1 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 07 2006 |
rated the Oura Praia Aparthotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We were delighted to be allocated to this hotel when we initally arrived at the resort, as we could also have been put in the CPO.
We had an excellent room on the top floor with views of both the pool and the sea, hotel room was very clean, spacious and tidy.
Beds for once were extremely comfortable in the bedroom, 3rd & 4th beds were the dreaded couch beds which if you had another 2 adults staying I dare say it would have been torture.
Room had air conditioning which was a blessing in the July / August heat.
Room had adequate crockery etc for a self catering stay, maid service was three times a week with beds being changed once a week (which wasn't enought to be honest). Although, the maid was very approachable if she was on the landing for more towels, toilet rolls etc.
Generally the hotel was cleaned to a very high standard, we even saw maids in the flower beds polishing the leaves on more that one occasion,
Location - The hotel is really good if you want to visit the strip but if you want to go further a field ie the Old Town it is quite a long walk or a quick taxi journey (€5 roughly) - round about this hotel as a good selection of bars and restuarants.
Food - We were self catering but we did have lunch at the pool bar - this was too a very high standard and reasonably priced.
Entertainment - this was to be honest very poor for people of our age group (Mid 30's), however, there is something on every single night.
As this hotel is owned by Petchey Leisure, you are telephoned in your room to attend a free breakfast, to intice you into their tour which can last up to an hour plus.
Timeshare reps are also on every corner of the street around this area and this is very annoying, they offer you discount vouchers for the shopping centre, which in fact is for you to attend this tour for timeshares.
We hope they don't turn this resort into another Tenerife, we were actually stopped by people on scooters.
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Laura from Warrington travelled to Oura Praia Aparthotel with
Travel Republic
on a singles holiday.
There were 3 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 06 2006 |
rated the Oura Praia Aparthotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We stayed at these apartments in June 2006, we didnt really know what to expect as this was our first time to the algarve. On arrival we were very impressed as the rooms were really spacious, clean and well maintained. Staff were very friendly, and the location was superb only 5 minutes walk from the strip and restaurants. Great atmosphere between locals and english as the world cup had just started. Would recommend getting up early to get a place by the pool, which was spotless. Highly recommend these apartments and would definitley stay there again.
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M. O'Reilly from Dublin travelled to Oura Praia Aparthotel with
Sunworld
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 2 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 08 2005 |
rated the Oura Praia Aparthotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: The hotel has a lovely large pool and kiddies pool with snack bar (much better than CPO). As with most places, all the sunbeds are covered with towels by 10.30am even if the owners don't appear until midday.
Accommodation was in a one bed apartment which overlooked a busy ugly street. I would definitely request a pool view. The bedroom was clean but the kitchen /living area was grotty and I could not bring myself to cook there.
The staff were unhelpful, gruff and didn't look like they should be working in the tourist trade. Only the chambermaids ever smiled. We were accosted regularly by reps selling timeshares but it was our own fault - my husband can never say "no" to people!
There is a large supermarket next to the hotel and a lovely pizzeria just past the supermarket. The beach is a good 15 minute walk away, down past the CPO.
The entertainment is quite staid at the Oura Praia so we went to the CPO for the children's disco which finished at 9pm. Unfortunately what followed was bingo!! Unless you have small children I would go elsewhere for evening entertainment.
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CH from Dublin travelled to Oura Praia Aparthotel with
Sun World
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 06 2004 |
rated the Oura Praia Aparthotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: I had a wonderful holiday in this hotel. Having travelled on a number of sun holidays this was by far my favourite. The hotel was extremely clean. The air conditioning was a huge bonus. The apartments had everything you could possibly want. I was in a one bed however friends of ours stayed in a studio which was also really nice. The only thing about the studio is that studios apts are open plan and wouldnt suit people who like to go to bed at diff times. The one beds are very spacious and the kitchens are very well equipped.
I dined in the hotel a couple of nights. They have a Carvery eat as much as you like a two nights which is excellent value for 8 euro. Would advise to go early for this one as it can sell out.
The one thing about the hotel is the drink is very expensive when compared to local bars. The entertainment is fairly average, however the sister complex the Club PDO has great family entertainment in Amandas bar. again though drinks are expensive. The pool bar is also expensive for ice creams etc.
All in all have no real complaints and would def book this again. Wonderful complex excellent facilities and location
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