Pedras Da Rainha

Clean apartment and well serviced. Close to beach and restaurants.

I love this place and have returned many times since first finding it over 40 years ago. Far more spacious than other holiday accommodation, lots of grass and a very relaxing atmosphere. The pool is superb. The village is right outside with lots of places to eat. The light is always special over the water. It's not modern, although it has been modernised. It's not flashy. It's very Portuguese....

Having visited the western Algarve a number of times, for this trip we decided to head east and stay in the Tavira area. We came across Pedras da Rainha on several websites and although some reviews were mixed, it sounded nice. It is sitiuated in a good location about 10 minutes from the main motorway and in the village of Cabanas - about a 5-10 minute walk to the main promenade. We arrived early afternoon and fortunately our accommodation was ready. The guy at reception was friendly and welcoming and gave us directions on how to find our apartment - good job we had a rental car otherwise it would have been quite a trek with our luggage. We hired a wifi router from reception - well worth it!. The accommodation we had was a two bedroom apartment on the edge of the site. It was rustic and comfortable and quiet. About a 4-5 minute walk back to the pool area, bar and reception. We were booked in for bed and breakfast - breakfast was average but enough for us. A nice touch was the complimentary bottle of wine in our apartment on my wife's birthday - thank you. The site overall is pleasant, but as other reviewers had said, it looks a bit tired in places and could do with a little attention. Reception were helpful in organising some food on our last morning as we needed to leave before breakfast was served. Overall a comfortable stay - recommended if you want a quieter and more authentic part of the Algarve.

Friendly, if regimented, check in. Hired wi-fi router on the second day, €20 deposit, and €1.00 per day. All but one of the staff were friendly - perhaps she would be better suited behind the scenes rather than at breakfast. Breakfast quality was good. The bar was good, and so were the staff. Our studio was located up some very steep, short tread steps, I was scared going up and scared coming down from our accommodation. The bathroom stank, there was no ventilation, and it shared a wall with the bathroom of the studio immediately behind us. Pathways cracked, broken, and potentially dangerous. We couldn't work out when the cleaners would turn up or what they were supposed to do, I cleaned up myself as they were so inconsistent. When the cleaners did show up, it was for three minutes, three times in a week. Overall, this outdated accommodation could be lovely if someone spent some money on painting the buildings, mending the pathways, and assigning the cleaners to do a better job.

3 stars and still, No pooltowles, no hairdryer, no wifi in your house. To few sunbeds, and the policy and rules are not inforced, regarding the sunbeds. Some left there towels over night, and they didn’t do anything about it. In 2024, the standart of the houses, are just too poor. The beds are leftovers from 1970, too hard and uncomfy, to lay on for a whole week. No hairdryers, witch is a problem, when you travel with 2 ladies. And no wifi, is a huge problem with 2 teenagers. You can rent a router, for €1 euro a day and €10 euroes in diposit. The tennis court, makes alot noice, and the balls tens too land in our garden, and people, just runs in and out of your rented place, wirhout asking or appolgies. There no signs on the grounds, so you have too navigate after the sun and stars, and the ground is very bumby and uneven, so taking your luggage, back and forht is a bit of a challenge.