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Two bedroom apartment, communal pool, separate children's pool and walk to beach

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Sao Rafael beach
Communal Pool
Bedroom
Sao Rafael Aptm 66A
Sao Rafael

Reviews

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
2 bedrooms1 bathroomSleeps 5

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Washing machine
  • Pet-friendly
  • Air-conditioning
  • Outdoor space

Explore the area

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Albufeira, Algarve
  • Place, Sao Rafael Beach
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Place, Arrifes Beach
    ‪7 min walk‬
  • Place, Albufeira Marina
    ‪6 min drive‬
  • Airport, Faro (FAO-Faro Intl.)
    ‪48 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

2 bedrooms (sleeps 5)

Bedroom 1

2 Single Beds

Bedroom 2

2 Single Beds and 1 Child Bed

1 bathroom

Bathroom 1

Bathtub or shower · Bidet · Toilet

Spaces

Kitchen
Balcony
Garden
Dining area

About this property

Two bedroom apartment, communal pool, separate children's pool and walk to beach

This spacious, recently fully renovated and furnished two storey apartment is situated in the quiet Sao Rafael village, 5 minutes driving from Albufeira. Right in the heart of Algarve, it is considered a prime destination for fantastic holidays and one of the most sought after locations. The area boasts a coastal belt of exceptional scenery and one of the most cosmopolitan settings in the Mediterranean. The apartment is set in an extensive area of mature gardens with a large swimming pool and separate children's pool. The complex is approximately 300 metres from Sao Rafael's beach and 20 minutes walking from Albufeira marina. It is also within walking distance from a variety of fine restaurants.

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 18
Check out before 11:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

Pets allowed: dogs and cats less than 10 kg per pet (limit one pet total)
To be discussed with the owner
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

You need to know

Property Registration Number 100003/AL
Property # 80020
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip
Host has not indicated whether there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios and terraces, which may not be suitable for children; if you have any concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm that they can accommodate you in a suitable room

About the area

Albufeira

Located in Albufeira, this apartment is near a water park and near the beach. Albufeira Marina and Balaia Golf Village are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Sao Rafael Beach and Gale Beach. Slide and Splash Water Park and Aqualand Algarve are also worth visiting. Discover the area's water adventures with scuba diving and snorkelling nearby, or enjoy the great outdoors with cycling and mountain biking.
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Albufeira, Algarve

What's nearby

  • Sao Rafael Beach - 5 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Arrifes Beach - 7 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Praia das Andorinhas - 12 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Coelha Beach - 20 min walk - 1.7 km
  • Albufeira Marina - 6 min drive - 1.9 km

Getting around

  • Albufeira - Ferreiras Station - 16 min drive
  • Portimao (PRM) - 32 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Fat Cats - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪el barrio - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪História do Pão - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Spar - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Nosolo Italia - ‬3 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Does Two bedroom apartment, communal pool, separate children's pool and walk to beach have a pool?

Yes, this property has a children's pool.

Is Two bedroom apartment, communal pool, separate children's pool and walk to beach pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows cats and dogs (limit 1 total) with a maximum weight of up to 10 kg per pet.

How much is parking at Two bedroom apartment, communal pool, separate children's pool and walk to beach?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Two bedroom apartment, communal pool, separate children's pool and walk to beach?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Two bedroom apartment, communal pool, separate children's pool and walk to beach?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Two bedroom apartment, communal pool, separate children's pool and walk to beach located?

Situated by the sea, this apartment building is within 1 mi (2 km) of Sao Rafael Beach and Albufeira Marina. Albufeira Old Town Square is 2.4 mi (3.9 km) away.

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 53 out of 68 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 14 out of 68 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 68 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 68 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 68 reviews

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Check-in

9.8/10

Communication

10/10

Location

9.6/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified

8/10 Good

Brigitte D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great location and very spacious apartment. Loved the balcony facing the ocean.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Gary B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Jorge’s apartment is excellent and has all the amenities that we required. It is close to some awesome beaches and the communal pool is yards away! There are a couple of decent restaurants within walking distance. The area is nice and quiet, ideal for families. We will definitely return if we can.
Stayed 13 nights in Aug 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Keegan C.

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

Fantastic family location

Our family of four (kids ages 5, 3) had a wonderful stay. The property is fully equipped, spacious, and perfectly placed next to the pool entrance and within walking distance of two beaches.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 2 Jul, 2022
I am so happy that you and your family had a wonderful holiday in Sao Rafael. Thank you kindly for your review and great to hear that the property and location met your expectations. Best regards, Jorge
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

Excellent Holiday

Perfect holiday location, close to the beautiful beaches, great pool directly in front of the house, thank you Jorge, all the best😀
Stayed 13 nights in Jul 2020
Response from VrboOwner on 1 Aug, 2020
I am so happy to hear that you and your family had a wonderful holiday. Thank you so much for your review and hope you have the opportunity to come back to Sao Rafael soon. Kindest regards, Jorge
Verified

10/10 Excellent

sarah H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Lovely spacious apartment in ideal position for pool. Good facilities and decent size rooms. Jorge was excellent in his communication and flexible in timings etc so made for a very relaxed communication and organisation for check in easy and stress free. Restaurants and facilities limited in immediate area but old town easily accessed by taxi/uber for reasonable prices. Very relaxed enjoyable holiday. Thank you Jorge
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Maria B.

