If you don’t feel like staying in a hotel, apartment rentals are abundant in Lagos, and it might be a good idea if you like self catering holidays. Getting an apartment rental or villa rental will give you a bit more privacy and flexibility if you come with a big family or with many children.

In Lagos you can find quite a few well rated hotels and most of them are in the 4 star category. I will show you a few of the best rated hotels that are located in the surroundings of Lagos.

Hotel Tivoli Lagos

The Hotel Tivoli Lagos has a four star rating and is located in the centre of Lagos. The hotel has two restaurants, the Páteo Velho and the Cantinho Italiano. The Páteo Velho offers Portuguese cuisine and specialities, and has its own terrace, great for a dinner under the moonlight. The Cantinho Italiano restaurant offers Italian food in a relaxed atmosphere. The hotel has 324 rooms, large swimming pool, tennis courts and a Beach Club. The Beach Club is accessible with a shuttle bus provided by the hotel! The Beach Club is located at Meia Praia beach and has an open air restaurant and bar and a swimming pool.

Marina Club Lagos Resort

The Marina Club Lagos Resort is located near the Lagos Marina and is a luxurious 4 star hotel with 115 rooms 26 luxurious apartments. The facilities include a Spa and Wellness Centre, swimming pool, a golf course close by, fitness centre and Massages.

The Way Point Restaurant and the Regata Club Bar will cater for all you food and beverage needs, presenting you a selection of Portuguese and international dishes and drinks, right next to the swimming pool.

Solar dos Mós Hotel

Solar dos Mós Hotel is a small family run hotel. The staff is very hospitable and helpful and the prices of the hotel are cheap too. Prices start at 55£ and the facilities are nice. The hotel has a restaurant and bar, open air dining area, swimming pool and well maintained gardens. At the restaurant there is a Portuguese specialty chef, that can make you all the well known and special Portuguese dishes, with the Cataplana, shrimps in garlic and lamb in the oven being biggest specialties!

The hotel has only 15 rooms so book in advance or you will likely not get a room. It is worth it because the services is very friendly and high quality!

Albergaria Marina Rio

The Albergaria Marina Rio is a Great hotel with a great location. It is just a two minute walk away from the town centre and has a wonderful view overlooking the Lagos Marina. The hotel is in walking distance from the bars and beach so it is great if you are on vacation with no rental or hired car. The hotel is small, it has 36 rooms, all with a balcony, en suite bathroom, air conditioning, satellite tv and mini bar.

The hotel also offers a very relaxing lounge, with a room for card and games, free internet access, a big terrace, swimming pool on the rooftop, private garage.

In the Albergaria Marina Rio, the rates go from 50€ a night in the low season to 100€ a night in the high season, this is a good price considering the location, amenities and facilities of the hotel.

The hotel also offers free transfers to beaches and other tourist points you would like to visit nearby.

Clube Porto Mós

The Clube Porto de Mos is a hotel with 74 units, from T1’s to villas and is located on a hillside overlooking the beach of Porto de Mós and is a 5 minute drive away from the Lagos city centre and 75km away from the Faro International Airport.

You will feel very comfortable here, all the units have a large balcony and terrace, and all the rooms have been recently redecorated.

The hotel has great facilities, swimming pool for adults, swimming pool for children, heated indoor pool, health club with Jacuzzi, sauna and a gym, tennis courts, games and cards room, restaurant and bar and private parking spaces.

The Porto de Mós beach is a 100 meter walk away and you can eat at the hotel’s restaurant by the beach. If you like the sport of golf, you have the Boavista and the Palmares Golf Course, 10 and 15 minutes away.

Hotel Belavista da Luz

The Hotel Belavista da Luz is located in Luz, and overlooks de Praia da Luz beach. The hotel is small, with 39 rooms and 6 suites and has great facilities. All rooms have a balcony, satellite tv, air-conditioning, mini-bar, coffee and tea kettle and much more.

The hotel has tennis courts, outdoor and heated pool, and a health club with massages, steam bath, sauna and gym and several aerobic and dance classes. The steam bath, sauna and gym are all free of charge!

In the Belavista da Luz Hotel the prices range from 95€ to 155€ a night on the high season.

I hope you like the selection of hotels I have written about. These are not the most luxurious ones but are hotels with a very good quality for their price. There are many more hotels in Lagos, and I will write about them in the future, so stay posted for some more Lagos hotel reviews! If you have any suggestions about hotels in Lagos please leave a comment!

