Belavista Da Luz - Wellness & Lifestyle Hotel

The hotel is just 14 mins walking from the beach. The room was big and very clean. Breakfast is simple but you can find everything. There is sauna and gym, free parking.

Perfect, just what we needed

It was very quiet while we visited (except at breakfast). The bedrooms are ok but will depend on which you get. The outdoor pool is good if you have it to yourself. There's a pool bar & some non-poolside places to sit. The spa has indoor pool, jacuzzi, sauna, and steam room. All are good except the indoor pool which is far too shallow for a tall person and seems a bit like a plunge pool. Breakfast was ok but it was busy/crowded. Hotel is next to a bus stop & short distance from a large Spar. The hotel is on a hill so can be more windy than the town.

Staying here at present and find it totally unacceptable that the bar closes at 10pm. When you've been out for dinner you'd expect to be able to come back to the hotel for a nightcap. The hotel has had a refurb on a shoestring with far too much money spent on the Wellness and Spa area. Been coming here for many years, twice a year, sadly this time will be the last.

Hotel has a long way to go to become an upmarket hotel. Bathrooms updated, but rooms remain a little dated. Sun beds are uncomfortable (if you can even get on), guests allowed to play loud music around the pool and reserve beds which I feel lowers the tone! We found the breakfast okay, but nothing special, it’s help yourself and a bit busy.

Lovely relaxing holiday but hotel needs to do better, not as good as it was, been coming for some 20 years. Please sort problems so we visit you again in may. No milk in room, sunbeds so so uncomfortable, breakfast accident waiting to happen with hot drinks,tea and coffee should be served.No salt N pepper ? Restaurant N pool bar menu very limited no wonder hardly anybody is eating.Such a shame, should be so much better especially with upgrades.?? Any feedback would be appreciated 👍 Andy, Julie,Sam N Craig.Great to see Manny back ,Mario N Gabriel doing a fine job ,Margherita nice massage.

We have been visiting the Hotel Belavista for over 20 years now and have always had a most enjoyable holiday here. The hotel staff are extremely pleasant and helpful, Elke and Zinica on reception go out of their way to ensure that you have everything you require and sort out any problems that might arise. The standard of cleanliness of the hotel is excellent and the housekeeping staff keep the rooms and bathrooms exceptionally clean. Rosa has been there for the 20 years of our visits and works so hard with a real pride in her work. She is an absolute treasure for this hotel. The restaurant and pool bar staff were friendly and helpful and Manny was invaluable in managing breakfast as he has always done. The restaurant would be lost without him. We had a lovely holiday overall and enjoyed our break as we have always done. The hotel is in the process of being renovated and we feel we need to make the following comments. (as the new spa in the basement was not yet open on our visit this year we cannot comment on that). However the pros and cons of the renovations we experienced in our opinion are: Pros: Public areas and rooms have been modernised with new soft furnishings and the bathrooms have had a much needed upgrade. All very nice. New furniture on balcony, 2 chairs plus one comfortable chair (note, 2 comfortable chairs are needed as the chairs round the table are very uncomfortable to sit on and have no arms). Pool furniture has been replaced and is modern with two curtained day beds if you like that sort of thing. Fridges have been retained, an absolute must in the rooms here, along with tea and coffee making facilities. We understand that extra room mirrors and washing line on balcony are to be replaced too. Great news! Cons: sun loungers have been chosen for cheapness and clearly not sat upon by whoever chose them. They have a hard bar under the seat exactly where you sit and they are totally uncomfortable to use. Maybe ok if you only have two nights here but for a week or longer they are dreadful. They require replacing or a foam topper provided, deep enough not to feel the bar. Whilst the new umbrellas are very effective there are insufficient of them to go round if it is very hot. They are also cheap and the one we used already had one corner that had come away from frame. The pool bar has insufficient protection from the sun if you want to sit and eat there. There is a new wooden canopy but it doesn't cover all the tables and still lets sun through. This stopped us eating there at lunch time. Breakfast - oh dear! For twenty years we had the best ever cooked breakfast here - not anymore. The cooked food ie bacon, tomatoes, mushrooms are served in a mountain of garlicky grease and the bacon is no longer the lovely back bacon we used to get - again all on the cheap. We asked for poached eggs every day and only once were they cooked properly, mainly totally hard as bullets or on one occasion totally underdone. We tried to ask

The hotel is under major renovations and as such is a building site. We experienced loud banging and drilling below our room from 0800 - 1900, personally I don’t think the room should have been used it was so bad. There is also building work directly opposite the hotel so there is no escaping the noise. The hotel doesn’t seem to know the builders schedule and the builders don’t appear to work to the time boundaries set by the hotel! The hotel Manger told me they do their own thing despite the hotel being full at peak season! This hotel has along way to go to reach the standards that it aspiring to, both in staff development and customer care. It is definitely not an upmarket hotel, there were often no available sun beds with guests being allowed to leave towels out to reserve them. Guests playing loud music around the pool went unchallenged and the pool is freezing. I wouldn’t recommend this hotel.