First of all this apartment is very nice, spacious and very well equipped. It has almost everything that you could possibly need for your stay. We have no complaints about they way that the apartment was presented to us and our thanks go to the host (Rosa) for that.
However, there are currently new build apartments under construction very close by and work starts daily (excluding Sundays) at 8.00 AM and continues right through the day until 7.00PM. At it's closest point, it is only around 20 metres from the balcony of this apartment. It only really affected us first thing in the morning and last thing at night as we are beach lovers and didn't spend time at the apartment or at the pool. But if you do like chilling out at the pool, now is not the time as it's very noisy between the crane lifting things onto the building and the workmen using power tools. That said, the view from this apartment may actually be better than it was, once the new apartment block has been completed, as I think it was previously a view over waste ground where the local parked their cars. We have been visiting Alvor for more than 25 years and we have seen great change over that time.....sadly it is no longer the quaint fishing village that it once was.
Alvor village is only a short 3-4 minute walk away and you are really spoiled for choice when it comes to restaurants and bars. A good sized supermarket is also situated 1-2 minutes walk away.
Would I stay here again? Of course I would, it's Alvor.