Pontalaia Apartamentos Turísticos — Hotel in Vila do Bispo

2023 Jan-March |We stayed over a month and got a good winter long stay price.|Pleasant quiet surroundings, no traffic noise. Close to good walking paths on the wild ponta/cape. Spar Mini Market and many restaurants close by. Unfortunately many are closed low season. Supermarket and local farmers' market (closes 1 pm) 1-1,5 km away. ||From 1st floor, block B we had sea view from both sides: the balcony (Atlantic horizon) and the kitchen window/front door (over Baleeira port & islands).|Kitchen well equipped, including stick mixer, capsule coffee machine, toaster, kettle and micro. Electric stove with oven. |I missed scissors and box grater, bought them in the supermarket. I brought my own cheese slicer and favourite potato peeler from home, Scandinavian extras that don't exist in South Europe. Missing also a spatula for frying pan and a whisk/beater. |Two frying pans in stainless steel made everything stick = negative. |Heating wintertime was excellent, a quiet central AC with 2 outlets and easy control panel. Bathroom was cool, it was OK, but had an extra blow heater you could start before shower, which was pleasant.|WiFi excellent in the apartment. |Enough wardrobes and drawers for 2 people. |Beds comfortable, but the pillows were too big and firm, one of us used a sofa cushion instead, that was OK. ||Extra plus for the sauna, it was Scandinavian style, very good. Cost €5/hour. But there was a problem, the fire alarm got activated too easily. Advice: Keep the entrance door and the middle glass door fully open, and don't keep the sauna door open more than one sec, so alarm will not start. Negative: No sitting space outside the sauna, nowhere to sit to cool down and chill. ||The gym is free, has 4 machines (row, bike, treadmill and cross trainer). Staff could not instruct a beginner, they didn't know how they are used. We were lucky to meet another guest, who was a good instructor. Bench press and weights ok. The pilates ball was 10% flat. ||All in all, we were very happy with the stay. Staff were of different types. Some smiling, friendly and talkative, some strict and "business only".|A tame and friendly cat lady, Shakira, was often seen around...

Nice place to stay that’s very close to Praia da Mareta. Check-in was quick and easy, and Maria at the front desk is very sweet. Everything was ready for us when we got there, including a basket with some fruit, spices, milk, and orange juice. The room was surprisingly large and had a couple small, cosmetic issues here and there, but overall it was very nice for the price. It’s the off-season right now so Sagres is kind of sleepy, but it’s a great location to stay and walk around from. There’s a cliff with a beautiful overlook of the beach about 30 seconds from property,...

Perfect location, very good sized apparent. Large kitchen to use with good working fridge. Good living space considering it was raining during our stay. We stayed on second level and it was nice and quiet.

However, woke up in the morning with multiple bites on me, over 30+, can’t 100% say what kind of bites I have but very suspicious of bed bugs. When letting staff no in the morning - no compassion provided, didn’t seem considered about the issue. She wasn’t very friendly.

Free basket of goodies was provided in the room- however contained a rotten apple and already...