Casinha da Ria

Appartement très propre, calme et très bien équipé en matériel et en produits de première nécessité. Agréable balcon. Très bon emplacement pour visiter la vieille ville de Faro

Se garer était un peu compliqué le soir mais nous avons toujours trouvé

Firstly, the photos are exactly what the apartment is like. Comfortable and compact in a quiet residential street. Whether you stay for a few nights or a few weeks, there is everything you need - including a washing machine. The balconies were a lovely space to sit and enjoy our breakfast. The host provided (a starter kit of) tea/coffee etc and some fruit and a bottle of wine to welcome us. She also let us check in early as the apartment was empty on arrival - much appreciated. On hot days, there are enough blinds and curtains to keep out the heat and lots of ways to aerate the apartment (with aircon in the summer, which we didn't need). The host also provided lots of books to read (various languages) games to play, extra towels and bedding and lots of extra toiletries left behind by other guests. There is a train station (Bom Juan) 1 minute walk away to take you to Tavira or Oelha for a day trip (check the online timetable at cp.pt - pay on the train, no sweat). There is a great supermarket 4/5 mins walk away from the apartment and a beautiful garden full of peacocks just after the supermarket. The centre of town is 15 minutes walk and there are buses if you're not a walker (we walked everywhere!) The restaurant recommendation (Chefe Branco?) in the information file (another bonus) was AMAZING!! The other end of town, but the best Bream (fish) I've ever had and the staff were great. Another tip - instead of paying a fortune (40E) for day trips from all the touts along the harbour - go straight to the "Ferry Faro" desk and get a return trip to Faro Beach for 4E per person - it's a lovely cheap way to get to the beautiful Faro Beach. Highly recommended for everything! One more tip - book an private taxi from and back to, the airport through booking.com. SO easy and lovely to be picked up and dropped off and again on the return, for the same price as a local taxi - excellent service from the taxi companies.

It would be wrong to say there was anything we didn't like as everything was excellent. I would only advise thinking about renting a car, as parking looked like a real jumble of "park anywhere you can find a space", so I wouldn't recommend hiring a car, unless you're there for a longer trip and really want to explore the Algarve. But you can work this out from the photos and googling the address for parking possibilities (as we did).

Casa muito limpa e higienizada. Cama super confortável e um closet impecável e espaçoso. .

Estacionamento era difícil de ter.

It was very clean, prepared in a proper way, we felt like home.