Apartment

Casa Mateus

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An open sliding glass door leading to a dining area with a table and chairs, a kitchen area with cabinets and a sink, and a small balcony with a table and chairs.
A living room with a sofa, a wicker chair, a dining table, and a lamp.
A dining area with a table and chairs, a sofa, a lamp, and a fireplace.
A well-lit room with a large bed, a chair, a table, and a mirror on the wall.
A hotel room with a large bed, a chair, a desk, and a mirror.

Reviews

10 out of 10
Exceptional

Highlights

  • Your cosy retreat
    Guests love the top-rated, comfortable rooms for a restful stay.
  • Centrally-located
    You're never far from where you need to be with this convenient location.
  • Discover nearby landmarks
    Close to Alvor Boardwalk

Popular amenities

  • Patio
  • Swimming pool
  • Air-conditioning
  • Refrigerator
  • Washing machine
  • Fireplace

Explore the area

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Alvor, Faro
  • Place, Alvor Boardwalk
    ‪13 min walk‬
  • Place, Alvor Beach
    ‪18 min walk‬
  • Place, Tres Irmaos Beach
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Airport, Portimao (PRM)
    ‪5 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

1 bedroom (sleeps 4)

Bedroom 1

1 Single Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Single Bed

Living Room 1

1 Double Sofa Bed

2 bathrooms

Bathroom

Bathtub or shower · Bathtub · Toilet

Bathroom

Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Number of living rooms
Garden

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About the area

Portimão

Portimão is home to this apartment. While the natural beauty of Alvor Beach and Rocha Beach can be enjoyed by anyone, those looking for an activity can explore Marina de Lagos. Slide and Splash Water Park and Lagos Living Science Center are also worth visiting.
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Map
Alvor, Faro

What's nearby

  • Castelo de Alvor - 7 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Alvor Boardwalk - 13 min walk - 1.2 km
  • Alvor Beach - 18 min walk - 1.6 km
  • Tres Irmaos Beach - 4 min drive - 1.5 km
  • Prainha Beach - 5 min drive - 2.6 km

Getting around

  • Portimao Station - 14 min drive
  • Portimao (PRM) - 3 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Grande Muralha - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Rib Eye - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Mercado de Alvor - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Buganvilia - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪vintage wine bar - ‬7 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Does Casa Mateus have a pool?

Yes, this property has a pool.

How much does it cost to stay at Casa Mateus?

As of 11 Nov 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Casa Mateus on 13 Mar 2027 start from AU$178, 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 Casa Mateus pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at Casa Mateus?

Check-in begins at 2:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Casa Mateus?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Casa Mateus located?

Situated in Portimão, this apartment building is within 1 mi (2 km) of Castelo de Alvor and Alvor Beach. Alvor Boardwalk and Golfo de Cádiz are also within 1 mile (2 km).

Reviews

10

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 67 out of 74 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 7 out of 74 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 74 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 74 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 74 reviews

10/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

9.6/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Great stay

We loved our stay at this property. It was immaculate and we loved the grocery store near by. Caudio was a great property manager and was very helpful throughout our stay.
Stayed 29 nights in Nov 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 2 Dec 2024
Thank you my friend's for choosing our accomodation and i hoppe to see both in the future
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Apartment was superb with everything you need. Even parasol for the beach!Claudio was the perfect host and nothing was too much trouble.We even arranged our taxi to and from airport woth him.Location of apartment was perfect with a decent supermarket 2 minutes walk around the corner.It took us less than 10 minutes to walk to an abundance of great bars and restaurants which were all family and couple friendly.The area is high class, peaceful and has respectful residents.The strip towards the harbour is lively, but safe, with plenty of entertainment.The nearest beach is 20 minutes walk.Three brothers beach is a little further, maybe 1.5 mile but well worth a visit.Both beaches have watersports and staff are lovely.Overall we had an amazing first visit to Portugal and would 100% return to Alvor as we felt at home and 7 days was not long enough.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Close to town
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 24 July 2025
Thanks for your review
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Excelente!
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Excellent apartment

Excellent apartment in a rally good location just a couple of minutes from restaurants and bars. Apartment has all you could need for a very comfortable stay
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 30 July 2024
thank you for your review. Hoppe to see you and family again.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Great Apartment

Host was great. Accomodated our late arrival. Apartment had everything we needed for a great stay.
Stayed 15 nights in Dec 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 7 Jan 2025
Thank you for your review
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Casa Mateos

