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Belmar Spa & Beach Resort overlooks the beautiful beach of Porto de Mos in Lagos and comprises studio, one, two and three bedroom apartments and two bedroom townhouses many of which have beach views. The fully equipped accommodation is of a high specification with luxurious interior design and includes satellite TV, DVD player, air conditioning and a fully equipped kitchen (or kitchenette in the studio apartments). The Belmar Spa offers a wide range of luxurious spa rituals in addition to the indoor swimming pool, sauna, Turkish bath and relaxing Chromotherapy suite. The outdoor leisure area comprises a tennis court/multipurpose sports pitch and a children's playground. There are four communal swimming pools, a children’s pool and an outdoor Jacuzzi and Hydrotherapy pool adjoining the spa. This luxury resort is just a five minute drive from the bustling town centre of Lagos.
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Belmar Spa & Beach Resort is celebrated for its scenic beach proximity and picturesque views, with guests often lauding the spacious and well-equipped rooms. While the resort is considered a bit remote by some, the tranquil location is a highlight for many travelers. Reviews reveal that the staff is typically friendly and helpful, although there are occasional mentions of inconsistent service.
Cleanliness is a strong suit, but guests suggest that there's room for improvement in both cleaning schedules and addressing minor maintenance issues. The value proposition receives mixed feedback, with some travelers finding additional costs and services overpriced.
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Picturesque
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Stylish
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Spacious
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Reasonable
Cleanliness
Mixed
Service
Inconsistent
Amenities
Satisfactory
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This marks the second time ive stayed in the last 10 years. I am happy to say that its gotten better since the first time I visited in 2013. The location can't be beat. Its close to downtown Lagos for the instances where you need to go have dinner in town, but secluded enough to have its own lovely facilities that are quiet and resort-like. The walk to the beach is exceptionally manageable even with little kids ( I had my 3-year-old son and he had no issues walking to and from the beach each day) . The fact that Porto do Mos beach also has good facilities for snacks and lunch also makes it a gerat location, as you don't have to leave the beach for a meal if you don't want to. The Rooms are incredibly comfortable and spacious. We stayed in a two-bedroom/two bath apartment that was perfect for traveling as a family and with some additional family members. The two bathrooms allow people to spread out and feel comfortable, We used the fully equipped kitchen for our breakfasts as the one offered by the hotel was expensive for a buffet and so not really worth it. The spa was lovely, our party took advantage of massage treatments with lovely staff. The family pool is also lovely and does get busy on the windy days when the beach becomes a bit too chilly. I would recommend they consider expanding the family pool area as the adult pool is larger. There is always plenty of parking and we rotated between using the underground parking and the street-level outdoor parking. We had a lovely 8 days and would likely come again because its such a complete resort for a perfect Algarve experience. I would not recommend dining in the restaurant for any formal meals as its always a buffet with some snack options a la carte. The price for the buffet is simply not worth what you get. The snack menu in the restaurant and in the pool bar is fine, but again, better food for the price can be had in the restaurants by the beach which are very close for when you don't have a place to eat and need last minute food. Great place really for stays with family.
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Date of stay: July 2024
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Response from JoĂŁo Campos, Guest Services / Front Office at Belmar Spa & Beach Resort
Responded Aug 2, 2024
Dear Mrs. Juliana, Our team is excited to hear from you after your most recent stay at Belmar. It is very important for us to fulfil the expectations of our guests, we therefore glad you had a wonderful time with us in Lagos. We look forward to host you again in a near future. Best regards
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We spent 4 nights at this hotel in an economy 2 bedroom apartment. I wasn’t sure what to expect given the low price and the “economy” label, but I was so pleasantly surprised.
The apartment was huge, at least 900 square feet. We had a balcony with a large table and chairs from which we had a partial ocean view. There was a full kitchen including pots, pans, utensils, dishes, a toaster, a kettle, etc. There was a washer/dryer combination that we had a bit of a hard time sorting out but fortunately there were English manuals that we could review so we could use the unit. It was nice to be able to both wash and dry our clothes. For the hang dry clothes, there was a clothes rack on the balcony.
