Praia da Rocha, Mirachoro Apartments Review

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chrisarch's Review of Praia da Rocha, Mirachoro Apartments Algarve

20th Jul 2004

Overall Rating

1.5 stars
  • Value for money
    1.5 stars
  • Board Basis
    Self catering
  • Customer Service
    3.5 stars
  • Resort
    0.5 stars
  • Date of stay
    July 2004
  • Accommodation
    2 stars
  • Food
    2 stars
  • Location
    0.5 stars
Good Points

Large rooms. Friendly staff. Good area information available at reception. Food available at bar from early morning until late at night.


Bad Points

Too far from town centre. Grounds too compact - especially around pool area. Limited cooking facilities.


General Comments

If the Mirachoro Apartments had been located in the centre of Praia da Rocha, it would have been much better. We found the walk into town took about 20 minutes at your ease but, in addition, you had tons of steps to get to the beach and a long walk over the beach to the water. There was no way my 5 year old would walk back. Bus service runs three times a day but last bus home is around 5 pm. I ended up renting a car (reasonably) from reception at the hotel and it was delivered and picked up right at the hotel thus solving some of the location problems. The apartments were spacious with comfortable beds. Cooking facilities were limited to two rings, a toaster, a microwave and a fridge. I did find it a bit noisy at night but nothing beyond the usual sounds you would have coming in open windows in an urban area and with a holiday crowd in a high rise building. The bar served great pizzas, toasties and burgers for the kids at reasonable prices. Pool was small and we found it to be very cold. Pool lounge area also very compact and tight. The majority of people staying at the hotel were English speaking so the staff were excellent English speakers. The hotel also had a small reading library behind reception which was much appreciated when I ran out of books. Loads of tours are available and can be booked through your tour operator, reception or you can call many of the places yourself and they will offer free transport. We would recommend booking direct to save money. Overall, the hotel was certainly satisfactory but we did not really like the resort of Praia da Rocha as it lacked character and was mostly full of high rise apartment blocks, restaurants, bars and souvenir stalls.

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Members' Comments onchrisarch's Review

  • marialouise23 on 23rd Sep 2008

    Stayed at these apts in sep 08,found the rooms nice and spacious,cleaners were just ok. Found the pool area quite clean and the pool was never over crowded, staff were very helpful and spoke great english, the walk to the beach was fine, it was the walk bk that got to us, a lot of steep hills, taxis for reasonable price. Never use the phone that is in the hotel, it charges 3 euro a min, it was robbery, over all was pleased with our stay at this hotel, I would go back again