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Encosta do Lago 2 Bed Apartment with Private Garden, Large Palm Fringed Pool

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A resort pool area with lounge chairs, a gazebo, and palm trees.
A two-story house with a covered patio, outdoor seating, and a well-maintained lawn.
An outdoor dining area with a table set for four, including plates, glasses, and a champagne bucket.
A living room with a beige sofa set, a coffee table, a potted plant, and a painting on the wall.
A dining area with a wooden table and chairs, a blue potted plant, and a kitchen in the background.

Reviews

9.8 out of 10, Loved by Guests
Top 10% of guest reviews in this area

Highlights

  • Dive into relaxation
    Unwind in the top-rated pool, your perfect spot for relaxation.
  • Beach equipment
    A rare find — beach equipment ready to go for your days by the sea.
  • Centrally-located
    You're never far from where you need to be with this convenient location.
  • Discover nearby landmarks
    Walk to Ria Formosa Natural Park

Popular amenities

  • Patio
  • Outdoor pool
  • On-site fitness centre
  • Barbecue grill
  • Air-conditioning
  • Refrigerator

Explore the area

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Quinta do Lago, Algarve
  • Place, Ria Formosa Natural Park
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, THE CAMPUS
    ‪7 min walk‬
  • Place, Quinta do Lago North
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Airport, Faro (FAO-Faro Intl.)
    ‪27 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

2 bedrooms (sleeps 5)

Bedroom 1

1 King Bed

Bedroom 2

2 Single Beds

2 bathrooms, 1 half bathroom

Bathroom 1

Soap · Towels provided · Bathtub or shower · Bathtub · Toilet · Hair dryer

Bathroom 2

Soap · Towels provided · Toilet · Shower only · Hair dryer

Bathroom 3

Soap · Towels provided · Toilet

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Garden
Dining area

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About the area

Almancil

Located in Quinta do Lago, a neighbourhood in Loulé, this apartment is near a water park and on a lake. Vilamoura Marina and Faro Marina are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Vilamoura Beach and Falesia Beach. Karting Almancil and Aqua Show Park are also worth visiting. Jet skiing and kayaking offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with cycling and horse riding nearby.
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Quinta do Lago, Algarve

What's nearby

  • Ria Formosa Natural Park - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • THE CAMPUS - 7 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Quinta do Lago North - 4 min drive - 1.9 km
  • Quinta do Lago Golf - 9 min drive - 4.8 km
  • Praia do Ancão - 17 min drive - 8.4 km

Getting around

  • Albufeira - Ferreiras Station - 29 min drive
  • Faro (FAO-Faro Intl.) - 25 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪the shack - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪The Bold Octopus - ‬13 min drive
  • ‪Casa do Lago - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪2 Passos - ‬14 min drive
  • ‪Casa Velha - ‬17 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Does Encosta do Lago 2 Bed Apartment with Private Garden, Large Palm Fringed Pool have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

How much does it cost to stay at Encosta do Lago 2 Bed Apartment with Private Garden, Large Palm Fringed Pool?

As of 28 Oct 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Encosta do Lago 2 Bed Apartment with Private Garden, Large Palm Fringed Pool on 30 Oct 2026 start from £1,953, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

Is Encosta do Lago 2 Bed Apartment with Private Garden, Large Palm Fringed Pool pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Encosta do Lago 2 Bed Apartment with Private Garden, Large Palm Fringed Pool?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Encosta do Lago 2 Bed Apartment with Private Garden, Large Palm Fringed Pool?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Encosta do Lago 2 Bed Apartment with Private Garden, Large Palm Fringed Pool?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Encosta do Lago 2 Bed Apartment with Private Garden, Large Palm Fringed Pool located?

Located in Quinta do Lago, this apartment building is within a 10-minute walk of Ria Formosa Natural Park and THE CAMPUS. Quinta do Lago North and Praia do Ancão are also within 2 miles (3 km).