We prebooked food through the hotel, to stock in the fridge upon arrival and that was awesome. We didn’t have a car so couldn’t easily get to a grocery store.
The bedrooms were both large, the living and kitchen nice, and the apartment was really quiet. The tub/shower combinations were nice.
We made our own breakfast so I cannot comment on the buffet. We did eat at the resort restaurant and the food was good - we had Iberian pork and beef cheeks. We also had a hamburger and sweet potato fries from the bar’s snack menu that we enjoyed.
There are not many other restaurants nearby.
We walked into Lagos twice following the boardwalk - this took us about an hour to 90 minutes each way, depending on how many times we stopped for photos! The beach nearby took only a couple minutes of walking to get to - there were no chairs/loungers to rent there but we enjoyed walking along the beach. We did take a taxi into Lagos one day and it took about 5 minutes and cost 8 euros.
The outdoor pools were too cold to swim in but looked nice. The indoor pool was probably about 50 feet long and about 4 feet deep, and the temperature was warm at about 85 degrees. Pools were open from 8 - 8.
The staff were helpful and answered emails promptly prior to arrival. I would suggest, though, that some small changes would make the stay nicer. For example, only one hairdryer is available per apartment. My friend and I could make this work but this could be challenging for larger groups. It seems silly to not provide at least one hairdryer per bathroom. Also, I agree with other reviews that only being allotted one pool towel per day is strange - my towel would get wet with my early morning swim and I couldn’t get another one to replace it. Minor things, but to mind, easy to change, to make the experience better.
All in all, this was an excellent place to stay. I would recommend it.
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Date of stay: October 2024
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Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Response from JoĂŁo Campos, Guest Services / Front Office at Belmar Spa & Beach Resort
Responded Nov 4, 2024
Dear Mrs. Debbie, The team at Belmar appreciates your warm review concerning your latest stay. We feel honoured to hear that we met your best wishes. Your review will be shared with the entire team and they will surely be delighted. You will always be welcome at our property, it is our great pleasure to accommodate you. Best regards
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One of the best resorts. We booked what they call "Studio", a studio apartment with a kitchenette and a small outdoor patio with a table, chairs and a place for a drying rack. Spacious and cleaned daily. The resort has a spa, swimming pool and completely free indoor and outdoor parking available to guests. There is a restaurant where you can have breakfast, lunch and dinner for free if included in the booking or for a separate fee if not included. By the pool there is a bar that prepares excellent snacks and drinks. The staff is friendly, knowledgeable, professional and speaks fluent English. The resort overlooks Praia de Porto de Mos, very beautiful and not very chaotic. In 10 minutes by car you can reach the center of Lagos, equally beautiful and characteristic. Really recommended!!
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Date of stay: August 2023
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Belmar offers really good pools, access to a beach ( albeit not one of the best beach in Lagos), and spacious self contained rooms, location offers a place to relax and is about 2km from the town but is easily reached by Uber or a 35 min walk. The hotel however, would be improved by a few more shops, cafes and restaurants near by. My room also had a really cheap shower which was disappointing from a 4 star hotel and you had to run the water for 5 minutes before getting warm water to shower. Not great from a water conservation point.
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Date of stay: September 2023Trip type: Travelled solo
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Response from Paula Borges, General Manager at Belmar Spa & Beach Resort
Responded Jan 9, 2024
The Belmar Resort team would like to thank you for taking the time to rate your stay. We deeply regret that your experience did not meet your expectations and, in this regard, we offer our sincerest apologies. Our customers' comments are always taken into account in order to improve our service and offer our customers better experiences. We hope you will give us another chance to restore your confidence in our services.
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My wife and I rented a suite. It was beautiful. Nice bedroom, great view of the pool land, the water. Well appointed and pristine, kitchenette, and living area. When we checked in, the main reception neglected to give us a key to the safe or towel cards for the pool. That was our first hassle requiring multiple visits to the front desk to sort out. We had arrived late at our hotel and were hungry. We asked where we should go for something nice to eat and he recommended a restaurant down by the beach, a five minute walk away. When we got there, we were told that they were closing in 15 minutes and could not accommodate us. Should he not have known?
