RV park Manta Rota — Hotel in Vila Real de Santo António

Current situation – August 2025

This is a regular parking lot during summer — no RVs or similar vehicles allowed. There’s no signage explaining that the area functions as a normal parking lot in summer and turns into an RV park the rest of the year. You’re left to figure that out on your own. So, if you’re in an RV and thinking about parking here during the summer: don’t.

Right now, both automatic payment machines are out of service 😒

Most drivers try to park as close as possible to the road near the wooden cabana, thinking it’ll be quicker to pay and exit — but it just causes congestion and turns the 15-minute grace period after paying into a stressful scramble.

If you're planning to leave the beach around lunchtime, parking somewhere on the street might be a much...

We were travelling in our camper van. The Aire was full with German and French vans, it looked like they were there permanently as they had awnings and tables out etc. Which is not really allowed, as it is supposed to be just a stopover. We had to spend the night in the other car park. Quite a few other French and German vans there too. We were shocked to see a French guy tip the contents of his toilet in the bushes, which is absolutely vile, the village is good enough to give us this place to spend the night, this gives people travelling in campervans a bad name. He could have easily walked over to the Aire and disposed of the waste, he also let out all his grey water...

This autocaravana park looked nice online and since we were visiting the area we decided we wanted to stay. We arrived at 5 pm, and all the automated ticket machines were broken, so we couldn't enter with the van - there was a hand written sign saying go to "reception" which was a wooden shack - which was closed!! Apparently they close at 2:30, so anyone arriving in the afternoon is screwed. In addition to that, it is really crowded and run down, we walked around to check it out and it was dirty and littered, and the electric outlets are very sparse so you would need really long extensions. It's a real shame because the location on the beach is nice, but I would not...