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Could be better: Entrance patio leading to property could be improved with additional lighting.
FONTE SANTA by Check-in Portugal
Villa with private pool • 6 bedrooms • Ideal for families and groups
Welcome to Fonte Santa, a spacious and bright villa, perfect for those seeking comfort, leisure and privacy. With an excellent outdoor area, private pool and various entertainment options such as tennis court, volleyball net, trampoline and table tennis, this property is ideal for family holidays or time with friends in the heart of the Algarve.
The Space
• 6 spacious bedrooms (5 bedrooms with double bed, 1 bedroom with 2 single beds)
• Accommodates up to 14 guests (2 additional beds)
• Spacious and welcoming living room, with dining area — ideal for gatherings and moments of rest
• Fully equipped kitchen: refrigerator, oven, hob, microwave, coffee machine, dishwasher, washing machine and all essential utensils
• Air conditioning and free Wi-Fi
• 4 complete bathrooms and 1 service bathroom
The décor is carefully considered and practical, creating a family-friendly and relaxing environment...
17:00 – 23:45
Until 10:00
€1,000 / booking
€1 / person / night
€2 / person / night
€1 / person / night
Reviews written by guests after a stay with a confirmed booking.
P. · 7 nights in April 2025 · written in English
Could be better: Entrance patio leading to property could be improved with additional lighting.
Reply from Check-in Portugal
Thank you so much for your thoughtful feedback! We're delighted to hear you enjoyed the wide range of amenities and that the property suited all ages in your group. We're also glad the electrical issue was resolved quickly and efficiently. Your suggestion regarding the entrance patio lighting is very helpful, and we’ll certainly take it into consideration for future improvements. It means a lot that you would recommend the property to family groups — we hope to welcome you back soon!
Anouk · 7 nights in May 2024 · written in English
Liked: The people of Check in were very friendly and helpful.
The house is very large and the facilities were good.
Could be better: The mattress of some beds. And we couldn’t use the bicycles.
Reply from Check-in Portugal
Thank you for sharing your experience! We're glad to hear that you had a positive interaction with the Check-in team and that you found them friendly and helpful. It's great to know that you enjoyed the spaciousness of the house and that the facilities met your expectations. If there's anything else we can assist you withif you plan to return in the future, please feel free to reach out. We'd be happy to host you again!
Catherine M. · 3 nights in May 2024 · written in English
Liked: Overall the villa itself is fab, we visited for a friend’s hen party and it was a great size and housed us well for the weekend. Can’t fault the pool or tennis courts or the overall house itself.
Could be better: What let the whole thing down was that the electric went out in the villa not once, but twice. We were left a whole day without electricity and kept being told there was nothing that could be done and to keep checking back in 4 hours. 12 hours later, someone eventually came out to fix it. A diabetic in our group had to use charging facilities at a local restaurant just so she could manage her blood sugars. The same happened again the next day - we were asked to try and fix it ourselves in the garage. Overall the customer service was extremely disappointing, we had to fight to get the electric on again and were not offered anything to say sorry. Furthermore when the cleaning team arrived, they told us to leave the rubbish outside the house which we were then charged €50. Such a shame - none of our group would return on the basis of being let down so many times.
Reply from Check-in Portugal
Thank you for your fantastic feedback! We're delighted to hear that the villa was the perfect setting for your friend's hen party and that it comfortably accommodated your group. It's great to know that you enjoyed the pool, tennis courts, and the overall house.
We understand that you were unhappy with the energy situation, but the problem was on the street where the house is located, where the city hall cut off the electricity for maintenance.
When the light returned, it ended up tripping the electricity panels, making it necessary to send a team to the property.
The second time the power went out again, the team went to the property to check the situation and realized that a large number of household appliances were being used at the same time, thus creating an underload on the electrical panel.
Our team was always available to help and maintain assistance.
Regarding rubbish, I inform you that the day before your check-out you received the instructions where it is mentioned that you will have to remove the rubbish from the property and place it in the containers, as it was not complied with, a fee was charged for the extra time that the team cleaning needed on the property.
Edward A. · 3 nights in February 2024 · written in English
Reply from Check-in Portugal
Thank you for your review, we hope to see you again!
Andreia · 3 nights in February 2024 · written in Portuguese
Reply from Check-in Portugal
Thanks for your review. Hope to see you again.
Ann · 7 nights in April 2023 · written in Portuguese
Liked: We were a family group of 13 people, Age group from 11 year old to 82 year old.
