We stayed here for 4 days during our European honeymoon! I wish we had stayed longer. The staff at the hotel was exceptional, they met our every need and even greeted us with a bottle of champagne and a fresh fruit platter when we arrived.

The room was very clean and modern, and the bed was one of the best we had in Europe. The common areas were clean and comfortable, we played pool in the main lounge, and read books from the library. It was so relaxing.

The hotel is a quick watch to a gorgeous beach! The food both in the hotel and near by was fantastic. When I think about my honeymoon all I can think about is how wonderful our stay was here! If you're not feeling the beach, the hotel pool was gorgeous.

The hotel is located just outside of downtown Albufeira but it was perfect. We took the hotel shuttle bus into town one night and had dinner and drinks. It was lovely, but I'm so glad we stayed away from the hustle and bustle.

A great, relaxing and romantic place to stay!

We stayed at Vila Gale for four nights two weeks ago and it was lovely. We booked the night before based on Trip Advisor reviews and we are glad we did. Located 10min (10euros) around the corner from Albuferia in a quite suburb, it is peaceful (literally silent) and relaxing. The beach is glorious and golden and not too crowded. You can rent loungers and umbrellas there if you want.

The hotel was lovely, receptionists were so helpful and room was very well equipped. We even borrowed a DVD one night from reception. The pool lovely, plenty of space on loungers and very quiet. There was a nice mix of people there, from older people to younger couples. We ate lunch at the tables by the pool and it was delicious. Breakfast was lovely - don't wait at the door to be seated, just seat yourself and make sure you get some hot bread! Yum! we had a room not facing the pool and it was really good, looked out over the terrace and a the ocean (amazing sunset!). I noticed all of the people with pool rooms had to keep their blinds pulled!

We had dinner at all three of the restuarants on the beach, the one on the far left (facing the beach) was definitley the best. The middle one was ok, good service and a bit more cheap and cheerful. We went into dinner in Albuferia but left after 30min, too much tat and we preffered the peace and quiet and delicious specials in Gale.

There is a supermarket literally 5min walk from the hotel. (Out hotel turn right, go down the side path past the pool and then veer right and follow along and you come out at the supermarket) we got a bit lost the first time we went.

We took a transfer (aranged when we landed) from the kiosk at Faro (BestTours) on a coach and that cost 26 euros for two people to gale. Reception helped us book a really cheap transfer back to faro (36euros) with a company called YellowFish. Very cheap and cheerful and got us there quick in a slightly beaten up people mover!

Recommend Vila Gale - perfect break!

We spent 3 days at Hotel Vila Gale... Totally relaxing and laid back. The location is amazing. it is a 5 minute walk to the Gale beach, which almost means you never want to leave the area. The staff was extremely helpful, did everything with a smile and always were willing to go out of their way. One thing we noted was that often the front desk didn't know of restaurants beyond the town of Gale, and there wasn't a lot in the area. The rooms felt a bit dated and the corridors had a bit of a damp smell, but that was all very minor relative to the positives. Great place to totally relax.

A wonderful hotel in a quiet location near to a fantastic beach and only a 10 euro taxi ride to Albufeira. We thought this hotel was fantastic with a lovely pool area where there were always plenty of loungers, staff were always helpful and all requests were carried out with a smile. we were a party of 3 couples and felt we were almost in a private villa but with the advantages of a hotel. We thought the breakfasts were good and although fried eggs and toast did not appear to be on offer you only had to ask and they were freshly prepared for us. We did not eat in the restaurant for dinner as we felt that are there many other good restaurants nearby and in Albufeira. Would we go again? most certainly