I was not allowed to take my tea after breakfast to sit outside the restaurant. I asked for a 2nd ashtray and I was told that only one ashtray permitted per apartment. I am disabled and need to rest in the afternoons and asked if the cleaner could come before 2.30. This was acknowledged for one day but the cleaner... more

Arrived early afternoon, our room was not ready waited a few hours the `engineers` couldnt fix our hot water boiler and we were taxid to alternative accomadation a few miles away we returned next morning as we were assured room would be ready,guess what? Not ready.Waited 4 hours by poolside and eventually got to our apt.The accomadation was fair maybe... more

We were one of those Freedom Flights' customers and the day we were going to go to Egypt we simply did not.. Anyway we booked Portugal straight away as it was our second choice. When reading some reviews before I read one when someone was saying that beds made their holiday being disaster..I remember thinking "what a snob!.." I know... more

Having just returned from Vila Gaivota I did feel quite disappointed with the apartment we were provided with. Although I had phoned them a couple of months before our departure and requested a seaview apartment, I was rather disappointed to find that the `seaview` apartment I had been promised did in fact face directly onto a road with a car... more

We have never been to Portugal before, and decided for our 30th Wedding Anniversary, we'd like to spend a week, relaxing in the sun and see another country we have not been to before. Scanning the web, we came upon Ferragudo, and Vila Gaitor, It sounded just what we wanted so booked a One Bedroom Appartment. When we arrived, we... more

Just read, "Double Booking happening!" Jan&Steve, Shepperton, England Sep 19, 2006: and thought I'd add that this happened at Vila Gaivota to my wife and I in Fall 2005. We were in our suite one week when the water failed one morning. We were told it could not be resolved for 2 or 3 days so we would have to... more

Our two bedroom (both en-suite) town house was fabulous. Clean, comfortable, well equipped, quiet and if a short walk to a lovely little beach is your kind of holiday then this is the place for you. We preferred to see the entire Algarve, travelling each day in a different direction and Gaivota being so central couldn't be better placed to... more

fantastic location, wonderful staff, excellent pool/bar, food surprisingly plain, but lots of restuarants within walking distance all really good. the room we stayed in (n1) was awful. bare wires,switches that flashed and just generally in a state of disrepair...complaints just fall on deaf ears...didnt spoil our break though. very quiet complex. i would recommend this hotel as long as you... more

I made reservations here about 4 months prior to our vacation in July. Everything seemed in order. Then, about 2 months later I read about the double bookings/nonexistent reservations on Tripadvisor and decided to double check with Vila Gaivota by calling them in person rather than just relying on email. Surprise, surprise! They had no record of my reservation! This... more