Reviews of B&B "Villa Alegria", Tarrafal

The location was perfect - directly in the pedestrian road in the colonial town centre, so you can walk to all the sights and also walk home at night. Superfriendly staff. They organized a tour to other towns and laundry service for us (you have to pay extra for that, of course.) The rooms were beautiful and spotlessly clean. Breakfast is in a nice restaurant right on the other side of the street (contintental or local food) - sit in the shade, sip your coffee and do people-watching. There are also nice sitting areas inside. It was also nice and cool. Superclean.

The hotel is built in Spanish-Portuguese style - the rooms open to the central room like a courtyard. This makes it very safe, but all sounds in the courtyard carry like street noise. Unfortunately, most flights arrive after midnight, so whenever guests are coming in, there are some sounds for about 15-20 minutes until everyone has settled, and there is nothing the hotel can do about this. There is an easy solution to this, however - simply close the window at night. We are super sensitive to noise and could sleep perfectly.

Very comfortable, loads of extras included, great staff. Short walk to excellent restaurant. Lots of useful advice.

Quite a few unfinished buildings nearby but you get used to it.

friendly welcome, room decorated nicely, good breakfast, friendly welcome. Irene was very helpful and always easy to reach, we were offered a late checkout which made our last day way less stressful (flight at 2 AM and we had to rebook and reschedule a lot because of an airport strike back home... - thanks again, Irene!). There are many houses and lots under construction around, but short walking distance to beach and restaurants and we felt safe everywhere.

sliding door to the bathroom doesn't close completely... just saying ;)

The personal attention of Irene. Breakfast and the room.

Electricity fails from time to time.

Alegria is quiet, 2 min from the diving center, perfect beds, nice smiling staff, super breakfast with fresh fruits, eggs, capeverdian and european dishes, clean (!), 5 min from the beaches and the restaurant, a cosy front garden where you can read or just see the sunset.

It is a pitty the governement does not finish building the streets for this beautiful villa.

Wonderful villa with great and clean rooms + nice staff. Laundry service is great. Additionally, nice to have: free mini bar drinks. Great breakfast with changing options e.g. one morning they made mini banana pancakes, the next morning toasts with cheese (and unfortunately ham).

Location could be closer to the center

Clean, close to the beach and nice personal.

Loud in the morning due to construction work. Beds are too small for 2 people and made lots of noise

Exceeded our expectations, we're even going back soon! Great room, breakfast, sparkling clean and unbeatable location. Don't look further for your stay in Tarrafal.

Villa is wonderful! Such a beautiful and charming place, with kind staff. The owners are super nice and helpful and every amenity is provided. They have laundry service, great security, delicious breakfast with lots of options. The Suite is big and has a private balcony. Totally recommend! :)

The Wi-Fi is not good, and this bothered me a bit because I work with my laptop.

Cleaners every day, breakfast was good.very friendly host.

Place has problems with cockcroaches, wd found them in our room and in the kitchen. Check-in was not ideal,place is located in a kinda of in empty dirt road area, there is construction works going on, no pavement or paved road access

it’s very clean and light, breakfast was lovely!

There was some building work going on that was a bit noisy.

Everything!

Everything at Villa Alegria is run with attention and care for the guests.

We stayed both in Villa Alegria as in Casa Alegria which both have their own charms. We preferred the casa because of the roof terrace and we liked the rooms a bit more BUT no worries if you book for the Villa, this one is nice as well ;-) The host, Irene, well what can i say...she's like a walking travel agency and has a superb netwerk all over the island. If you need things to be done, she will make it happen. Some ex: - Hiking in the Serra Malagueta (you can choose your own hike): she arranged a very reliable French/English/Portuguse speaking guide who has an incredible knowledge of the island. It seemed like he knew everyone where we came. His name Silvio. If you want to do something here, ask for him. PS: you can hike in the Serra alone, but with a guide you will go to places that you will not see on your own. - Arranging private transport: always reliable, English speaking persons with a normal driving style :-) - Arranging transport to other islands. It's not easy to get things done here. CVInterilhas website is not stable and Irene knows how to get you things done. - Tips for restaurant, food,..all spot on. We enjoyed the food here every day. - Problems of other kind? Irene will try to help you via her network. Her husband grew up here so things can be arranged a lot easier. - Transport to the airport, Irene. Aluguer is of course an option but you don't want to arrive late for you plane or ferry... Breakfast in both locations is in buffet style and is all you need: coffee/tea, 3 styles of cold drinks, milk and cereals, cheese/ham/salami, breads, eggs (boiled and mirror), fruits like banana, papaya, apples,...all you need. Location: quiet area, few 100m away from beach and restaurants. The best of both worlds ;-) Rooms: we stayed in 3 different rooms. One advise, take a room with airco. All rooms were spacy, clean and a lot of options. Fridge filled with free alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.

If i have to write down one thing it's the room without airconditioning. If you have the option, take a room with AC. Nights are hot here and a fan doesn't cool the room and also makes noise. Of course this applies to all accomoditions so it's not a negative thing for this place. It's just an ocerall tip if you book a place in CV.

Very nice and modern, good breakfast, great service