This hotel is definitely not a 4 star! Saving graces were an amazing ocean view from our room and an updated bathroom. The rest of the room and the hotel for that matter, needed a complete overhaul. It was dingy, very old, beds were uncomfortable. Everything from the TV remote to a safe, required a deposit. Staff at check in... more

Just back from a weeks holiday at the Boa Vista and what can I say, I was looking forward to a newly renovated hotel as it was meant to be totally overhauled, but guess what? it was not. The sunbeds and the balcony furniture were wooden and old and dirty and dingy, I had to take a pillow to sit... more

hotel was clean, view from balcony was excellent. we only paid £150, for 5 nights, it was my birthday, and also my husbands birthday during our stay, on both occasions champagne on ice and a bowl of fruit were left in our room. this was unexpected, and a pleasant surprise. the walk back from the old town was a bit... more

I travelled with 3 friends throughout Portugal, Spain and Morocco in September 2007. Our hotels were prebooked for us. In Albufeira, we stayed at the Boavista both at the beginning and the end of our travels. We were very well treated both times. We found the route to the hotel quite easily but had fun trying to find our way... more

This was the first time my Wife and I had been to Portugal.WE have been going abroad 2 or 3 times since we both stopped smoking,but never to Portugal.Why we waited so long I`ll never no.The Hotel was very nice we paid to have a sea view and were not dissapionted.The room was one of if not the best we... more

After a last minute need for a hotel, we did a quick search and found this hotel online and hoped for the best. We were pleasantly surprised by the lovely view from our balcony. Granted, we were on the top floor. I'm not sure how good the views are from other rooms/floors. We had an executive suite which was spacious.... more

Having just returned (with 3 other couples) from the hotel boa vista and having prior to our visit ,read some negative reviews, I felt compelled to write a review highlighting the wonderful friendly and helpful staff in the hotel. Nothing was too much trouble and the restaurant and bar manager, Manuel was extremely polite, humerous and helpful. The food was... more

This hotel has the potential to be amazing but lets itself down in some areas. The hotel has wonderful views and our particular room had a pool view. The room was ok and the bathroom was nice. Some parts of the hotel were quite nice whereas others seemed slightly charmless. Our arrival to the hotel wasn't great. Admittedly we had... more

Like many others on this site, after reading the reviews I was a bit concerned about staying here. But thankfully I found Hotel Boa Vista to be really nice! We arrived about an hour before check-in started but the front desk staff were really nice and told us to leave our luggage in the reception until we could check-in and... more