The mattress was sunken in the middle, like it was 20 years old.
Two days into our stay, we forgot to remove the do not disturb sign from our door, and our room was not made up when we got back. We called the reception to see if they could send somebody up to Tidy up our room, but they said that they only made up rooms until 5 PM and it was 505. They could not accommodate us. We asked for some clean towels as we had taken Iris to the beach. We were told that we only get one set of towels every three days. so we went and got towels at the pool. We used the pool facilities and afterwords asked to exchange them for dry towels, so that we could use them in our room to shower. We were told that they could not accommodate us only get one towel per visit. my wife just stared at them while they argued amongst themselves, and then said very politely that she was a paying customer at this resort and that she would appreciate having another towel. She then just stared at them for another few minutes while they argued amongst themselves. They finally acquiesced and give them another towel.
If you want a beautiful well appointed resort to stay at, this one’s not bad. If you expect polite staff, and to be accommodated, this is not for you.
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Date of stay: July 2023
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Response from Paula Borges, General Manager at Belmar Spa & Beach Resort
Responded Aug 8, 2023
Thank you for staying with us. We appreciate and thank you for your feedback! I am sorry to hear that your experience was not as positive as the majority of the reviews. As to the safe key, not all guests use the safe so it is not a standard procedure to offer immediately that service to guests. Only when asked. The Restaurant on the beach many times closes around 11 at night but it depends on the number of guests they have and it´s up to them to decide the hours they close. It is not our restaurant so we are not able to decide on their opening and closing times… we are not able to know. As to the towels issue, either on the pool or at reception, what happened is not acceptable so please accept our sincere apologies We would be delighted to welcome you back again to allow us to really spoil you and to prove that this was not the standard level of service we offer our guests.
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Check-in time at 4 pm and check-out at 10 am, only offer 1-time towel change and 1 time cleaning for 6 days stays and 4 coffee pods for 3 of us or 6 days. Ridiculous! When I asked them politely to extend my checkout time the guy at the reception said no rudely and said it's normal checkout time for all the Resorts. I have been to many 4 & 5 stars resorts but never requested a customer to check out at 10 am!!! The electricity was cut off one night when we stayed. The jagucci only worked 5 out of 12.
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Date of stay: March 2024
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Room Tip:Â Avoid this resort, far from the town, I have to take a cab every day return trips and check out...
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Response from Paula Borges, Diretor-Geral at Belmar Spa & Beach Resort
Responded Apr 9, 2024
Dear guest. Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback. We're sorry to hear we didn't meet your expectations. Please note that check-in and check-out times are clearly indicated on our website and on all our partners webpages. When booking, the client accepts the Resort's terms and conditions. If we don't have any guests arriving for that specific unit, we are happy to extend the check-out time. Please note that we are not talking about cleaning rooms but apartments. The same applies to cleaning. We have daily cleaning in some typologies and twice-weekly cleaning in others. The client chooses to pay the cheaper or the more expensive daily rate. If you chose an apartment in the main building you are entitled to daily maid service but, of course, daily rate is more expensive. In the cluster apartments outside the main building, cleaning is only twice a week. Coffee is offered according to the number of guests on arrival. If you want more coffee capsules, you can buy them in our restaurant. The hydrotherapy pool is open 7 days a week, so I am afraid I don't understand your comment.
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We had a lovely stay at Belmar Spa & Beach Resort. The location was really great - we could walk 2 minutes to the beach, it was super quiet, and drinks & dinner in historic downtown every night was just a 4-5 minute uber/bolt.
Our one bedroom apartment had a lovely view of the ocean and an inifinity pool, which made sunsets very pretty. We really enjoyed sitting on the patio with some charcuterie and wine to enjoy the view! The apartment had a washing machine which was super helpful, and a drying rack on the porch.
The restaurant was closed for the month, which we knew in advance so I can't speak to that, or how the breakfasts are.
It was very nice to have a gym available, and there are outdoor pools but we learned that they are not heated, so not usable a this time.
