Hospedaria da Pensão Agrícola

My wife and I visited the Algarve for the first time, off-season which has given us more of a time to enjoy beautiful weather, the native Portugese people and the sea food. Even one day of a rainstorm was a treat to wash out the air and provide crispness to the countryside. The staff is incredibly friendly and helpful, the food Maria provided just exquisitely prepared and presented. Rui, the owner/manager was friendly and knowledgeable of local history. Estelle was helpful at every little issue that came up. Just a great, stress free place to spend 3 or 4 days!

We traveled Portugal for 2.5 weeks and Hospedaria was my favorite stay. The suites are peaceful, relaxing, luxurious, and romantic. The property is beautiful. Sebastian, Alberto are wonderful and we got great recs on where to go in the area. Breakfast was really good and we opted for dinner one night - delicious!

Beautiful thoughtful boutique hotel in a peaceful setting. Would love to come back! The staff were great and super friendly. We enjoyed the breakfasts in the beautiful outdoor dining setup and loved the home cooked dinner! Definitely a must. The decor is beautiful and I loved that they had fresh flowers everywhere, making it feel like I was at home. The rooms are super spacious and comfortable. Bathroom included all toiletries including a delicious perfume available for purchase. They also included an umbrella for the beach which was a really nice touch. A recommendation for the owners, lighting in the bedrooms needs to be improved. The room was very dark and so was the bathroom. I like to read before bedtime and the lamps were really dim making it hard on my eyes. Adding lighting inside the closet is probably a good idea as it was hard to see at night with such poor lighting in the room. Also, love the idea of the honesty bar, however, the prices were high for Portugal and considering one is making their own cocktails prices felt unreasonable. This discouraged us from ordering or consuming anything and we preferred to go into town for drinks and lunch. Overall it was an excellent experience, we absolutely loved the hotel. We did feel the nightly rate was on the higher side for the area and amenities offered.

A beautiful, unique, five-room lodging in rural Tavira. We stayed in the "Almond" room - much more than a room, though, with a living area, in-door and out-door showers - and, wow, what a great private courtyard. The included breakfast was deliscious. The staff was amazingy friendly and accomadating. We oredered food from the pool menu a few times - made to order! Thanks, Hospedaria, for making our Spain and Portugal trip memorable.

Boutique hotel set within a beautifully designed Mediterranean garden oasis that absolutely oozes charm and tranquility. The daily breakfast was a delightful mix of home baked goods, fresh fruit, eggs and coffee served on the sunny terrace. Francisco and the rest of the staff were friendly and helpful, offering plenty of tips for how to explore the best of the Algarve and where the best places to eat can be found. We stayed in the Fig Suite which was the perfect combination of light-filled, stylish and private. Already wishing we could be back laying by the pool.

Absolutely loved this place - the rooms and communal spaces are beautifully conceived and executed. Breakfast was excellent with huge breadth and variety -delivered simply but beautifully. We appreciated the sun-lit patio and pool area during the afternoon, and with the weather bringing a little chill in the evenings we sipped wine in front of the fire in Forno. A stones throw to the cafes and restaurants in Cabanas (we walked - 50 mins) and easy reach of the station for trains to Faro, Tavira and Saint Antonio….but in a peaceful rural surround. Everything was excellent - we’ll be back.

Nice property, OK rooms, which are large, however the decor is very vintage and not luxe as my wife and I may have been expecting given the surrounds of the property and the style of the renovation. Our check-in experience was, to be frank, strange. We arrived at about 7pm and were greeted by one of the workers, who was lovely, but she seemed either too busy or overwhelmed as we were not even offered a drink upon arrival (after our approx three hour drive from Lisbon). The rooms have Hospedaria branded combined hair and shower gel. Our shower was missing a fitting that allowed it to change from overhead to hand held, and for a room that you’re paying good money to be in, I would expect that there would at least be separate shampoo, conditioner and shower gel, and some minor maintenance works when needed. Our room had some kind of animal, most probably a bird, that would wake us at the crack of dawn with a scratching sound on the roof. Somewhat concerning given a previous reviewer expressed this problem about one month ago. The room was Armazem, the one connected to the main hall, which is also a little less private and on our last day we also heard either workers or our neighbours speaking at around 7am, and at about 10am, overhead our neighbours having what seemed to be a bit too much of a good time in the bed (evidencing the lack of privacy and thin walls). Our room was also very dark. It required us to leave the windows open during the day but at night it was difficult to make heads or tails of anything. My wife was certainly unable to put any make up on due to the bathroom being dark, unless we had a window open, but then it wasn’t at all private given the proximity of our room to the main hall and dining area. The pool area is nice and calming, although there is an “honesty bar” which is strange and somewhat overpriced. It barely gets used. The breakfast is good but repetitive and we were unable to enjoy it in peace on all four days we were there given we were surrounded by bees while eating. The dinner is serviceable but the music is very odd and made us feel as if we were in the Wild West in America. It also goes in and out due to a poor wifi connection. We had dinner on the first night and from then on went elsewhere. The rooms should be equipped with wireless entry cards but they are not. Instead you have a vintage style key which is less secure and difficult to operate. The safe is not connected. It can be picked up and moved. I found this quite astonishing. First time I have ever seen this in a hotel anywhere in the world. We ended up locking our valuables inside one of our suitcases as it was more innocuous. The service leaves a fair bit to be desired. It’s impossible to get anyone while at the pool - why not pay for a bar tender (?), and there is not really any service. Having said that, it’s not the biggest deal as there is not much to be serviced when you simply eat breakfast, and head out for the day or stay by the pool. All in all, I was in two minds about leaving this review, as the property is very tranquil, and I don’t usually like providing negative feedback on public forums, but we paid good money to be here, we have stayed at many luxury rural properties across Europe and elsewhere around the globe, and while this place has luxury price tags, it is certainly a class or two below what we were expecting. Would have given 3 stars but for the lack of any service whatsoever, including at arrival and departure.

The setting with garden and spaced out rooms (we were in Tanque) was idyllic and we liked the decor with vintage finds. However, the amenities and service was lacking. During our entire stay, water was not left in the room nor was there even a kettle. There was always a housekeeper on site until midnight but it was difficult to communicate. I understand there are three English-speaking managers but we did not see any except one briefly upon check-in. Our laundry went missing and only reappeared clean late at night after much rigmarole. A email requesting a restaurant booking went unanswered - the excuse was that the email was received (it was sent at 1pm) at the end of her shift. Even if your shift ended this early, couldn’t the other two managers follow-up? There were questions about the invoice upon check-out. The poor housekeeper simply didn’t understand. Couldn’t the manager ask guests the day prior their estimated check-out time and make an effort to be there? There are only five rooms. At 300+ per night, the ‘managers’ need to up their game and not rely entirely on the housekeepers.