Vila Gale Village Cascais Hotel

We booked the hotel on the internet as it looked to be what we wanted and for most points it met our requirements. Our room was on the second floor and was not one of the recently modernised ones. However for our purposed it ticked most of the boxes. It was cleaned every day and the towels were changed every other day.There was a television with 4 English speaking channels but unlike most British hotels no kettle. The beds were comfortable and the room was a good size. On the down side our room faced the front of the hotel and therefore was subject to noise. It was a double whammy as in the morning we heard noise from the car park below and at nights live music blasted out from the Bier Garden behind for 5 out of our 8 days until nearly
2 o'clock-far too late- If it was midnight we could have couped with that. It did keep us awake and the staff said they were aware of the situation. Guests with a sea view at the back of the hotel did not suffer from this problem. Breakfast was a good choice although it did not vary from day to day. Only frankfurters and no proper sausages and only horrible scrambled eggs no fried or poached eggs were ever available. Otherwise everything was a very high standard. The swimming pool area had free sunbeds and towels to lie on were available from reception so no need to take your own.The beach was a 30 minute walk from the hotel and as it was located on a hill down to the town it would not be suitable for anyone with walking difficulties. The reception staff could generally be described as efficient but more formal than friendly.There is an excellent choice of reasonably priced restaurants some small and tucked away in the back streets. It is best to avoid the commercialised ones around the square where there are always hidden extras when it comes to paying the bill. Cascais is very quaint and it has a direct and cheap train service every 20 minutes to Lisbon. Also the bus service allows you to explore many of the other attractrctions without taking a coach tour which are usually poor value. If booking we suggest you ensure you get if if you have to pay extra as the noise at the front of the hotel was the only really big negatative of what was otherwise an enjoyable holiday.