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Hotel Information: A terra-cotta-tiled lobby contains a wood-burning fireplace, rattan seating, a wood ceiling, and rope-and-iron chandeliers, exemplifying the hotel's casual ambience. Gardens, pines, palms, and flowering gardens--all heavily populated by birds--grace the property. Tranquility-seekers and bird-watchers flock here year-round, while families arrive in summer for sunning-and-swimming holidays.
Amenity highlights: Shaped like a four-leaf clover and surrounded by an expansive sundeck furnished with cushioned lounge chairs and umbrellas, an outdoor swimming pool and a children's pool lie within a central garden courtyard. A health club (surcharge) includes a heated indoor pool and spa tub in a skylighted pavilion. A boat makes a five-minute trip to Tavira Island, where guests walk to an ocean beach, with water sports rentals available in summer.
Insider tip: The salt ponds flanking the hotel provide entertainment from spring to late summer, with migrating flamingos arriving in April and workers harvesting salt by hand from June to August.
Rooms
The hotel offers 162 guestrooms in a series of one-story white and ochre buildings formerly occupied by tuna fishers and their families. All rooms include patios furnished with dining sets and fringed by flowering bushes. Decor and furnishings feature pale-yellow walls, white ceilings and crown molding, terra-cotta-tile floors, area rugs, rose-tone furniture, terra-cotta-and-gold fabrics, and two-chair dining sets. Tan-and-white-tile bathrooms contain marble vanities and shower/tub combinations. In-room safes are available for daily surcharges.
Room Amenities
- Cable/satellite TV
- Patio
- Climate control
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Wake-up calls
- Housekeeping (daily)
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bidet
- Bathtub only
- Shower/tub combination
- Child care (in room, surcharge)
- Window opens
- In-room safe
- Television
- Television - Satellite service
- Smoking rooms
- Rollaway beds
- Cribs (infant beds) available
Recreation
Shaped like a four-leaf clover, an outdoor swimming pool measuring roughly 26 meters (85 feet square) and a 3.5-meter (12-ft-square) children's pool provide warm-weather family recreation.
A health club (surcharge) features a 11.5-by-5.5-meter (38-by-18-ft) heated indoor pool and a four-person spa tub surrounded by cushioned deck chairs in a skylighted pavilion.
For a surcharge, a boat transports guests on a five-minute trip from a dock 100 meters (109 yards) from the hotel across a river (Rio Gilão) and an estuary (Ria Formosa) to Tavira Island, where they then walk a few hundred yards to the beach on the island's ocean side. In summer, independent operators offer watersports on the beach, including water skiing, kayaking, and windsurfing.
The hotel provides discounts at three golf courses, the nearest 2.5 km (1.5 mi) away and the farthest 10 km (6.25 mi).
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Swimming on site
- Water skiing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Aerobics on site
- Tennis nearby
- Running track/path nearby
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Hiking/biking trails on site
- Horse riding/rental nearby
- Fishing nearby
- Bird watching on site
- Playground on site
Property Amenities
Opened in 2001, the hotel comprises a restored village that was used by tuna fishers from 1881 until the tuna stopped arriving in 1972. Grounds include a museum displaying a scale model of the elaborate net system fishers used, boat and ship models, typical fishers' dress, and a video of tuna-fishing activity. The grounds also include the village's chapel, a tranquil retreat featuring a wood ceiling, delicate wrought-iron chandeliers, a stained glass window, and a lower wall clad in blue-and-white tiles.
There is a daily surcharge for access to the health club area, including the indoor pool, spa tub, steam room, and fitness room, which is equipped with weight machines and cardio machines. The health club also contains a massage room.
Complimentary children's activities are offered in summer both in the former village's schoolhouse and outdoors. A lobby computer provides a high-speed Internet connection (surcharge).
- Swimming pool - indoor
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Swimming pool - children's
- Spa tub
- Massage - treatment room(s)
- Steam room
- Concierge services
- Complimentary breakfast
- Health club Surcharge
- Fitness equipment
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Bar/lounge
- Room service (24 hours)
- Parking (free)
- Meeting rooms (small groups)
- Banquet facilities
- Conference room(s)
- Audio-visual equipment
- Business services
- Internet access in public areas - surcharge
- Internet access in public areas - high speed
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Multilingual staff
- Number of rooms: 162
- Tour assistance
- Currency exchange
- Dry cleaning service
- Arcade/game room
- Fireplace in lobby
- Microwave in lobby
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Number of floors: 1
- Supervised child care/activities
Policies
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Pets not allowed
- Check-in time is 2 PM
- Check-out time is Noon
Dining
A complimentary buffet breakfast is provided each morning in Salinas restaurant.
Salinas - Spacious dining room with terra-cotta-tile floor, dark-wood furniture, and table linens. Buffet dinner nightly. Sandwiches, salads, light meals for lunch.
Arraial - Candle-lit fine-dining restaurant located in former home of tuna-fishing-village chief and consisting of a series of intimate salons, some with river views. Original terra-cotta-and-cream tile floor. Dinner service nightly from à la carte menu of Portuguese classics, including tuna steaks.
Quatro Águas Bar - Bar/lounge with wood-burning fireplace, leather seating, televisions. Sandwiches, salads, light meals. Live music nightly.
Address
Quatro Aguas s/n
Tavira, Algarve 08800
Portugal
Nearest major airport:
Faro, Portugal (FAO-Faro Intl.)
Area:
Tavira, Portugal
