I carried out a lot of research before booking "Pinhal" for our holiday for June 2014, so please save yourself a lot of time and just go for it and book this apartment ! You won't be disappointed.
Where do I start..... very high specification with aircon, wifi, UK TV channels (World Cup was on), huge terrace covered to protect the kids from the sun, comprehensive kitchen equipment, underground garage keeping the car cool.
But in more detail, the fact that the apartment terrace leads down to the garden, rather than straight on to the pool was fantastic for our 2 year old & 4 year old daughters, they could play and walk around on their own without us constantly walking with them. Every day they would go to the garden and look for leaves fallen from the tree while my wife and I sat on the terrace with OJ, Coffee and croissants, palma ham and melon, it was just bliss.
The quality of the apartment was high, with comfortable sofas, fabulous beds all the equipment you will ever need.
Now, I would recommend having a hire car as its a couple of km in to the marina area but also because you are perfectly placed to visit all the other towns on the Algarve. We went to Lagos (on the Toll Motorway) took an hour or so each way, Albufeira 20 mins, Faro 30 mins (Forum Algarve shopping), Portimao 40 mins.
The apartment is well placed on the outer edge of Vilamoura, close to the golf courses, its a well cared for area with quality people holidaying or enjoying their holiday homes.
The swimming pool is also lovely, with a large baby pool about 60cm deep that our kids used every day.
On the peak busy days we had a maximum of 4 other people around the pool, so it pretty much felt like your own private pool.
There is a playpark not far away and of course the English TV was pretty much glued to ceeBeebies each morning, it just worked so well for us.
I would highly recommend the apartment and would certainly return to use it again.