At night Lagos is full of life, with the bars getting crowded at 11:30pm until 4:00am, if you want to keep going you have the discos until 6:00am and later! Some of the great bars are Three Monkeys, Joe’s Garage, Inside Out, Bon Vivant, etc… These are just off the top of my head, there are many others!

In Lagos Portugal going out is great because of the international crowd and the cheap prices in comparison to the rest of the Algarve. When you walk the streets you will find a young and laid back crowd, bar people pulling people to bars with free shots and free drinks, and people partying till sunrise. This is a great way to find new bars, because many of them are hard to find, because all the small streets look so alike at night! But don’t worry, if you are looking for a place to drink you will surely stumble upon one!

Many of the bars in Lagos have happy hour promotions, so go out early (before midnight), you can get 2 drinks for the price of 1 in many bars, my personal favorite is Inside Out!

Lagos is one of the places of the Algarve in Portugal where you will have the most fun at night and during the day. There is a hippie like atmosphere, people are always happy and half drunk, the beach is right beside the town and fun is everywhere. If you go out at night you don’t have to take a lot of money, drinks are cheap and there are beer bong competitions in many bars, with country rankings, so remember to drink a few beer bongs to get your home country in the top3!

These bars close at 4:00am, so if you want some more fun you can go to one of the discos that keep going until 6:00am!

If you come to Lagos you will have a lot of fun because there is an aura of fun and relaxation around the town. The town is filled with young people, most tourists are from Australia, Canada, United States and European countries.

The night scene is for all ages, and people are very social and happy, maybe because of the drinks being cheaper here in comparison to the rest of the Algarve and Portugal. In fact Lagos is a town where you can have a great holiday and not spend a lot, things here are cheaper than in the other tourism destinations in the Algarve and the South of Portugal.

Let’s talk a little bit about the history and general facts of Lagos in the Algarve. The city of Lagos is located in the Algarve in Portugal and it has thousands of years of history. Lagos was of great importance during the period of the great Portuguese maritime shippings of the century XV.

An historic character that lived in Lagos was the Infant Dom Henrique, known as Infant of Sagres or the Navigator who lived in Lagos, commanded many expeditions that lead to conquests to some cities in Morocco and to the discovery of the African coast.

Lagos in Portugal has a vast cultural and architectonic patrimony, with the most noteworthy being the Regimental Grocery store, the Castle of the Governors, the Cultural Centre, the Convent of the Nuns, the Stairways, the Fortress of Ponta da Bandeira, the monument of Homage to the Discoveries, the Churches of S. Antonio, S. Sebastião and Santa Maria, the Market of the Slaves, the Monument to the Portuguese Navigators, Museum of Lagos, Barracks, Carries of the City, Luis de Camoes square, Street of the Barroca, Street of the Zorra and much more! The statues of the Navigators Gil Eanes, Infant D. Henrique, and D. Sebastiao are also worth checking out!

If you enjoy culture and entertainment, Lagos in Portugal has a lot to offer, with the theatre, parties, popular music, concerts, coral groups, philharmonic bands, painting exhibitions and plastic arts, fairs, picture, sculpture, films, dances and contests. There is a lot of entertainment and fun for all the visitors especially during the summer, when most tourists are in Lagos.

Lagos in Portugal is known for its beautiful beaches with several of the most beautiful of the Algarve, beaches like Meia-Praia, Cabanas Velhas, Batata, Luz, Dona Ana, Porto de Mós, Burgau, Camilo, Canavial and Pinhão are beaches you want to visit if you come here.

If you are doing sailing holidays, you can take advantage of the marina in Lagos to dock you yacht, catamaran or boat.

The accommodation in Lagos is varied, you can stay at hotels, apartments, villas, youth hostels, boutique hotels and much more. Getting a cheap rental is easy in Lagos, if you book in advance. Local car rentals are also abundant and will get you the best deals if you are renting or hiring a car for more than a week.

Lagos has great weather all year long and is normally a few degrees cooler during the very hot summer days, if you want to be even more fresh you can take a trip to the east coast, were water is cooler and the temperature drops off a few degrees, normally between 3 to 5 degrees Celcius.

A fun and traditional activity for tourists is a tour to the caves in small fisherman boats, you can discover the insides of the caves guided by a Portuguese fisherman, or you can opt for a day on a sailing boat, where you can visit some deserted and unaccessible beaches and have a nice barbecue, some adventurous and unforgettable trips!

The municipal district of Lagos in Portugal is composed by the freguesias of Barão de São João, Bensafrim, Luz, Odiáxere, Santa Maria e São Sebastião, which are all worth visiting if you come on holidays here.