Eden Resort

The layout of the resort is unusual. Apartment/villas are laid out around a large area, which can be driven around and there is loads of free parking outside each accommodation type. The reception area has a bar and restaurant included within it, which is a separate building to accommodation. The buildings are all painted in various pastel type colours making a very pretty resort. If you had one of the apartments at the far end of the resort, it’s still less than 10 mins walk to reception/restaurant/bar. We had an apartment with 2 double bedrooms and there was also a double sofa bed in the lounge, though we didn’t use that. The apartment was very spacious, clean and modern. It was cleaned daily, beds made daily and towels changed daily if needed. In the kitchen there was a large fridge freezer, dishwasher, kettle, toaster, lots of cutlery, knives etc. A nice touch would’ve been some washing up liquid. We didn’t make much use of the kitchen other than making some drinks as we were all inclusive. There was an en-suite bathroom and a separate main bathroom. However, there was only 1 hairdryer, which not ideally was in the main bathroom. So if there were 6 of you getting ready and several of you need a hairdryer, there could be a wait while you wait for people to finish in the bathroom. There was lots of hanging space in the main bedroom, only half the amount in the second bedroom as one half of the wardrobe was locked (possibly used for storage). There was no chest of drawers or dressing table in either bedroom, so there was no real surface space to put anything down on in the bedrooms. There were bedside tables, but they were small and low (basically one drawer with no legs). A silly point, but I really missed not having something to put things down on easily! Beds were comfortable. The main bedroom and lounge opened onto a patio area with a sun loungers and table and chairs. We went in March which was out of season. The all inclusive did get busy at times. I can’t imagine how it would cope in full season when at full capacity. Although we always found something to eat and never went hungry, I think that with such a well equipped kitchen in the apartment, if I went back to the resort, I’d go self catering. You certainly won’t be missing much with the all inclusive drinks. They were ok, but the cocktails were disappointing. The pool area looked nice, but we never used it as it wasn’t really hot enough when we were there. The pool bar was also closed when we were there. All the staff we came across were friendly and happy to help. Luckily we’d booked a hire car for the duration of our stay, which was we picked up in Albufeira. It’s only about €4 for their equivalent of an Uber into Albufeira. It would be quite a bit of a walk all along very busy roads, so could be a walked, but not the nicest walk and very busy roads. The resort is a bit outside of the main part of Albufeira, so if we hadn’t had a car, we’d have had to use

Wonderful Resort we have visited 4 times and gets better each year. Perfect for families with young children, the villas are very clean and spacious, food always beautiful and the snack bar is handy for the kids. The pools are perfect for our family and the kids area/pools keep our children busy. The staff make this place amazing, Victoria in Reservations always a pleasure to deal with when booking, the reception staff always so friendly, the restaurant/bar staff always so busy and work very hard and nothing is ever a problem and a big thank you to Vanessa and Cintia in the Entertainment/Kids club they make Eden a real fun place and our children adore them not forgetting Eddie the Turtle. Thank you for all the memories Eden Resort and we have booked again see you this summer 2024 C x

Terrible management Lied about accommodation available Request two bed rather than two separate apartments with young kids Kids pull out beds not fresh and management felt that was alright as kids may not be sleeping in them??? Disappointed with manger lady Food average limited Otherwise general staff very good

We travelled as a couple close to retirement but now we've been we would also highly recommend for young families, in fact we hope to persuade our daughters to do a trip with their families. We had a one bedroom apartment which has a kitchen lounge and dining area - the sofa converts to a bed so would be ideal for a young family. We didn't hear a sound from the family next door and they had a toddler. Everywhere beautifully maintained and cleaned. The gardens are stunning. The indoor pool was small but heated - they allow a maximum of 15 people and it has to be booked. All the staff without exception did a great job and most were very friendly, I suspect the others didn't speak English very well. The food was excellent with lots of choice and variety - Portuguese, Italian, Asian evenings where there were four or five dishes to go with the theme which allows you to do a taster plate if you are unsure if you will like a dish. We are reasonably fit and at a stroll I would say it was no more than five minutes to the reception and restaurant area and we were almost as far away as possible. Entertainment was OK for us but as we eat later we often had to sit elsewhere and move into the entertainment area after some of the families moved on. The shuttle bus service was excellent and the driver so friendly and happy to advise us first time tourists. One thing we'd like to have known (not hotel related) there is a hop on hop off tourist bus - it would have suited us had we known about it but we didn't find out until the day before we came home. We had a wonderful relaxing holiday and I would recommend this resort without hestation.

A fantastic resort. The entertainment staff are so friendly and create an amazing environment for families. A special shoutout to Mauro, his positive energy and personality was superb throughout. Catalina and Vanessa in kids club were great with our children who had the time of their lives. Massive thank you Will, Sarah, Ella & Louis

The best resort I've ever been so far. Our first all inclusive experience didn't disappoint. Lovely staff spacious accomodation. Clean and well maintained. And food was delightful! Will definitely come back next time.staff are really accomodating and nice.

Wonderful stay. Staff are all so friendly and lovely, very attentive in restaurant- always keeping busy and working hard. Room was cleaned every day apart from Sundays, very good job. Food was a smaller choice than normal with any all inclusive I’d been to before but was more than enough and all dishes cooked to a high standard of care/ taste. Very clean resort. Entertainment team were great. Can’t wait to visit again!!

This is the 3rd time we have visited Eden resort and the place is perfect for a young family. The facility are modest but just perfect. The stars of the show are Ruben and Diana from the entertainment team and John in the restaurant. Now we’ve been there 3 times, it may be our last visit but it will be very easy to go again just because of the wonderful team providing memories that my family will remember forever. Thank you to all at Eden. You guys are amazing. One tiny piece of feedback. Please change shower heads in rooms. Easy, cheap fix which would make things much better.

We travelled to Portugal with four children to celebrate a 50th birthday. On this occasion we pushed the boat out and booked an Adam & Eve villa. This proved to be a great decision. The villa was superb, spacious comfortable and everything we needed. The heated pool ensured the kids and adults had lots of quality family time and plenty of fun. We also enjoyed the main pool area and lunch at the pool bar. Location suited us as slightly out of town but with a free shuttle into town and the taxi service using Bolt app ensured we could travel outside resort hassle free and pretty cheap. The only downside was the chaos in the restaurant at times. We had read the reviews and expected it to be busy at times but as hard as the staff worked to keep things organised and well prepared the layout just seemed to create many issues with people moving in every direction trying to get food, meanwhile kids trying to get food from kids area had to pass through everyone else. Then as it got busier we got turned away from restaurant and given a buzzer to come back when table became available. On one occasion we had to wait (along with many others) for quite some time to get dinner. No ideal after a busy day with four young kids. In saying all that the food was first class, numerous choices at every meal and all top notch. Something for all tastes. All in all it was a great resort just let down slightly by then dining arrangements.