Superb villa and views in a nice quiet area

We have just spent a week in this lovely villa and would certainly recommend it to friends. The location is peaceful and although it means an uphill walk back to the villa from the village the peace more than makes up for the walk. We were looking for somewhere quiet and secluded and it fitted the bill perfectly. The villa is well equipped, clean and maintained to a high standard. There were ample sun loungers for the four of us and the pool was perfect.

Dear Tim and Caroline
Thanks for the use of you lovely villa. We had a fantastic holiday and the villa was a home from home. Very private and quiet with everything we could possibly need and lots of space for two families. The children had a great time in the pool and we all enjoyed BBQs in the evenings. Only a short walk into the peaceful town of Luz, where we enjoyed some lovely meals out. All in all a great family holiday with friends. We would recommend to anybody.

An excellent property, well located for both south coast and west coast algarve beaches. Indoors the house was clean and spacious with four good size bedrooms two ensuite, and two other bathrooms. A good size lounge and well appointed kitchen. Outside there is a lovely pool which was a great temperature in the summer and an eating and barbque area. There are fantastic views from the [gin and tonic] terrace of the sunset. I would thoroughly recommend this villa, one of the best I have been to.

We had a fantastic week at Casa Por do Sol. The villa itself is like home from home - comfortable, clean, spacious and attractively furnished. The pool area is great with a wall providing shelter from the wind and surrounded by a garden that is flourishing ( and looks better than in the photos!).
The location was perfect for our needs. Our 4 teenagers enjoyed walking down to the resort for water-sports, bars and cafes and were happy to pick up groceries from the small supermarket on the way back up the hill. They even caught the local bus in Lagos a couple of times.
Us oldies enjoyed the coastal walks and some of the tiny bays that were off the beaten track and spent lots of quiet time (the villa is in a really quiet area) by the pool.
We all had great fun body-boarding at some of the beaches further down the coast, which benefit from Atlantic breakers.
The local restaurants were very good, but we mostly cooked at the villa (there's a great barbecue) as the kitchen was so well equipped.
The owners were most helpful whilst booking the property and Bruna, the lady who came to clean twice during our stay, was friendly and extremely efficient.

When we arrived we found that one of the parasols around the poolside had broken. We contacted the lady who looks after the villa and she replaced it with two new parasols very quickly! We were very impressed.

We'll definitely go back if we get the chance!

The whole family (6 adults and 3 babies all under 1) stayed at this villa for our holiday in Sept 2008. As we had 3 babies we were rather restricted on evenings out and so as a result spent alot of time in the villa, and what a Villa! It took just over an hour drive from Faro airport and the directions given by Tim were spot on and dead easy to follow. We had 2 estate cars and parking was fine at the villa. The villa had everything we could have needed, if you didn't want to you would not have to leave. The bedrooms were all of a good size, and having 4 bathrooms (2 baths 2 showers) was great with the kids. The pool was good to have but was quite cold (but nice on the sunburn). We took a toddlers paddling pool and left it there for future guests (fill it up in the morning and it gets quite warm). The town / beach isa 15 min walk and easy going in (downhill all the way) but a climb back up especially pushing a pushchair, but not too bad. Location was great and very quiet and not overlooked whatsoever. Facilities in the Villa were great, it even had some UK TV channels, DVD, CD player, phone, full laundry facilities, dishwasher etc. We would certainly go back and I would recommend it to anyone. Weather was good late September (was 24-28 most days and only rained one afternoon). My top tip would be if you went and had a car then to do your shopping at the Intermarche in Lagos (5 min drive) rather than using the supermarket in Luz which was far more expensive. The bars / restaurants in Luz were all good (some expensive) and Lagos were worth going to. Sand City in Pera was very good, especially for families. Great holiday and could not fault the place! James

This is an absolutely fantastic villa, away from the noise of the town but within easy walking distance, though not for the infirm as it's at the top of a very steep hill. The villa is superbly equiped and was a delight to be able to stay here, the maid was excellent and we couldn't find fault with anything. I would certainly recommend this to anyone and hope I get the chance to stay here again sometime.