Around the villa:
On all sides of the villa are planted gardens with a shaded car port at the front of the house. This is accessed through remote control electric gates. There is ample further car parking for a number of cars at the front of the villa. Porto Dona Maria is a beautiful new resort with reception and 24 hour security. It has been built with a strong environmental focus. Great care has been taken in ensuring that the villas blend into their natural environment with each of the villas being built using natural products, sourced locally where possible. Casa Bonita features handmade Portuguese tiles around the house and pool area, and local timbers in the floors, kitchen and storage. The planting within the gardens is sympathetic to the surrounding landscape and uses flora natural to the local area. The location of the resort within the Western Algarve Conservation area means that beautiful walks lead all directions from the villa, along the cliff tops and surrounding countryside.
Porto Dona Maria Resort facilities:
Rental of Casa Bonita gives guests access to the many other facilities on the resort. This includes a large communal salt-water swimming pool and separate children’s pool; the poolside 'Cabana do Pescador' (Fisherman's Hut) which serves drinks, light meals and a variety of dishes, both inside the cafe and on the outside terraces every day up to 7pm in the evening throughout the summer, closing at the end of September for the winter; “L’Escargot” restaurant, featuring fine Algarve dining with fresh local fish dishes as well as other tasty meat dishes, beautifully prepared starters and desserts; and the 'Mercearia' restaurant located near reception, which is open all year round from 8am to 10pm in the summer and 9am to 6pm in the winter, and also offers a takeaway menu and a small grocery/delicatessen. The Algarve is famous for its fantastic fresh seafood & a number of first class restaurants are in the Lagos area including the Portuguese top 10 Restaurant Ancora in Burgau.
Golf & sports:
Porto Dona Maria are currently constructing a Golf Academy, including a 9 hole course, which is anticipated to be open in mid-2008.Boavista Golf, an impressive 18 hole championship golf course with spectacular scenery & delightful views of Lagos Bay & the Monchique Mountains is only 4km away. Parque da Floresta 18 hole Championship golf course, with breathtaking views over the rolling hills of the Western Algarve National Park Conservation area, is 4km west of Porto Dona Maria. This golf course also offers free golf lessons for children. Palmares Championship course is approx 20 minutes drive away & the famous Penina course is approx 30 minutes drive away. Burgau Sports Centre offers a range of children’s sports including tennis, football, hockey, touch rugby, running races, swimming races, diving competitions, baseball & rounders. Luz has a watersports centre offering jet skis, banana boats & windsurfing & the marina at Lagos offers boat trips to the grottoes & caves around the coast.
Other Activities:
Glass bottom boat trips, nature reserve, jet-skis, boat hire, children's pool,
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