Vila Joya
One of the Algarve's smallest and poshest escapes, a Moorish-style former private home on the Galé beach at Albufeira.
Albufeira & Galé · Algarve
A sense of the place
Why it's in the collection
Because the house began as a private home in Moorish-villa style and keeps just enough of it in the exquisitely detailed lobby and the hand-painted tilework to have personality without becoming a theme resort, with rooms and suites in the gardens above the Galé beach and a dining room that the Guide's own text places at the heart of the stay — and the house is listed at exactly the tier it holds.
- On the Galé beach west of Albufeira, forty minutes from Faro Airport; an independent house.
- The Moorish lobby and tilework; rooms and suites in the gardens; the dining room; the pool above the sand.
- Two MICHELIN Keys in the 2025 selection; holds four-star standing.
Rooms at Vila Joya
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The neighborhood
Albufeira & Galé
The Algarve's busiest resort town and, to its west, the quieter beach of Galé. Galé has dunes and a few villas among the pines, and the coast road runs on toward Porches.
- The Galé beach, at the door.
- Albufeira's old town and marina, fifteen minutes.
- Faro Airport, forty minutes.
“One of the Algarve's smallest and poshest escapes, a Moorish-style former private home on the Galé beach at Albufeira.”
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