While it is a little hard to find and was not signposted, we found this hotel in January 2013. The hotel/apartment was lovely, the staff friendly and the breakfast beautiful. Praia da Luz is beautiful, small and relatively unspoilt. It only cost €42.00 for the room for 2 persons including breakfast - great value for money.

We have just returned from a very relaxing 1 week break here. The hotel was immaculate and the hotel staff were great. The main lady on reception was particularly helpful. I can't understand why others have rated this hotel down based on the area being quiet...Luz was quiet but it is to be expected at this time of the year. The hotel was super!

Luz was a great resort, no awful high rise buildings, a selection of very good restaurants and a lovely beach. Perfect for couples who want a chilled time. A few of the restaurants were closed but some very good ones were open.

I would suggest that you hire a car if you fancy an explore around the area....we would do this next time. It's really inexpensive. We pottered around Luz for the week and went on a few walks.

Great hotel and would go there again!

Me and my husband went to stay at this hotel for a relaxing break (i was 4 months pregnant) and relaxing is exactly what we got!

If you are an older couple this might be your thing, for us this was far too quiet. To see any excitement you needed to get a taxi, the local pubs nearby didnt have any entertainment, the beach was lovely but no sun loungers you had to take your own, and there was literally about 10 people at any one time in the area when ever we walked out.

Extremely quiet and quite freaky as you were literally in the middle of nowhere!
The hotel its self was very quiet too no one about, and the meals were very limited i think there was about 5 different hot bits in the tray and that included all your veg too.

this hotel was aimed at older people (ie - 70 plus) we were 28-30 and it was far too quiet - everyone was in bed at 9-10pm!

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Like my last review, I'll keep things brief. The hotel is in a nice area, is very clean and very quiet. It's ideal if you want to wind down and not be disturbed. Like previous reviews have mentioned, ask about everything you want to know as the staff are not interested. Carlos, the chief staff manager is about the most dis-interested person I've ever encountered. The rest of the staff bar the maids and one gentleman we met were all the same.

You have to pay for the safe which is 30 Euros, you get 15 back as deposit but everything else is extra. The maids clean your room regardless of you leaving the do not disturb sign out, we didn't notice anything go missing but that did trouble us.

The rooms are very nice, very clean and spacious with en-suite, no basic things like kettles though.

The local area has plenty of restaurants, one for almost every night of our week for our tastes. We recommend Restaurante Saffron Kitchen, a fantastic Indian place! Spar is also nearby which is handy for snacks. The beach is also fantastic, brilliant viewpoints and plenty of places to get a small snack at while you take in the view.

Lagos is about 30-40 minutes away by bus which has about 1-2 days of exploring in it with touristy and local shops.


In summary: If you can get it very cheap and you can't find anywhere else, go but don't expect 4* service to go with the 4* venue. If you can afford somewhere else, you'll notice the difference.