My disappointment was that a big part of why I booked this resort was for the indoor heated pool, and hydrotherapy/hot tub. When we arrived Saturday, they gave us a rundown but didn't mention the indoor water so I asked, and got a response that was pretty vague but ultimately that they had a fire in that room during the week, they were investigating it, and he had no idea when it would be open. I asked again the following day and got a non-answer. I finally spoke to a very nice woman at reception and she explained a little more and it became pretty obvious (even though no one said this) that we would not have access our whole trip. A week after the fire, that spa/pool area was set to be closed for reno work/maintenance, so interesting timing possibly. Anyway, I was a little upset that no one notified us of this closure prior to arrival, or even upon arrival. I feel bad that this happened and it is not the staff's fault at all.
Anyway, when everything is up and working I could imagine this being the perfect stay!
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Date of stay: November 2024
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from JoĂŁo Campos, Guest Services / Front Office at Belmar Spa & Beach Resort
Responded Dec 23, 2024
Dear guest, We would like to thank you for choosing Belmar SPA & Beach Resort for your stay, as well as for the feedback regarding your experience with us. SPA area is now fully operational after the closing period for Maintenance. We will continue to work in order to exceed your expectations in the future. We look forward to welcome you again, should you wish to return. Kind regards
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A 4-star resort is expected to have daily cleaning or every 2 days and change of towels in the apartments daily. Check out is at 10am. Also something incomprehensible. For a 4-star wellness resort, there should be bathrobes to make going to the spa easier.
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Date of stay: March 2024
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Room Tip:Â No spa caso queiramos marcar massagem tem de ser com 24h de antecedĂŞncia
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Stayed for three nights with a family of four in a nice apartment with roof deck. The accommodation was comfortable with many spots to sit outdoors, good A/C. The pools are nice, though more loungers would be good.
When reading reviews before booking, one common complaint was the resort's odd fixation on towels. Getting large towels requires cards, signatures, and warnings about lost towels. It's odd but not totally uncommon. Worse was the shower towels. Never in my life have I been told that there is a cost to replace wet/used shower towels with new ones. But I was here: 2 euros per towel as they said they only replace twice per week. It took a lengthy argument to relent on simply replacing those towels with insistence that this was management policy. It's a bizarre policy and the front desk's commitment to picking a policy over customer satisfaction suggests this isn't a real four star resort. Spending 1,000 euros over three nights only be told that I need to pay extra for a new shower towel is the thing I'll remember most and why I'd be unlikely to return.
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Date of stay: August 2023Trip type: Travelled with family
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Response from Paula Borges, Diretor-Geral at Belmar Spa & Beach Resort
Responded Sep 1, 2023
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to welcome you in our Resort. Your feedback is very important to us. May I say we do not have a fixation on towels :) Our terms and conditions of booking mention that we change the towels twice a week. As to the pools towels we change them daily. We take customer satisfaction very seriously but please understand that the Resort also has it´s own rules and regulations that clients must follow when they chose to book with us. We need to more conscious with the planet and the waste of water in a country that suffers very much from lack of water. This is our "small" help to the environment
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Our apartment was huge, had 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, kitchen, living room and terrace. It is only cleaned twice a week. The breakfast buffet was manageable, but costs €20 per person (€17 if you book in advance for the entire period for all guests), too expensive in my opinion. The spa does not deserve its name, only one of the 3 saunas was accessible, the other two were closed and unappetizing (see photos). Please note: The spa and the fitness room are only open to people aged 16 and over (apparently a legal matter, although the only treadmill in the fitness room was "out of order"). Our barkeeper was also strange, he was reluctant to come to the tables, you had to order directly at the bar. Only when we called out loudly for him did he come over. When we wanted to pre-order a taxi for our departure, we were told by reception that this was not possible, we should simply organize transport via Uber/Bolt. I find it incomprehensible that the hotel is unable to work properly with transport organizations!
The staff in the restaurant were extremely friendly!
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Date of stay: November 2023
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Trip type: Travelled with family
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There are more places to choose from in the Lagos area.
PRICE RANGE
C$162 - C$339 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
ALSO KNOWN AS
belmar spa & beach hotel lagos, belmar spa and beach resort
LOCATION
PortugalAlgarveFaro DistrictLagos
NUMBER OF ROOMS
189
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