The Resort:
Vilamoura, The Algarve, Portugal is a special place, a unique leisure and recreation resort community where the pace of life is so easy it feels like summer all year round.
Designed from the start to be self-sufficient, Vilamoura is ideally located, features a wide choice of prime accommodation, offers the commercial structure for day-to-day needs and is bursting with sporting and leisure facilities for the whole family.
Vilamoura is a place for rest and relaxation but also for pursuing active pastimes and sports; a friendly and safe residential haven, but also a vibrant and exciting night-life centre. It is a luxury hotel, a private villa or a serviced apartment for the visitor, but also a home to the resident and seasonal population. It is Portuguese, but also truly cosmopolitan. Away from the hectic pace and the stress of the modern world, all who visit are revitalised by the lifestyle, the convenience and the hospitality of this truly special place
The Marina:
Big Game Fishing
The Vilamoura Marina is an excellent base for big game fishing, with an increasing number of marlin, tuna and swordfish being caught in the Atlantic waters. The Vilamoura Marina is the venue of Blue & White Marlin Tournament. Please contact: Marina de Vilamoura.
Sailing:
The Vilamoura Marina is internationally renowned for its excellent sailing facilities. The local sailing club and school, CIMAV, organises events year-round for all classes of sailing boat.
Watersport:
Vilamoura is the ideal setting for water sports such as: windsurfing, water-skiing, para-sailing, jet-skiing, scuba diving and snorkelling
Other activities:
Water park;
There are 2 water parks within 10-15 minutes drive of the apartment. This is a great day out for all the family. Jogging : There is a jogging circuit around Vilamoura. 45 minutes or 60 minutes a circuit map is available on request. There is also a Walking and Bicycle circuit in the area.
Horse Riding: There is a horse riding circuit with a choice of a 60 min or 120 min trail.
The Golf academy (super golf) is 5 minutes away;
Brownes Tennis and fitness academy 5 minutes away
• Tennis.
• Horse riding
• Water sports
• Fishing
• Casino
Golf:
Golfing There are 5 golf courses within minutes of the apartment.
The Old course:
Situated in the heart of Vilamoura, this Frank Pennink designed course is one of the oldest in the Algarve and renowned all over the golfing world.
Pinhal Course: this was the second golf course built in Vilamoura and inaugurated in 1976, having been designed by Frank Pennink the architect of the nearby Old Course.
Laguna course: Laid out over low-lying coastal terrain, this course with its many water hazards and few trees, is considerably different from the other ones at the resort and many of its holes convey a links atmosphere.
Millennium Course:
This conventional Par-72 course opened in the year 2000,
Victoria Course:
Arnold Palmer's most recent project in Europe, is destined to become one of the best and most sophisticated golf courses in Europe. The Victoria Course is scheduled to open in early summer of 2004 and the official inauguration will be during the first fortnight in September 2004
