Hotel & Spa la Residencia Puerto

We booked two double sea view rooms for ourselves and two adult sons. Nice balconies with views of the harbour and ferry port but over the road so didn't use the balcony too much. I think the Residencia appartments at the other end of Tarifa beyond the castle have much better views of the sea. The rooms were nice with good bathrooms and cleaned everyday. The mini bar was filled with about 8 drinks and some snacks which were provided free of charge, though you had to pay for a refill. The only negative about the room was that both ourselves and our sons had some nice thick towels that were clean but had some significant stains which had to be replaced on a couple of occasions. For a hotel with ~50 rooms the buffet breakfast was excellent and varied with hot options such as fried eggs, scrambled eggs, bacon. Plenty of pastries, bread, cheese, hams, yoghurts etc as well as lovely fresh orange juice. There was water at the reception, along with salted popcorn and each guest could have a natural flavoured ice cream lolly pop each day. Staff were friendly and helpful. Really good idea to book a place in the garage which was a reasonable price per night. The rooftop pool is not enormous but large enough and they have ~ 11 sun loungers, which were not fully occupied the times we used it apart from early on a Friday evening. Great views from the rooftop pool which also has a bar in the afternoon/evening. The hotel is on the harbour and just 5 minutes walk to the main town. I would recommend a trip to Tangier which takes just over 1 hour from Taifa and the place of embarquement for the ferry is just 5 minutes walk from the hotel. There was an FRS/DFDS ferry office ~ 100 m from the hotel which sold return ferry tickets to Tangier including a guide with a group for just a few €s more than we paid for just the return ferry on-line. The hotel also has a wellness centre which is exceptionally good and equivalent to those of a large hotel. Since we stayed for 7 nights we were offered one complementary visit each which was really nice, though I am not sure I would pay € 25 each for a session unless the weather was really bad outside. All in all to be recommended , the courtyard facing rooms looked nice so the additional price for the rooms with a view of the harbour probably not worth it.

Great hotel with fab location for views across the harbour and to Morocco beyond. Comfy beds and pleasant, airy rooms. Nice touch with 'free' initial mini-bar. Fantastic breakfast with genuinely helpful staff. Always a warm greeting from reception staff too. Highly recommend.

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Amazingly beautiful and comfortable property. Staff are exceptionally professional and polite. The breakfast spread was incredible. Will definitely be coming back!!!!

Nice, very clean property with an excellent restaurant. Parking was very convenient and it had easy access to the Tangier ferry for a day trip. It's close to other restaurants and activities.

Beautiful room right outside a small courtyard. Breakfast each morning had tremendous variety. Very close to Tarifa ferry.

Great hotel with large comfortable rooms with good Aircon and powerful shower. Wonderful rooftop heated pool and in a great location with easy access to al Tarifa has to offer. Car park is a bonus, but large cars will find it a little tight, but no worse than similar hotel parking.