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

Amazing Albufeira, Algarve

Beautiful location. The apartment is beautiful. Easy check in and check out process. A one minute walk to beautiful Praia de São Rafael.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

paul f.

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

Superb again as always

Super location , well equipped and comfortable, jorge as always makes booking simple. Great holiday as usual
Stayed 16 nights in Jun 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 2 Oct, 2023
Many thanks for your kind review, Paul. Best regards, Jorge
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Tanya G.

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

Family Time

We had a gorgeous week in Jorge place. Pool was fantastic, comfy beds, lovely staff at cafe. The beach was less than a 10 minute walk, lovely beach restaurant altho it was pricy.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Denise B.

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

Once again a wonderful holiday

Our second time to stay in this apartment. We love the quiet location close to a wonderful beach. The apartment is super comfortable and very well equipped, it's a relaxing, beach focused holiday...just lovely.
Stayed 28 nights in Aug 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 17 Oct, 2021
Many thanks for the nice review. We are so pleased to hear that you had a fantastic holiday!!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

paul f.

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

Superb

Great apartment, super location, well kitted out. All ameneties in walking distance. Will definitely book again
Stayed 14 nights in Jun 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 29 Jul, 2022
Many thanks for your kind review. So happy to hear that you enjoyed the apartment and the location. Warm regards, Jorge
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Mariana M.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect location

Amazing location, um you can walk to a very beautiful beach. Very nice house, has everything that you can need. Only missing an expresso machine. The pictures don’t make it justice. The host allowed us to take our small dog and he loved the big balcony.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

Gabby C.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Sao Rafael stay

Great location,nice apartment,great communication.Cleaning could have been better ,food marks and crumbles in the fridge from previous guests. We were not sure how to access the pool but owner was very quick to come back to us. Overall a good experience,would stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 3 Oct, 2022
Many thanks for your kind review. We will address the cleaning issues that you have reported as soon as possible. So happy to hear that you enjoyed the apartment and the location. Kind regards Jorge
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Denise B.

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

Lovely duplex near the beach

Very comfortable spacious duplex on a pretty mature resort...we had a lovely stay here. The apartment is well equipped with everything you could want. Communication with a Jorge was first class. The beach was a few minutes walk away. Lovely pool which we enjoyed a lot. Highly recommended.
Stayed 28 nights in Sep 2020
Response from VrboOwner on 26 Oct, 2020
Many thanks for your review, Denise. I am so happy to hear that the property and the location provided you with a wonderful holiday. Kind regards, Jorge
Verified

8/10 Good

Amie C.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful location. Decent property b. BBC

The location was perfect and the size of the accommodation was great for our family of four. The cliffs at the beach were such a gift to see every day. The place itself was cleaned but not really CLEAN. It was a bit dirty and smelled musty when we arrived. We had to air it out for a few hours. Also the linens were pretty tired and there were not beach towels available. It’s a decent space and with a few updates and an in depth clean it could be great. It worked for us and we really loved the area.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 21 Mar, 2023
Thank you for taking the time to write your review. I will address the issues reported as soon as possible. Kind regards, Jorge Pereira
Verified

10/10 Excellent

robin g.

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

Family of 4 with 2 children 5 and under.

The property is lovely, modern and clean and well kitted out with everything you might need. The pools just outside were great as well and although we're quite cold on the first day, appeared to warm up over the hot days we were there. Tommy's supermarket is a short walk for supplies and our girls loved playing air hockey at city bar! The two closest beaches are beautiful, we particularly liked arriffes beach which you can get to by walking over the cliffs by Sao Rafael beach or by road to left of the apartment. Sao Rafael beach is five mins downhill. We also loved gale beach (east side) which we got to by taxi which is great for kids. Zoomarine was close by . We got taxis to albuferia and were surpised to find a lot of places we liked by the strip and didn't really bother with the old town as the restaurant touts are pushy and annoying. We also got a train to Lagos and bus back the following day, preferring the bus by far! Overall, We had an excellent holiday mainly because the apartment and location were superb. However, I would say that of you have children that get easily bored it may not be the place for you as it's pretty chilled and relaxed and no play parks etc near by!
Stayed 7 nights in May 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 26 Mar, 2020
Dear Robin, Thank you so much for your review. We live in Australia and use our property perhaps once a year - I could not have written a more accurate description of the property and location. Kind regards, Jorge
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Paul T.

