We are just taking a short break to Albufeira in Portugal staying in the Hotel Do Cerro.

We arrived last Thursday (14/3/24) via a very pleasant Jet2 flight from Birmingham. It is now Sunday morning 11.43am and I am writing this whilst sat by the hotel pool in the sunshine.

The hotel is located a mere 850 meters from Albufeira old town, although this is some 60 meters elevation so as you can imagine, it is a much easier walk into town than back. Thank the lord that there is a bar at just about every junction on the way back up the hill. Google maps shows it as a 14 minute walk. It might be if you are Sherpa Tenzing, but we took a much more leisurely hour to do it. Day 2 we took a taxi. LOL

The hotel itself is quite quirky in layout, and spreads across a street with a connecting tunnel. The reception and cocktail bar situated at street level, but this is floor -1. The pool and pool bar/ breakfast room are on floor 1 and to get to our room (302) we had to go through the tunnel to a lift to floor 2, along another corridor to a set of stairs and up one floor. Strange but easy enough. All the staff at the hotel are magic and cant do enough for you, making it a brilliant stay. One word of warning for the fussy travelers, there is no coffee or tea making kit in the rooms, although you can hire a kettle. This still did not spoil it for us.

February and March is a great time to come to the Algarve as the weather is pretty good. This weekend it has been 20+ in the afternoons, plenty enough to top up your tan or even get burnt if you are not careful. I can highly recommend this as a winter sun break.

Albufeira Old Town has plenty to entertain any demands from quiet Cafe’s and Bars to wild nights of abandonment hiding in  the central square and back streets. Enjoy

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