Martinhal Sagres Family Resort

This resort is simply spectacular, and absolutely worth the visit! It really is geared towards kids, and our son absolutely loved everything from the pool, to the ocean, the playgrounds, and the mascots. The food was great, our apartment was clean and well maintained, and the view and sound of the ocean from the balcony can’t be beat! We stayed here after a busy week of touring in Lisbon, and it was just what we needed to unwind before heading home.

From start to finish this resort delivered everything and more. ||We stayed in an Ocean View Villa /Apartment and it was modern, clean and well kept. ||The staff were exceptional and the level of customer service is high. We loved the My Martinal website - which should be standard for any resort. It allows you to book everything from your phone and you have direct access to their concierge via WhatsApp. It's very convenient. ||The facilities are superb. We thoroughly enjoyed the padel courts and the mini golf. The gym is small but functional and we also enjoyed the choice of the pools. The SPA is a nice quiet spot if you fancy some me time or enjoy meditation. The beach is also lovely with pods and sun loungers in a plot reserved for hotel guests. ||The resort is designed for young famalies but our teens still found lots to do from the gym, bike station through to the blue room - which offered a pool table, ping pong to an arcade and PS5. ||The restaurants and bars were all good but slightly overpriced. However, we still enjoyed the food and the service was great. The staff can't do enough for you. ||Although there were a lot of young children, there is so much space here that you won't notice it. Even in peak season, when we visited, you'll only notice the main pool is busy. The other pools and facilities were quiet most of the time. ||Highly recommended for families but especially those with younger children.

Overall a very nice family resort with 3 restaurants on site serving a variety of food, lots of food options for kids and babies. Good size villas and plenty of swimming pools. Staff are friendly and welcoming. Negatives are there is no night time entertainment for adults or kids, kids clubs are 25 euros per child per half day, bathrooms in villas need updating with worn tiles and luke warm water in showers at all times of day. Recommend booking half board directly with hotel as children under 9 will then eat free.

+ Great family friendly resort||+ Using half board we enjoyed a wide variety of dishes across the 3 restaurants, not going half board would have been a lot more expensive.||+ Garden houses have huge private garden||+ Great area for cycling, the bikes are from musette bikes. Book in advance to get the bike you want/need.||+ Kids club was great and the coloring stations in the restaurants were a success too. Be sure to book in advance.||+ We were slightly before the true high season but it never felt too busy anywhere in the resort during our stay||+ Just a few steps from the resort takes you hiking along the dramatic coastal cliffs.||- The oasis pool is adult only, although mentioned on the site it came as a surprise to us and small disappointment when staying in one of the garden houses||- Don't expect too much from the town of Sagres but nearby Lagos is also good for exploring.||- Avoid the local intermarche as the prices are so inflated you might as well just shop in the Martinhal convenience store||- The bikes for small kids (14") are too heavy for young kids in combination with some of the small hills around the resort||||Our holiday wasn't cheap but neither was the experience.

Beautiful resort with everything that a young family needs. Would highly recommend. We had some very windy days, which I think is probably very normal for the location, but worth packing a few hoodies/warmer tops for the evenings.

Just back from a 7 night stay. We stayed in a 3 bedroom garden house. The house itself was very outdated. No 5 star toiletries included that you would expect in the bathrooms. Just the basic shampoo and conditioner. Every restaurant for all meals had to be booked days in advance especially if you wanted to dine in the As Dunas restaurant. This is very inconvenient when you have young families as things can change on the day. One of the mornings that I booked breakfast I got an email to say they couldn’t fulfil my reservation even though I had a booking confirmation 3 days prior. Whilst the hotel offers a kids clubs (all additional cost) there is no evening entertainment which is very disappointing. On a positive note the staff were extremely friendly and the food was very good. For the price of this hotel for me it definitely wasn’t worth it and absolutely not a 5 star resort.

We absolutely LOVED Martinhal Sagres. I travelled with my husband and three children (7,5 and 1) and it was the best family holiday we have ever been on. It manages to combine an amazing holiday for children, with luxury/good food etc. for parents. That is so rare as usually places which are great for kids can be tacky or the food may not be nice etc. Martinhal has managed to do both perfectly.||For the kids, the Kids Club was great, all three went to the relevant groups. I had only signed up for two afternoons but my daughter begged me to book her into another session as she loved it so much! Both my son and daughter had two swimming lessons each, with lovely, enthusiastic instructors. We enjoyed spending time at all three pools and the kids just loved the main playground in the square and the trampolines. It was great that even our 1 year old could wander round the playground safely while we watched him from our table. My daughter loved having a mummy daughter massage in the spa as well! We went to a family football hour also which was enjoyed by all. ||For my husband and me, we thought the food was great ( O Terraco and As Dunas the best food, Oz Gambizonos not as good, but the pizza was fab), the adult only pool lovely, the spa was great also. The accommodation also great, we had a 3 bed Ocean House so lots of space, and me and my husband could relax on the balcony after the children went to bed. ||We did half board, breakfast was wonderful and the dinners were great and then we just bought sandwiches etc from the lovely market shop for lunch. ||Lastly, the staff were wonderful. They were really understated, but nothing was a problem, everything on time, no complaints whatsoever. Airport transfers were great and room cleaned daily.||We cannot fault Martinhal. We understand why so many people love it and return year after year. We will certainly be returning next year.

Of all the amazing places we stayed in different parts of Portugal we sure had high hopes for this one. This was by far the most expensive and we opted for a villa because of the private pool and our multigenerational family stay that required a larger space. ||The villa we stayed in listed it had AC but it was only in the main living area. There was no AC in the bedrooms and I had to ask twice for a fan in order to sleep comfortably. We had no hot water for 3 of the 4 days. The key to secure the back door where anyone could walk up from the public beach didn’t work. ||Martinhal Sagres is very tailored to tourists. No Portuguese people here which may be great for some but to us it did not feel like Portugal especially with the prices and the tipping expectations. ||I tried to get something back given all the issues but the manager (Rui) said to leave a review of the issues so the owners fix them. I explained that they allow the private owners to rent to their clients so I was offered 50% off my invoice which consisted of 2 breakfasts and kids clubs for total reimbursement of $196. We ended up going off site or cooking our meals because prices are very inflated on the resort and food was good but not great. While the resort is clean, well-kept and the staff overall was kind and courteous, it was our most expensive stay in Portugal and likely would not return.