Casa Mateos is a beautifully presented and comfortable apartment in a great location. Quiet for a relaxing break but close to the town and supermarket. The pool was a great addition and during our stay we had the pool to ourselves. Cláudio was there to greet us and show us around making check-in really smooth. Would definitely recommend this apartment and hope to return next year.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 15 May 2024
Thank you for your review. Hoppe to see you again.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Lovely apartment

Spotlessly clean apartment, well equipped in a great location. 2 minute walk to the supermarket and few minutes to shops and restaurants. Thank you
Stayed 12 nights in Jul 2023
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Top Class

A fabulous apartment, which was immaculately clean,everything you need for wonderful holiday. Location is really close to alvor center,with a pleasant walk to local bars and restaurants.also a very quite area to stay. Claudio offers a very reliable and efficient taxi service from Faro airport for a reasonable fee. Thank you Claudio for a wonderful holiday ( very relaxing ) Just what we needed.
Response from VrboOwner on 17 Mar 2020
This is the kind of service that I want to keep for my client's. Great review...
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

I left my heart 💜in Alvor

An incredible month in Alvor! Lovely Casa Mateus, a hidden gem; absolute spotless, close enough to walk to the Centro & the beach & far enough to enjoy peace & quiet. Claudio is an amazing host, very hospitable, knowledgeable & accommodating! Then there are the amazing beaches, weather & local people… See u next year. Many, many thanks for helping make my trip so special Claudio & Team (Sara) Obrigada !!
Stayed 30 nights in Mar 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 11 May 2023
For me was a pleasure to meet you and thank you for your lovely word's. See you next year
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Top class

Absolutely brilliant holiday the apartment was superb, great location no taxis needed all amenities are walkable. Lovely swimming pool which we had to ourselves. Claudio and family are so nice and the communication between us was excellent. There are no negatives and we hope to come back soon. Thanks Claudio 5 stars Nige and Rose
Stayed 14 nights in Jun 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The property was lovely and clean, overlooked the pool. Kitchen was well equipped and rooms had Aircon. The WiFi never missed a beat..We where contacted to ensure of our arrival time so everything was prepared. Had the room cleaned a week into the holiday which was nice.Plenty of towels.Supermarket over the road and not too far from the main strip with lots of lovely bars and restaurants. Bus routes around local towns and cities or Ubers and taxis. Lovely long beach so take your pick of a cove or a wide open stretch for a swim
Stayed 10 nights in Jul 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 31 July 2025
Thank you. We will try to continue the good work
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Summer vacation

We stayed for 10 days in this beautiful and very clean appartement. Perfect location for sightseeing and trips all around the algarve. Beaches near by and only a few minutes of walking to the center of Alvor. The appartement had everything we needed. Some of the dishes could be renewed. The pool itself was clean, the area around it just ok. New lounge chairs would have been nice. I would definately book this place again.
Stayed 9 nights in May 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 11 June 2024
Thank you for your review that is very important to us. We will update the negative point's for sure. Hoppe to see you in the near future.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Back at Lovely Casa Mateus

Another beautiful stay @ Casa Mateus. As before, the apartment is spotless. Claudio, the gracious host is personable, accommodating & knowledgeable! The only good thing about leaving is the thought of returning to this lovely Casa next year. Many thanks to Sara in keeping the apartment sparking clean & being patient as I try to learn Portuguese! Muito Obrigada Claudio
Stayed 30 nights in Mar 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 17 May 2024
My dear Jan, was a pleasure to see you again. Thank you for your review and will see you again next year
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Great Apartment

The apartment is great - good size, good layout and well equipped. The pool is lovely and not busy. It's in a great position - slightly out of the centre so it is quiet but only a short walk (5 minutes) takes you into the thick of everything. 15 - 20 minute walk to the beach. There was building working on near the apartment when we were there and it was noisy at times but that will be finished soon so will not be an issue for long. Claudio was a great host too.
Stayed 18 nights in Jul 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 17 Mar 2020
Many thank's for your review, it say everything that the futur guest's will find in our appartment. About the construction near, you are right, it will be finished until the end of 2019 and peace and quiet will return again to the area. Hoppe to see you in the future
Archival

