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Reviews of Vila Gale Ampalius

4 out of 5
Vila Gale Ampalius
Avenida Praia Da Marina, Loulé

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 288 out of 657 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 272 out of 657 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 59 out of 657 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 32 out of 657 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 657 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great central location even although on the beach.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brian, Kelowna

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean and well run property. Handy local bus stop right at the hotel entrance Lacked concierge to help us with understsnding bus schedules. Above average breakfast offering
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

David

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jayesh

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Ravi

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Mrs S E

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Clean Hotel
Relaxing, pool area was clean & comfortable
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

LAURA

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Melissa, Newport

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We were able to use the hotel's limited free. parking, much appreciated. Enjoyed the lavish breakfast buffet and once dined at the dinner buffet. Very good restaurants nearby. Pools were nice but found the music coming from a resort nearby annoying. The beach also nice with chairs to rent
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nelson

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Heather

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Fabulous view. VERY close to the beach, food, shop. Clean hotels. Friendly and helpful staff. Would definitely stay there again.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Colin

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities
First, and last, time at this hotel. Pretty basic for a 4* Hotel - I can’t remember the last time I had to pay to use a room safe at €2.50 per day. Putting that aside I found the excessively loud music from the neighbouring beach club, about 200 yards away, unacceptable for what was supposed to be a relaxing break.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rene

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Russell

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
3 star not 4
Location is great. Hotel more 3 star than 4. Pool freezing (not heated). Had a great room - junior suite. Meant to be ocean view, was more car park! Check-in and out terrible. Lot of groups of blokes, all ok but less for younger kids. Food dire.
Stayed 8 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lynda

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent all round
Stayed 6 nights in May 2023

4/10 Poor

Donald Campbell

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
The noise from the facility across the road is horrendous. 12-6pm non stop loud loud loud music. Towels over balconies, always a bad sign. Towels over all sunbeds by 9am always a bad sign. Staff excellent. Room very nice. Could not possibly go back.
Stayed 6 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

James Denis

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly and polite staff all round.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Harry

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

JACQUES

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
Pricey and very badly equipped kitchenette, substandard
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
We have been here many times and this hotel continues to serve the BEST. The position close to beach, walks and top class restaurants is superb.
Stayed 8 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Bronagh

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

julian

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Proximity to the marina and beautiful beach in front.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

john

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Irene

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our room had a wonderful view of the beach. I loved seeing the ocean and hearing the waves hit the beach. The staff were very friendly and helpful. Breakfast had a wonderful variety of options. Great omelettes! I loved using the indoor pool with water jets and hot tub. I enjoyed the promenade along the beach to walk to the neighbouring town of Quarteria or over to the marina which had many wonderful restaurant options. I would highly recommend this hotel.
Stayed 14 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very good room and staff were excellent and very customer focused.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Heide

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Eurico J

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

4/10 Poor

Jonathan

Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

CHRISTIAN

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Pauline

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Dreadful room amenities. No iron or kettle in room. Requested three times for a kettle. When i checked in the male was very quick to tell me about three restaurants and time for breakfast as he was to interested in checking in the male group of golfers staying. No one offered to help with bags at checkin or checkout.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Virginia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great amenities and very clean!!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Carl

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Srinivas

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Kids friendly, beach front rooms with great views all over. Close to marina and all fun activities
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Venkat Ram Reddy

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
It's very nice stay, marina is walkable where we have lots of options for food and drinks at reasonable prices.dont need to travel long at all. Dinnee and lunch options could be better, otherwise it's an excellent stay.wifi excellent thru out.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

YEONSANG

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

Robert

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Nice half term break
Good 4 Star Hotel. Close to beach and Marina. Rooms spacious and relatively fresh. Pleasant and attentive staff.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Colette

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

STEPHEN

Liked: Cleanliness
Good hotel in vilamoura
Good clean hotel in great position. Our room was a little basic the spa facilities and pool were good and it was close to the beach and marina
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Great location 2 mins from Vilamoura beach. We had a street view room on a high floor and the view was amazing; to the right we could see the marina and to the left the beach and the sea. Be warned - we were charged 7.50€ for taking 2 very small bottles of water from the fridge in our room. The receptionist called it a ‘minibar’ but there were only 4 small bottles of water in it, no alcohol or snacks as usually found in an hotel minibar and no price list. We didn’t mind paying for what we had - but 7.50€???
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The positives: The location was perfect. A couple of minutes walk to the marina where there are an abundance of lovely bars & restaurants. The beach was less than a minutes walk away. It was lovely and clean and the sunbeds on the beach where 18 euros for two until 2pm. There was a beach bar close by and a fancy beach club. The transfer from the airport to the hotel was very efficient. We used Sunline Transfers. The hotel restaurant was really lovely with a good choice for breakfast. We only had evening meal on the first night because there are so many amazing restaurants close by. I would recommend the Chinese Zu Yi, Rare steakhouse, Don Toro steakhouse and San Rafael (opposite the hotel). To be honest every place we ate at was really good. The negatives: The queues at passport control were very busy due to PCR results also being checked but it still seemed to take much longer than it really needed to. was shocked to find that we didn’t have a balcony in our room. I’ve never seen that abroad before. There were no instructions on how to use the jacuzzi or the water jets in the indoor pool area. The jacuzzi didn’t actually work despite the help of the member of staff. There was no signage to show you how to find the sauna and Turkish bath. We literally found them by chance looking around by the gym area. You need to have swim caps for the pool.
Stayed 6 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

