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Hotel Information: A pink-marble-floor lobby with cushioned rattan seating and an adjacent solarium featuring a fabric-draped ceiling and a display of Portuguese ceramics exemplifies the informal, relaxed ambience that attracts golfers and families.
Insider tip: Located 3.5 km (2.25 miles) from the hotel, Quinta Shopping Center features international brand-name shops, restaurants, and outdoor cafés.
Amenity highlights: A family pool and a children's pool provide warm-weather swimming in a garden setting of flowers, palm and pine trees, potted orange trees, and a rock waterfall. The pool complex includes a sundeck and sunning lawn furnished with cushioned lounge chairs.
Situated 250 meters (273 yards) from the hotel, the Ria Park development's three-story, 1,000-square-meter (10,764-sq-ft) health spa features a two-story pavilion containing a swimming pool equipped with water spouts and air jets for hydrotherapy. Four treatment rooms offer hydrotherapy, including Vichy and Scottish showers, while six other rooms with private showers are available for massage, body treatments, and facials.
Rooms
The hotel offers 109 extra-spacious guestrooms and suites in a four-story white building with tile roof and traditional Algarvian ornamental chimneys. Decor features pale-marble floors with blue area rugs, blue-and-white drapes, rattan headboards, and marble bathrooms with twin-sink vanities.
Room Amenities
- Cable/satellite TV
- Air conditioning
- Climate control
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Minibar
- Wake-up calls
- Housekeeping (daily)
- Turndown service
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Bidet
- Child care (in room, surcharge)
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- Television - Satellite service
- In-room safe
- Television
- Window opens
- Desk
- Cribs (infant beds) available
- Smoking rooms
Recreation
A 27-meter (90-foot) freeform outdoor swimming pool paired with a 5.5-meter (18-foot) children's pool provides warm-weather swimming.
The nearest beach is Vale do Garrão, 900 meters (984 yards) from the hotel, with complimentary shuttle service available from May through October. Unlike the western Algarve, where cliffs interrupt beaches, sand extends unimpeded for miles in this area along the Atlantic Ocean. The hotel provides complimentary lounge chairs, umbrellas, and towels on the beach. Independent operators rent water sports gear on the beach during the summer.
The hotel includes two lighted tennis courts (surcharges) and rents bicycles.
Six golf courses lie within five km (three mile) of the hotel, two within the Vale do Lobo development to the west and four within the Quinta do Lago development to the east. The hotel arranges for golf pro to provide private lessons (surcharges) for guests. A horse stable two km (1.25 mile) north of the hotel offers horseback riding, and a gun club is 1.25 km (0.75 mile) away.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Personal watercraft nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Swimming on site
- Scuba diving nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Tennis on site
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Horse riding/rental nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Skydiving nearby
- Bird watching nearby
- Fishing nearby
- Playground on site
Property Amenities
Situated 250 meters (273 yards) from the hotel, the Ria Park development's three-story, 1,000-square-meter (10,764-sq-ft) health spa features a two-story pavilion containing a 14-by-6-meter (45-by-20-ft) swimming pool equipped with water spouts and air jets for hydrotherapy. Cushioned teak lounge chairs and giant candles flank the pool. Four treatment rooms offer hydrotherapy, including Vichy and Scottish showers, while six other rooms with private showers are available for massage, body treatments, and facials. Signature treatments include the Floating Thermo Spa Session and the Underwater Massage with Oils or Seaweed.
The spa's women's and men's sides include saunas and steam rooms, and a relaxation lounge is furnished with cushioned rattan lounge chairs. A spacious fitness room under a high, elaborately formed wood ceiling contains cardio machines, weight machines, and free weights. (Daily surcharge for use of swimming pool and fitness center.) Use of the hotel's health club, which contains a six-person spa tub and sauna, is complimentary during a 5-7 PM "happy hour," with a surcharge for other times.
For children, complimentary supervised outdoor activities are offered in summer. Wireless Internet access is also available in the lobby (surcharge.)
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Poolside bar
- Swimming pool - children's
- Spa tub
- Sauna
- Concierge services
- Complimentary breakfast
- Health club
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Room service (limited hours)
- Parking (free)
- Self parking
- Meeting rooms (small groups)
- Banquet facilities
- Conference room(s)
- Audio-visual equipment
- Internet access in public areas - surcharge
- Internet access - wireless
- Business services
- Safe-deposit box - front desk
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Security guard
- Number of rooms: 109
- Number of floors: 4
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Tour assistance
- Currency exchange
- Dry cleaning service
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Elevator/lift
- Supervised child care/activities
Policies
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Pets not allowed
- Check-in time is 2 PM
- Check-out time is Noon
Dining
A complimentary buffet breakfast is provided each morning in the hotel's restaurant.
Restaurant - Dining room and terrace seating. Serving a la carte lunch and buffet or a la carte dinner daily.
Lobby Bar - Expansive bar/lounge with marble floor, upholstered rattan seating, potted plants, terrace overlooking swimming pools. Open early evening to late night for sandwiches, cocktails.
Pool Bars - Two poolside bars open in summer for sandwiches, burgers, pizza, omelets, tropical drinks.
Address
Vale Do Garrao, PO Box 3410
Almancil, 8135-951
Portugal
Nearest major airport:
Faro, Portugal (FAO-Faro Intl.)
Area:
Almancil, Portugal