Location of property was excellent and with pool, tennis court, volleyball and table tennis at the property everyone was catered for.
A well equipped kitchen, laundry room and various dining options.
Any on site queries we had were dealt quickly and in a courteous manner.
Spacious bedrooms and adequate bathrooms
I would recommend this property to a similar group of travellers.
Could be better: Sensor lights would be a great addition inside the entrance pathway as we had to use flashlights on our phones when we returned to the property at night.
There were a number of loose paving blocks at the entrance.
BBQ could have being bigger.
No inside door leading front the garage to the ground floor accommodation
Reply from Check-in Portugal
Hello , Vincent we were happy to host your big family group . We will take your comment as a consideration for a future improve the house . Thank you
Philippe R. · 7 nights in September 2021 · written in English
Liked: La villa et son jardin, ses équipements
Could be better: chek in avec une personne physique
Jennifer M. · 7 nights in August 2021 · written in English
Liked: We stayed here two years ago and there have been welcome
Improvements ie beach towels provided and hair dryer!
The villa offers Something for all the family (6 adults and 4 children) . Tennis court was well used. Grandson loved the soccer net. Granddaughters enjoyed badminton net and table tennis. Big shady garden and Great swimming pool with lots of inflatables
Great location. Peaceful and easy walk through pine trees to the beach. Yet only 5 minutes to big supermarkets, and 1O minutes to lively resorts and golf courses eg Acqualand Vilamoura and Val de Lobo. Much better values than Quinta da Lobo. Want to keep it a secret!
Excellent and prompt service from Check-In Portugal. We’ll definitely come again
Could be better: Grown up kids found the a couple of the double beds a bit small and uncomfortable as they are used to king sized divans but happy to put up with that as the villa offers so much (see above)
Flávio · 5 nights in June 2020 · written in Portuguese
Liked: Experiência bastante positiva, a casa é enorme e mais que espaçosa para um grupo de 14 adultos. Espaço exterior óptimo para passar os dias (Campo de ténis, ping-pong, piscina e relvado). Certamente para repetir se houver oportunidade.
Dois aspectos bastante negativos a salientar:
1) Não existem caixotes do lixo próximos da casa, o que obriga a uma deslocação a pé ou de carro com o lixo às costas.
2) Tivemos vizinhos a queixarem-se do barulho (música), achamos inadmissível para o tipo de casa que é. Aliás, foi feita uma reclamação à própria agência que nos proibiu de ter música após as 22:00h, sorte que foi apenas no último dia. Ainda, a agência "ameaçou" que nos retiraria dinheiro da caução (o que acredito ser ilegal). Para uma casa que é claramente para ir de férias com um grupo grande não faz sentido nenhum.
Obrigado,
Flávio Soares
Hanne · 7 nights in June 2019 · written in English
Liked: A beautiful house with very nice rooms, bathrooms, kitchen, and livingareas and swimmingpool, tennisfield.
Lovenly garden with beautiful palms and other plants and green gras with perfekt automatik water system.
all cleaning was perfekt.
The house has a very good location and few minuts to a supermarket
Very easy to contact true Whats App.
Could be better: window in Hall/terrasse is brooken
water tap broken in bathroom next to hall
Dishwasher lower basket not ok
The grill not ok
missing furniture on evening terrasse
Pool could use a make over
Oven sometimes shut down the electricity
Selvandran · 1 night in May 2019 · written in English
Simon · 8 nights in September 2018 · written in English
Liked: The villa and garden was very spacious the pool was very clean the surrounding area was peaceful it was nice to be able to walk to the beach and restaurants on the beach it was easy to get to from the airport the villa was very clean.
Could be better: I would rate the villa 4 stars only because there were a number of things that were faulty (sun umbrella, downstairs loo, kettle, coffee machine etc). It would have been helpful ti have 'instructions' in the villa' as you normally get. It would have been nice to have some tourist information brochures, maps, recommendations etc. Check-in Portugal staff were very nice and helpful but your online check-in for entering the guests' details didn't work for me and handling this was very cumbersome.
Nuno · 6 nights in August 2018 · written in Portuguese
Reply from Check-in Portugal
Obrigada pela sua avaliação e por escolhido a nossa casa para as vossas férias.
Tudo de bom!
What is included in your booking?
Liked: Large garden with tennis court, volley ball,
table tennis and pool
Various board games available. Great property for wide
range all ages.
We had an issue with electric but this was dealt with in 15 minutes by the booking agent.
I would have no hesitation in recommending this property to family groups,