GlennF, Lisbon

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff at Vila Gale were incredible and my stay was very enjoyable. I booked a Junior Suite Ocean View, but upon arrival the room I was provided did not have a table / desk suitable as a work space. The staff and management found me another room immediately (which was in fact an upgrade). I will be back again next trip to the Algarve!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020
Response from Ribeiro on Nov 2, 2020
Dear GlennF, Thank you very much for your excellent review about the recent stay with us. We appreciate your positive feedback about the hotel facilities. We hope to have the opportunity to host you again in a near future. Kindest regards, Sofia Ribeiro

10/10 Excellent

J. Mark

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Excellent location, very close to the beach and to the marina and many restaurants. Large varanda. Comfortable bed. Nice 20 minute walk to Quarteira on the promenade. Because of the Covid pandemic, the use of masks is a must inside the hotel, taxis, shops and supermarkets. With all the changes, the breakfast was better than what we expected, giving the circumstances.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2020
Response from Sá on Oct 25, 2020
Dear J. Mark Thank you very much for your lovely review about your recent stay at Vila Gale Ampalius. We are happy to realize that you had a wonderful holiday with us and we will be willing to welcome you in a soon future. Best Regards, Bruno Sá

10/10 Excellent

Al, Hale Cheshire

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We have been staying at the Vila Gale for a week in September for many years. Despite covid we still had a fabulous time. The hotel has done all they can to battle through this time, masks worn everywhere when not eating & drinking. Room was spotless every day. Bit of queuing at breakfast but got better as the week progressed.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2020
Response from Ribeiro on Nov 2, 2020
Dear AI, Thank you very much for your excellent review about the recent stay with us. We appreciate your positive feedback about the hotel facilities. We hope to have the opportunity to host you again in a near future. Kindest regards, Sofia Ribeiro

10/10 Excellent

Rod

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Staff were great - nice pool and just across the road to the beach Facilities were ok but not over the top - but COVID restrictions weren’t helping Beach bar is only a little snack bar - so a bit disappointing tbh
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2020
Response from Ribeiro on Nov 2, 2020
Dear Rod, Thank you very much for your excellent review about the recent stay with us. We appreciate your positive feedback about the hotel facilities. We hope to have the opportunity to host you again in a near future. Kindest regards, Sofia Ribeiro

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Not informed of construction work outside. Room very dated, beds that old they creaked. Mini bar 2 bottles of water. Safety Issue shower over bath no hand rail. Found a leaflet hidden that a kettle could be provided. Seems to be the overall issue with Vilamoura tired tired hotels charging top rates with the attitude anything wil do.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020
Response from sofia ribeiro on Feb 17, 2020
Dear Guest, Thank you very much for your review about the your recent stay with us. We regret to know that your experience was affected with exterior building works. We hope to have the opportunity to host you again in a near future. Kindest regards, Sofia Ribeiro

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Great facilities, lovely indoor pool, games room, breakfast buffet superb, outside pools were cold (unheated) and major construction working taking place outside which we weren't aware of.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019
Response from sofia ribeiro on Nov 4, 2019
Dear Guest, Thank you very much for your kind review. I am delighted to read that you had a perfect experience with us and thank you for your recommended. I hope that we will have the pleasure of welcoming you back again very soon. With best regards, Sofia Ribeiro

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Charlotte

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Penelope

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel for short October break
Sea view superior room. Very spacious. Comfortable beds. Busy hotel. A Mecca for golfers so lots of large groups of mainly men. Two swimming pools. Sometimes quite busy around the pool with large groups of beer drinkers! Breakfast ok, busy, but plenty of tables. Short walk to marina. Right opposite the beach.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019
Response from sofia ribeiro on Oct 21, 2019
Dear Penelope, Thank you very much for your review about the recent stay at Vila Gale Ampalius. We are glad to know that you had a very good experience and thank you for the feedback about our rooms and breakfasf. We hope to welcome you again in a near future in one of our 34 hotels in Portugal or Brazil "Always Close to You!" Best regards. Sofia Ribeiro