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After a day or so staying here, you pickup a theme that this place just needs a big chunk of investment. The villas are rather run down and not matching the decor on the TUI site. Lots of little bodge repairs with exposed mains, lights fittings hanging on by 1 of the 4 screws, missing cupboard doors etc. some of the pictures are also of an unrelated restaurant business down by the beach. The beds themselves are terribly soft and uncomfortable and the “sofa” is just a single bed with two pillows. Unlike other guests, we were lucky enough to get aircon but only on one floor. Would have been unbearably hot for anyone without this! While the cooker was obviously a recent replacement, the kitchen utensils aren’t complete. No bowls, no coffee jug, no kettle, no tumblers or wine glasses, corkscrew not the right size to extract a cork etc. the list goes on. If you’re looking to have breakfast or an evening meal in the villa, you’ll struggle. The pool itself is a lovely temperature but very cloudy and remained so all week. Looks like the filter isn’t up to the job at hand and needs upgrading. While there’s a lovely area for lounging round the pool, there’s a chronic shortage of seats and parasols. You really need to be at the pool before 9:30 to reserve a parasol or you won’t get one all day. There’s easily enough space to triple the number of loungers and parasols and each day you see a steady stream of disappointed faces looking for shade. Some other reviewers have mentioned paying for loungers. This is no longer the case but you need someone to be poolside when they setup and unlock the loungers. The Nora eating area serves basic food but be prepared for a really long wait for service. The staff don’t seem to scan the room so you’re best off walking up to the bar to order and pay. Overall, I think we were lucky with the room and looking at other reviews and pics, I can understand guests frustration and it could have been worse. As a family, we enjoyed the week and learned how to work around the issues but it’s not somewhere I’d recommend and won’t be coming back. We’ve been to similarly priced accommodation in the Algarve on previous years so it’s definitely possible to get better value for your money

Adoramos a estadia,espaço limpo,agradável e muito bem localizado.

Lovely hotel - spotlessly clean and very comfy beds. Our room was a good size with a lovely spacious bathroom. Plenty of plug sockets and storage space. Breakfast was included and lots of variety, hot and cold included. Staff were super friendly, very helpful and nothing was too much trouble. The hotel is a little out of the town so the reception ordered us a taxi - €5 into the town centre. The receptionist also recommended some lovely restaurants which we tried and loved. Hotel don Rodrigues made our stay in Tavira very enjoyable.

Good basic hotel for visiting Tavira. We rely on reviews here before choosing holiday accommodation so leaving a few tips for Villa Gale in Tavira. Perfect base for visiting this gorgeous city as everything within walking distance. Lovely pool and lots of sunbeds available. Rooms kept clean maids work hard. Rooms are serviced in the afternoon as mornings seem to be for changeovers. Very minimal storage space and no where to hang dresses. We kept most of our clothes in suitcases for our weeks stay as no where to hang them. Only 3 drawers available. TIP* If you want a specific room email before and keep copy of email. We wanted an upper floor room and the receptionist checking us in was adamant one was not available. Once we showed her the email request she relented and found us one. However we found top floor balconies had no covers for sun rain and pigeon poop protection so couldn't leave towels to dry out there. Very exposed. TIP* The rooms above the pool and indoor bar will suffer music all day until 11pm. Ask for a quiet room if that's your preference. Beds are so hard our backs suffered by the end of a week! Also very dark and dim so bring a torch. No hooks behind doors to hang coats on to dry. Such a simple thing to remedy. No shaving or makeup mirror either. Breakfasts perfectly nice didn't try evening buffet at hotel as cheaper and nicer to eat out. The food in Tavira is wonderful and worth a trip to Tavira island as so beautiful and peaceful this time of year only €2.5 return on ferry that runs hourly. The one feeling we were left with was how impersonal the staff were especially on reception. Rare to get a smile. We will return to Tavira but not to this hotel.

Really super location and staff so friendly. Good breakfast and ferry to the is beach is right outside the door. Lovely town to stroll about in evening. Bed comfy and good size rooms which are a little dated but didn’t affect the stay at all. Point to note that while the roof terrace is lovely, it isn’t somewhere where you could sunbathe all day. Sofa chairs there as opposed to sun loungers. Buskers outside front of hotel are lovely in the evening and don’t disturb sleep or peace at all as hard to hear with window closed. Wouldn’t hesitate to return to this lovely old hotel

Il mio primo viaggio da soli/la mia data di nascita mi ha reso qui. L'hotel era perfetto e il personale era bello e utile! Offriscono suggerimenti sui luoghi di visita e le cose da fare. Ho anche una bottiglia di prosecco e torta sorpresa consegnata alla mia stanza il mattino di compleanno! Molto tranquillo e tranquillo, con così tanti posti vicino (10 min a piedi o meno) ma se non ti senti come esplorare, l'area di piscina, il spa e il tetto bar potrebbe essere più che sufficiente. Anche il colazione è stata deliziosa con una vasta gamma di opzioni. 10/10 da me!