Vila Galé Albacora

staff very friendly, spacious room with excellent location with a lovely view over to the isle of tavira. Boat located just outside hotel which takes you to beautiful beach

A very pleasant experience although the hotel is remote from Tavira and you really need a car with you to find it convenient as a holiday location.

Sometimes there was a smell of drains at low tide

Breakfast buffet was ok.

The furniture was a bit worn out and not particularly clean. The TV was old - basic flatscreen TV is standard in many hotels of this price range. The staff were not particularly friendly (i.e. didnt offer to carry my girlfriend's bag or to walk us to our room). Internet/computer use is not free (or fast). The shuttle boat to the beaches refused to take us to the nicer farther beaches and still charged us the same fare for a 150 m push (apparently under instructions from the hotel). Finally the "games" room was very dirty and smelly (mold) and the hotel offered no boardgames, cards, etc. as other entertainment alternatives. I stayed at a Vila Gale hotel in Lagos for the same price and was much more satisfied.

Attentive, knowledgeable and friendly staff. A superb central pool area and a varied, tasty good value buffet in the evenings. It is a great hotel in which to relax and an ideal base for visiting Ilha de Tavira's amazing beaches and the lovely eastern Algarve.

Our room was comfortable with a delightful small veranda overlooking the river. However, we felt it was in need for a bit of redecoration.

The ferry and access to Ilha de Tavira! What a beautiful beach! Also the barbecue and morning buffet were excellent and I liked that the morning buffet was included in the price!

I felt like the rooms were not as clean as they could be. Also there were a lot of bees flying around the hotel. I have a 2 year old and this made me nervous. And the smell from the salt flats was a little overwhelming at times.

the private boat to the beach (fantastic beach) the hotel architecture, the fact that all rooms are on the ground floor. Nice swimming pool

Rooms Cleanliness to be improved. Should be more than changing towels and sheets (e.g. cleaning under the bed, dead mosquitos still on the wall, spider nets) Swimming pool Bar - very nice bar, menu to be improved, its a pitty that an hotel in Tavira does not propose local products (except for the fish) e.g. sea food "ameijoas, conquilhas", salads "salada de polvo, estupeta de atum, salada de ovas" etc.

Loved the history and uniqueness of the place.

With such a lovely terrace it is a shame you are restricted to breakfast inside - makes it feel very 'holiday camp'. Spa v expensive.

Excellent breakfast. Very nice pool and the trip to the islans by boat - you have to pay 2,2 Eur for it.

The worst from 3 hotels we lived in during our stay in Portugal. The staff was professional, but seems to be almost arogant. Quite expensive snack bar, but the quality of food was not the best I have seen. You have to pay extra for the indoor swimming pool.

Easy access to island

Not much to do at hotel, more family/older couple oriented

The buffet breakfast was very good. The pool area and location were lovely.

Very difficult to find from Tavira. Additional non included extras like internet use and use of the spa and gym were overly expensive.

lovely relaxing location, good service, food

Excelent value for money ( feb 09) in very plesant environs. Staff were very helpfull.

Sign posting from Tavira was poor. Would hate to have to try find it in the middle of the night!