Our family of four (with two teenage boys) have just returned from a week in this fab apartment and we loved every minute! The apartment has all you need, with a well equipped kitchen, wifi and great living area. It is immaculately clean, in a beautiful quiet location with the lovely pool area a 2 min walk away which provided shade if required and enough sunbeds for everyone with a bar/snack bar too.
The very pretty beach is a 5 min walk and has watersports available so our boys took a 2 hour paddle boarding tour which they loved. The beach restaurant is nice and very busy at lunchtime with drinks/ice-creams available to take away.
Sao Rafael is a lovely area with several 5 star hotels nearby and only a 5 min taxi ride or 25 min walk to Albufeira marina which has lots of restaurants overlooking the water and multiple boat ride/fishing/caves/dolphin watching trips available along the front. There are a few restaurants at the top of the road near the Maritur hotel and the bus stop is on the main road for sightseeing tours and the bus to the water park - Slide and Splash is an excellent day out!
We spent a morning on a brilliant fishing trip from the marina, the boys caught lots of bream, mackerel and grouper which we bbq'd that evening on the balcony - absolutely perfect!
We had a fantastic vacation and would definitely return as it's in a good location, no car required if you don't want to travel further afield and has everything you need! Brilliant!