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 49 out of 56 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 6 out of 56 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 56 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 56 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 56 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

10/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Well appointed villa. Great location near the communal pool and gym. Comfy beds, modern bathrooms, well kitted out kitchen. Great WiFi, would not hesitate to rebook. Owner is easy to talk with and responsive to requests.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2026
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10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Lovely stay! The apartment was spotless with everything needed for a comfortable holiday. We particularly loved the garden and onsite pool and gym facilities. Good location , 5 minutes walk to the lake.
Stayed 8 nights in May 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Excellent stay
Stayed 8 nights in Aug 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place

Great property and great owner!
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
we had a wonderful 6 nights stay in Encosta do Lago, blessed with blue sku and sunshine for the entire trip. The apartment is a mere stone's throw from the pool with bar restaurant and tennis courts. The apartment was spotlessly clean, sizeable rooms, powerful showers and an extremely well equipped kitchen. We had an incredibly peaceful stay and would definitely recommend.
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect holidays!

The apartment is gorgeous and vey well equipped. The facility with pool and gym complete the perfect holiday package.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, communication, location, listing accuracy

Super convenient and comfortable place for the best of Quinta

Well appointed ground floor apartment with loads of space for a young family of four. Lovely swimming pool and tennis courts a stones throw and other Quinta facilities and restaurants, including the shack at the lake, close by. Very enjoyable, will be booking this again!
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent villa

A beautiful clean villa with everything you need for a stay. Small touches like dishwasher tables being left just took away a lot of thinking and made the stay very enjoyable. We loved the resort, and the pool is excellent for toddlers and teenagers. Tucanos nearby does excellent food for both adults and children alike. We really enjoyed our stay here and would definitely come back! Thank you to James, the host, for being so responsive to any queries. The guide to the resort and area was super helpful!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 21 Jul 2025
Thank you for your kind words and glad you enjoyed your stay.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A most enjoyable stay in a delightful place

The property was wonderful in all aspects: quiet, spacious, tastefully decorated and furnished. It had all the necessary appliances. It is conveniently located in beautiful Quinta do Lago. I hope to come back sometime in the future and I have no hesitation in recommending this property.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fabulous family holiday

We had a wonderful 2 weeks. The apartment was perfect for a family and the location worked really well. Pool was perfect for little ones. Thanks James
Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fantastic stay

We had an absolutely fantastic week at this property, which has everything we've come to expect from Encosta Do Lago. Immaculate property kitted out with everything we needed and a lovely garden space (we utilised the BBQ that is provided), close to the pool, beach front and a range of beach bars and Quinta restaurants. The Owner was extremely responsive and helpful whenever I had any questions. Would very happily stay again.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great week

Wonderful property with great access to a lovely pool,gym and tennis court. Everything was easy.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful apartment & great location

Great apartment with everything you could need in a really great location, really close to the pool and walking distance to places we wanted to go. Comfy beds, aircon, sky tv, washing machine, great bathrooms. And the owner has given brilliant communication & quick response. Overall fantastic
Stayed 8 nights in Aug 2024
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10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

The most beautiful Villa

We had one of the nicest holidays we can ever imagine here. Villa is stunning, everything is excellent quality, comfortable and clean. Everything you could think of is provided to use. The location is also perfect, short walk to a lovely communal pool with snack bar, close to beach, golf courses, country club etc. Cannot wait to return.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023
Archival

10/10 Excellent

lovely villa

We had a lovely stay at the villa ,we had every thing we need , close to the pool and beach ,We also had a lovely garden and BBQ Quinta do Lago is a beautiful area . We will be back next year .Thank you James
Response from VrboOwner on 17 Mar 2020
Thank-you for your review. It's always great to know our guests enjoy our apartment and this part of the Algarve as much as we do.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fantastic Apartment

Hi Second time we have stayed in this apartment. It's a lovely, spacious apartment in great location. Close to the pool and also just a short walk to the the lake. Love this aprtment and location. James is fantastic with all communication. Cannot fault it. Denise
Stayed 15 nights in Jul 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 7 Aug 2022
Glad you enjoyed your stay. Hope to have you stay again in the future.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Easy check in. Owner is very quick to answer messages Great apartment with all expected amenities, minus maybe some board games perhaps. Only 1 minute from the pool and pool bar. Pool is lovely, very deep in places but safe for all ages. The restaurant on site has very good menu with fresh fish and great steaks. The apartment is a 5 minute walk to The Shack and the water facilities there, book well in advance. Would come again, Quinta do Lago is a very lovely place, it is a very expensive place to eat out or do any activities, and the best restaurants in the area get booked up well in advance. All said we had a great 2 weeks.
Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family stay

I booked for family and they were so happy with the apartment and the facilities, pool, gym, snack bar and restaurant. Was spotless on arrival but had a bit of difficulty with the front door lock on arrival. The lovely lady arrived to sort it out even though it was a Sunday. Thank you.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A beautiful apartment

