Barceló Isla Canela

You will need to upgrade your room. I booked a junior suite and had to view 3 rooms before finding a suitable room (room 2109 is good). Reception was not pleasant and I felt uncomfortable asking to see other rooms. The male receptionist was rude. The resort is right across from the beach which is nice. The resort itself does not have a lot of atmosphere and it was filled with older German tourists. You cannot bring food to your sunbed by the pool and the drinks are served in plastic cups. There were plenty of sunbeds available. The food was good enough (we stayed half board). Breakfast was nice but dinner was hit and miss. There are 2 supermarkets within 5 mins from the hotel so you can pick up break, ham and cheese for lunch. The hotel is located 1 hour away from Faro airport so please factor in the cost of the taxi into your holiday (approx €160) All in all, it was lovely to get some sun and the hotel was adequate.

This resort is very family friendly, lots of activities around the pool for all ages. I encourage you to get the all inclusive. Nice walking trail that parallels the beach and easy beach access. There is an exercise room. They offered yoga and water exercise classes. The lounge never had a bartender while we were there. It does have ping pong, pool, and other table games. It's a lovely salt cleaned pool that is treated and cleaned daily. Closed at 7:30 pm and opened between 10 & 11 am. When we were there. Mosquitoes are bad at dusk so don't leave your balcony door open. I didn't know about the pay parking until i arrived. The food was generous and plentiful, and overall quite good, but most of the grilled meats were overdone. We had a relaxing and comfortable stay.

Lovely and relaxing in October, no children running around so mainly all couples. Lovely area for walks and just generally mooching about the nearby town of Ayamonte or popping over to Portugal on the ferry.

Couldn't fault this hotel at all, staff pleasant and helpful, hotel reception area and gardens spotless and very well tended, lovely pool and sunbathing areas. Friday & Saturday was very busy in the restaurant as many Spanish families arrived for the weekend, but staff ensured that everyone had a table and there was no lack of service. Food was varied and plentiful - you would have to be extremely fussy not to find anything you liked. Very quiet area, no discos, a few restuarants and beach bars, a couple of supermarkets. My visit was in mid May so very quiet, not every facility open. Don't come here if you want a hectic nightlife! Lovely beach, plenty of walks along the promenade and out on the sandbanks - very clean beach. Beach 50 metres over the road.