Features
What to expect: One of the Algarve's first hotels, this property was built in 1962 on a choice clifftop site featuring panoramic ocean views. A renovation completed in 2003 maintained the casual, sun-drenched ambience that attracts adult guests year after year.
Amenity highlights: Two levels of sundecks furnished with cushioned lounge chairs face the ocean, and the lower deck features a 14-meter (45-foot), irregularly shaped, heated pool. A short path and 29 steps lead down to a eight-km (five-mile) beach, where independent operators offer water sports in summer. Diners at the hotel's two restaurants, one serving Indian cuisine, can take meals on a terrace extending from the hotel and enjoy panoramic ocean views. Rooms have high-speed Internet access (surcharge).
Insider tip: Although Armação de Pêra's fishing-village origins are nearly obscured by new apartment buildings, fishers still drag their colorful boats onto the beach 800 meters (875 yards) east of the hotel, and adjacent restaurants prepare the day's catch.
A complimentary buffet breakfast is provided each morning in Por do Sol restaurant. Por do Sol - Ocean-view restaurant with marble-floored dining room under faux grape-arbor ceilings and outdoor terrace with panoramic ocean views. Lunch menu and à la carte choices. Buffet dinners. Raj - Fine-dining Indian restaurant. Blue ceiling with pyramid-shaped skylights. Bar/lounge with brocade seating. Outdoor terrace with panoramic ocean views. Open for dinner only. Dress code: no shorts or T-shirts. Boa Vista Bar - Two-level bar/lounge with ocean view. Open mid-morning to late night for sandwiches, burgers, and cocktails. Live music nightly. Pool Bar - Open in summer.
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