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

Our First Time In Albufeira

This property is in a very pretty area of Albufeira being only about a 10 min walk from Sao Rafael Beach which is world renoun for its beauty. the property is very well appointed and recently renovated with excellent finishes. The owner Jorge will answer any questions you have usually right away or within 24 hours. it's a downstairs/Upstairs Duplex with large lounge / dinning room and fully equipped kitchen. Upstairs are 2 decent sized bedrooms and a single bathroom. all in all this is a very modern property. It is on a pretty development with a communal pool and kids pool right outside the front door almost. There's a snack bar and bar on the pool deck. It's in a quieter area but has a few very good restaurants and bars within easy walking distance. The town of Albufeira is about 10 min drive away and the Marina is about a 4 min drive away where there is plenty to do at both locations. I would highly recommend you do a 3hour boat trip to the Bengali Cave from the Marina which will cost 34 Euro. Overall this is a great property with everything you need for a perfect Holiday. Thank you Jorge for giving us our very first taste of Portugal. We will be back one day. Paul & Belinda Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Response from VrboOwner on 26 Mar, 2020
Thank you so much Belinda & Paul for taking the time to write such a nice review!! It makes us really happy to hear that you have enjoyed your holiday, our property, the magnificent location and surrounding facilities. We truly hope that you are able to come back to Sao Rafael in the not so distant future.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Mirko H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Der Aufenthalt war großartig! Das Apartment liegt direkt gegenüber vom Eingang zum Pool, es sind tatsächlich nur 5 Minuten zum Strand. Es gibt alles was man braucht und wenn man mal erschöpft ist, lädt das Entertainmentsystem zum Filmeschauen ein.Einziges manko ist der relativ weite Weg zum Supermarkt an der Marina, woran wir uns jedoch schnell gewöhnt haben. Für den Kaffee lohnt es sich. Die kleinen Läden in der Nähe sind super für Noteinkäufe. Den größeren Einkauf konnten wir mit dem Bus erledigen, was auch kaum ein Problem war.
Stayed 12 nights in Aug 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Maike M.

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

Schöne Wohnung in ruhiger Anlage

Wir hatten eine sehr schöne Woche. Die Wohnung ist gut ausgestattet, überall mit Klimaanlage. Direkt am Pool. Schöne Einrichtung. Wir haben uns extrem wohlgefühlt.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 30 Jul, 2025
Dear Maike and Family, Many thanks for your kind review. I am so happy that you enjoyed your holiday in our apartment, Sao Rafael. Warm regards, Jorge
Verified

8/10 Good

Birgit H.

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

Wunderbar

Super schöne, ruhige Anlage mit großem Pool. Alles war so, wie im Inserat beschrieben. Besonders schön war auch die grüne Umgebung und die Nähe zu der herrlichen Bucht. Leider ein Stern Abzug, da es im Bad extrem aus dem Abfluss gerochen hat, was sich aber mit der Lüftung beheben ließ.
Stayed 11 nights in Sep 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

Peggy I.

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

Albufeira

Die Altstadt ist sehr schön, der Ort sehr zentral. Die Unterkunft ist empfehlenswert und unser Gastgeber war sehr höflich und hilfsbereit! Toller Urlaub!
Stayed 11 nights in Aug 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Isabelle D.

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

Très beau séjour!

superbe et bien localisé. Distance à pied de la plage. Nous avons fort apprécié notre séjour. Merci
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

LAURA G.

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

Apartamento en Albufeira

Muy buena experiencia, el apartamento tiene todo lo que se necesita, destaco que se trata de un duplex con escaleras, dato que no venía en el anuncio. El apartamento es amplio con un salón grande y una terracita. Se encuentra justo en frente de la piscina. El supermercado que mas nos gustó fue el Coviran a 5 min en coche y la playa de Falésia. Unas vacaciones inolvidables el Algarve nos ha encantado con un montón de pueblos que ver y unas playas preciosas. Repetiremos seguro. Muchas gracias.
Stayed 11 nights in Jul 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 5 Aug, 2024
Dear Laura and Family, Many thanks for your review. I am so happy to hear that you had a wonderful holiday in Sao Rafael and the apartment provided you with everything you needed. Muchas Gracias Jorge
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Detlef H.

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

Schöne Wohnung

Sehr gut!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Corinne B.

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

Maison au came dans quartier résidentiel

Très bel endroit et je remercie Jorge pour sa maison. Tout était très bien. Je recommande
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Armin G.

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

Wunderschöner Aufenthalt

Wir waren zum 2. mal in der gleichen Wohnung, da die Lage perfekt für Ausflüge ist. Im Umkreis bis 100km findet jeder etwas interessantes, ob tolle Strände, Natur, Geschichte, Essen und Trinken. Die Anlage ist sehr gepflegt, Parkplätze sind immer frei, es ist sehr ruhig und die anderen Gäste sind sehr international. Wir kommen wieder.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

About the host

Hosted by Jorge Pereira

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Hi there,
My name is Jorge Pereira. I was born in Lisbon, I currently live in Brisbane - Australia and have an agency in Algarve looking after our property - cleaning and maintenance.
I simply love the property and location,,, I wish I could use it myself a bit more often!
I hope you have the opportunity to reserve our property for an unforgetable holiday.
Kind regards

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