Monte do Casal is a blissfully calm and relaxing country house hotel and the attention to detail and focus on absolute quality makes is a rare find indeed. It is only a short drive from Faro airport yet feels a heavenly million miles from the hustle and bustle of a resort. The team at this hotel, many of them Portuguese, works tirelessly to ensure each guest is comfortable and diligently cared for, matching the exacting standard demanded by owner Bill Hawkins.
I've travelled fairly extensively and enjoyed for the past 9 years the excellent customer service that is offered by the best hotels in the Middle East and around the world and would select Monte do Casal over any of them when looking for a relaxing,cosy luxury break. This is not a beach hotel, full of rowdy customers, or even families for most of the year (a fact which is enticing to me); it is a retreat up on a hillside where you will find clients who are civilised, not short of a bit of cash and looking for luxury.
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