AP Cabanas Beach & Nature | Tavira

Returning to this hotel for a 3 night escape in December. We came last year at this time & loved it. So this year we had an expectation and it was surpassed. A quiet off season corner of calm, delicious food which easily accommodated my allergy requirements. Outstanding staff member was Sylvia Gaspan, managing the restaurant and paying attention to all guests needs. We used the spa area, the sauna looks out onto the garden and we watched the sun set. Hired bikes and cycled on the local routes. Walked into Tavira, took about an hour over the salt planes and an easy path to follow. Enjoyed the live music and the drinks in the evening. Mainly the chilled vibe at this time of year is why we returned, and will do again.

The staff were very hard working and friendly. The food was always cold and personally far too much salt used in the food. The meat was very chewy. The new years eve party was not very well organised as to say after eating there was nowhere to sit for over an hour. No patio heaters when it was very cold. The rain was leaking in everywhere. Towels in doors and buckets in the restaurant. The spa was too small for the amount of people using it. The entertainment was not what I expected. Even in low season it was very repetitive. On bad weather's days the hotel does not offer anything to do . I don't think we will be returning.

Had a Beautiful stay at AP Cabanas Beach and Nature in Portugal. This was our first time visiting Portugal and have to say it had been our best holiday for us. The hotel staff were welcoming with a welcoming with smile all round, very were professional from front of house main desk, Spa therapist, restaurant and room service all delivered to a high standard. That is what made our stay a relaxing atmosphere. The hotel itself is amazing, lots of space to relax you did not feel over crowded. Loved the variety of high quality food choices across the 2 onside restaurant Ria and Grill which we could book 24 hours and the staff went over and above to amend a meat order due to my sister not eating meat which was lovely of them at short notice being that it was a set meal. Flor de Sal The main buffet restaurant had a delicious range and loved that the restaurant accommodate as range of eating buffet fro. Breakfast, lunch and dinner up to 10pm serving. The rooftop views were incredible as you can see from my photos. I highly recommend this hotel for a Beautiful and relaxing stay. We just Loved every minute of our stay with you AP Cabanas Beach and Nature and Thank you so much for the beautiful gift of your finist red wine that was sweet of the team x

A lovely relaxing break, the spa was lovely, the food was delicious and plenty of choice, even for vegetarians. The staff and service they provided was great! It was a small walk into the village/town of Cabanas but not too much to do there. This might be because of the time of year. This trip was everything we asked for and we thoroughly enjoyed it!

2. We was so, so, looking forwards to this holiday at A P cabbanas and nature, having done plenty of homework, seen photo's, read up on trip adviser and watched countless YouTube videos. We normaly stay in busy seaside resorts, so we was looking forward to a relaxing holiday on / near a nature reserve. Imagine our dissapointment when we were then given a room overlooking a car park, in the shade all day. We were told we could have a river / sea view that got superb sunsets, but at an extra cost of 200 Euros for our 10 days. This room was exactly the same layout as the first room offered, not larger or anything. We did pay and it saved us from having a miserable holiday ( not quite, but more of that later ) We also noticed the hotel was nowhere near capacity, with plenty of sea view rooms empty. | First the good bits. Bacon at breakfast very good. Background music in resteraunt supurb! Good quality help yourself wine with meals. Quality drinks at the bar if you asked. Water on request at the bar. Most staf happy enough. The reading light in the room nice and bright. TV with English news channels and YouTube, ect. Entertainment, live Jazz music but at weekends only, was to a very high standard. We were given Cava and birthday cake in our room on the wifes birthday. You get to keep all inclisive drinks and food after checkout. Good shower and soft closing toilet seat ! . Now the not so good bits! We arrived on the day most of the facilities closed down for the winter season. The great hotel that we saw on YouTube was no more! The evning roof terace bar was closed. The 2 speciality resteraunts were closed, leaveing the Ria resteraunt only. This area was your breakfast, lunch and dinner, evening entertainment, daytime reaxing, everything! Now the biggest grumble, COLD FOOD warm at best. This in most hotels might not be an issue, as you just pop the food in a microwave for a minute. THERE IS NO MICROWAVE HERE. We asked at reception more than once to see the manager, but they were never available so we left a message for him to get a microwave and also some ice cream please. Every day we comlained about, cold chips, meat, vegatables,ect. The young girl waiteress must have been fed up with me, so, in the end I said sorry to her, understanding it's not her fault, but yes, it is someboddies fault! The chef / cook in the blue shirt did come ot with his temperatue probe and meter, prodded the food,but then just dissapeared back into the kitchen. Please replace this man, or retrain him to do his job. The food was in metal containers with very heavey lids, the labelling was so tiny you had to lift each lid to see what was in them. This caused chaos at busy times. Maybe use glass lids? Salt and pepper in short supply, we were asked to give it back! The end result was, that sometimes going into eat at mealtimes was almost a miserable experience! It didn't help that the last 3 days of our holiday we were in our room most of the time, due to Storm Charlotte and only left our room to go into the resreaunt or bar area. No Bingo or quizes or anything to help out in the daytime. Very limited seating for the entertainment. Summary. If we had booked 2 weeks earlier when facilaties were open, this would have been a great holiday, but still spoilt, by such a simple thing, cold food.

We booked a bed and breakfast. Breakfast was good. The staff was very nice. The views are spectacular! The only disappointment was that the pool was taken over by seagulls and therefor was extremely dirty and not usable. We can imagine that in November the pool would have been closed anyway, but it would have been nice if we were informed by this while booking. Also good to know; we are almost 30 years old and felt really young.

Very beautiful property, nice rooms, excellent shower, food was plentiful and wide variety. Staff are definitely efficient. Price is right for a holiday with lots of food and activities. The location requires guests to get a drive into town. This is a fine hotel if you want a pleasant holiday experience. Keep in mind it has lots of guests so buffet meals are very busy and warm personalized service is not on offer. You’d go to a luxury hotel for that experience but you’d pay more.

Fabulous hotel. Food was lovely everyday. Fresh grilled foods at lunchtime around the pool. All of the restaurants were perfect. Some premium alcohol Gordon's Smirnoff Captain Morgans inc in all inclusive. Very clean. All of the staff were superb. Lovely spa included. Can not fault this lovely hotel.