10/10 Excellent

2nd Visit to Casa Mateus

We stayed here last year. Perfect for a family holiday, that's why we returned! Lots of new updates; Smart TV, Coffee Machine, Extra Air-conditioning. Claudio really looks after his apartments and everywhere was very fresh & clean. We were sometimes the only family round the pool. Lovely big terrace/balcony area. Great location, facilities and the team who manage are doing a fabulous job. Thank you for the warm welcome (including the fruit & wine). We will hopefully return sometime in the future.
Response from VrboOwner on 17 Mar 2020
That's realy great for me to know that once again everything was good and all the family enjoy staying in my appartment. Hoppe to see all in the future
Archival

8/10 Good

enjoyable

Have been coming to Alvor for nearly 15 years and first time to stay at Claudios apartment.From initial enquiry to return home everything went smoothly.Claudio was at the airport to take us to Alvor and back again.The property was clean and had most things provided for a self catering stay.Location wise it was right beside pingo supermarket and 5 mins from centre.We will be back in Alvor in August not staying at Claudios but have friends who will be so i would have no hesitation in recommending this property for your stay in Alvor.Joe and Maria
Response from VrboOwner on 17 Mar 2020
Many thank's for your kind word's. Hoppe to see you again
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

May 2019

Very spacious comfortable apartment. Really well presented and kitted out. Fruit and wine welcoming basket was a lovely touch.Two minute walk into the town centre. Beach about five minutes further. Fifty yards from a great supermarket. A little noise from builders nearby at times but it’s temporary and we were out for most of the day in any case. Overall a great relaxing break Peter & Ailish
Stayed 7 nights in May 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 17 Mar 2020
Many thanks for your review. I am sorry if the construction disturb you. This is a temporary work and i believe that until the end of the year it will be finished. I always speak whith guys from the construction to avoid noise, and its for sure a lot better then it was in the begining.
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Just as good as we remembered it.

We have just returned from our second visit to Casa Mateus. It was just as good as we remembered it from our first stay 2 years ago. Claudio and his team went out of their way to get the apartment ready for us as we had arrived during the morning. Claudio also collected us at the airport and took us back for our flight home. I can't recommend this apartment enough as it is very central and had everything we needed. Claudio provides excellent service and is always just a phone call away if you need him for anything. We will definitely be returning to Casa Mateus at some time in the future. Thank you Claudio!
Response from VrboOwner on 17 Mar 2020
Hello my good friends, I hoppe that you arrived safely at home. Is very important for me, to read reviews like this one and I only have to thank your choice for my appartment. I am sure that I will see you again in the future and I will do all my best again.
Verified review

8/10 Good

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

Comfortable apartment

A comfortable 2 bed apartment, owned by a very helpful and friendly family. The welcome was very warm, as was the apartment with the wood burning fire being lit, as well as a nice welcome pack of basic foods, fruit and wine. The living room was also nicely decorated for Xmas. The living areas and bedrooms are very nice and comfortable and the property has a good size balcony that gets sun in the afternoon. We thought the bathrooms let the property down some what. Old fashioned shower curtains rather than screens and a number of cracked tiles and holes in the walls where fittings had been removed. The owner had said he hoped the work on the adjoining building site would be finished by the time we arrived. Unfortunately that was not the case. At times it was rather noisy, especially if sitting on the balcony. I guess in 3 or 4 months most of the work should be finished. On Xmas eve the owner and his wife visited us and gave us a Portuguese Xmas Cake which was very kind. He also dealt very quickly when we had a problem with the hot water and called to say good bye just before we left.
Stayed 18 nights in Dec 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 17 Mar 2020
Thank you for your review.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy
El alojamiento está estupendo, todo muy cuidado y limpio no falta de nada, un lugar tranquilo y cerca del centro, muy recomendable. La persona que nos recibió muy gentil y amable.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Super bien

Parfait
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Fine

Claudio. Muy bien anfitrión. Todo muy rápido y eficaz
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 3 July 2024
Obrigado pelo comentário. Até uma próxima visita
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Een geweldig mooi appartement op een perfecte locatie

We hebben een top verblijf gehad. Claudio is super , appartement heel schoon en van alles voorzien. Supermarkt 2 min lopen , cetrum 10 min lopen en strand 20 min lopen. Zeker voor herhaling vatbaar.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 26 June 2024
bedankt, tot de volgende keer
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

estadia

ótima espectacular 5 estrelas a repetir boa localização e agradável. as minhas filhas adora-ram a pescina o espaço e a casa
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2023
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