5 days ago
- Lifestyle
- Condé Nast Traveler
13 Best Hotels in the Algarve for Dreamy Beach Escapes
This is not a Four Seasons; it's a terracotta-roofed, tiered gathering of mini villas and apartments, which cluster around a main pool and clubhouse and then drift down the hill towards the tennis courts. The grounds are immaculate: palm trees and flat-topped umbrella pines, as well as carob, olive, fig, almond, and lemon, plus a very old cork tree borders lawns that have been intensely manicured (like the surrounding fairways). This part of the Algarve is more golf course than countryside, after all. But if hitting the tees is not your thing, don't be put off. The lay of the land here works brilliantly for a family holiday. The beaches nearby are terrific. And the beach restaurants are too.
Every room is a villa; the smallest are two-bedroom apartments with hot tubs on the terrace. The biggest have three bedrooms and swimming pools. Everyone has a gas-fired barbecue, and if you can't face a supermarket trip, you can order sausages, chicken, steak, shrimp, etc, from the restaurant to pop straight onto the grill. The full kitchens are better equipped than any house we've ever rented. There are two on-site restaurants in case cooking doesn't appeal. —Issy von Simson