We have just returned from a 6 night stay in this lovely apartment. It was spacious, clean and well equipped. Lovely beach towels and a hair dryer were amongst many of the much appreciated items left for our use. We had a great time and very much enjoyed the use of the pool, which was a short walk away and huge! The complex was quiet and smart. A car is needed really but we made do with using Uber’s on this occasion. We really enjoyed our stay here and would definitely book again. Thank you for letting us enjoy your apartment.
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 8 Jun 2023
Thank-you fir your kind words, great to hear you enjoyed your stay. Hope to host you again in the future.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

James Lee is an excellent host; he simplified the entire process of renting the property, and communicating with him was fluid as he was always available when needed. Our stay was pleasant from the first moment when we entered the apartment. It is a fragrant space, clean, beautiful, comfortable, harmonious, well equipped, furnished and organized; makes us feel truly at home. The cleaning service provided was efficient and we never lacked fresh towels – both for bath and beach – and clean bed linen. We received what was announced and contracted and we truly enjoyed a calm and tranquility that allowed us to rest and restore energy. We are all deeply grateful
Response from VrboOwner on 20 Aug 2021
Muito Obrigado Leonor. It was a pleasure to share our apartment with such a great guest. We hope to see you again in the future
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent apartment.

This is a lovely spacious apartment well appointed with good sized rooms in an exclusive area. All the equipment seemed in good order and the beds were comfortable. Large tvs in the lounge and main bedroom with U.K. tv channels and sky sports. A very fast WiFi is also there. The property is a very short walk to a large pool with children’s area with restaurant and bar. The property is close to the Quinta lake where there is a man made beach and various activities as well as more restaurants. The sea and sandy beaches are a good walk away. In my opinion a car is essential to get around. The nearest supermarket is Pingo Doce at Quinta shopping about 2 miles away. Larger supermarkets are at Almancil. There are excellent sandy beaches a short drive away. Overall we were very pleased with the apartment and would return.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2023
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Check-in, location
The apartment is spacious & well stocked in the kitchen area. There were a few issues upon arrival: ants were present & patio furniture not cleaned. We cleaned the patio furniture. Ants were sporadically but consistently present in the unit, on kitchen counter, floors, bathrooms and living area. Issue was raised with owner who proceeded to send cleaning staff. As guests, we obviously got rid of the ants as we saw them. When cleaning staff arrived, no ants were seen - at that moment. As such, they informed the owner and nothing was done. We asked the owner, to tell the cleaning staff - please spray the unit. Just because you don't see ants at a given moment, doesn't mean they are not present or that they will return which is in fact, what kept happening. We offered to leave the unit for several hours so a spray could be done but because the cleaning staff didn't see ants at the moment they arrived, they did not spray the unit. As a result, we constantly spent time getting rid of ants everyday. The owner said ants were a fact in the Algarve & a ground floor unit. What is not acceptable however, is the lack of care on the part of the owner. If a guest consistently informs and provides you with pictures and video's of ants, the hope is the owner would try to make the situation right for their guest. But nothing was done. Good pest control keeps ants at bay. We kept the unit spotless. The ants &the way the owner responded to us, made stay less than perfect.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 4 Oct 2025
I hope people will read this and understand this is not the normal experience of our guests. Please read our other reviews. This client would not contact our property manager in Portugal and insisted on going via myself in the UK which made life more difficult. Housekeeping visited four times and couldn’t find any ants. I received pictures and a video of single ants a week after they left the property. At the time they said the apartment was full of ants, required pest control and requested a refund/compensation with the underlying threat of a negative review if I didn’t comply so this review is no surprise. I arrived at the apartment the day after they left, have been here 3 weeks and have only seen one ant inside the apartment.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
An absolutely fantastic appartment and stay, The host was very helpful and great communication!
Stayed 9 nights in Jul 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
James, notre hôte, a répondu à toutes nos questions avec précision et rapidité avant notre séjour. L'appartement est très bien situé (proximité de la piscine, belle vue dégagée, beau jardin) et dispose d'un équipement complet. Je recommande fortement !
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Thks James

Je recommande car - region top - service tres bon - appartement tb equipé - residence tres propre - piscine top - salle de sport top Que du bonheur 😀
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2023
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