| SPORT FACILITIES AT THE PROPERTY OR NEARBY AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES | | | |  | Indoor and Outdoor Swimming Pool
Sauna
Fitness Room
Solarium
Private Gardens
Wine Cellar
Hiking
Fishing
Beach (nearby)
Water Sports (nearby)
On request the hotel organizes special programs such as golf, tennis, bicycle tours, horse riding, sailing and diving. | | For golf lovers, nearby the hotel, two splendid golf courses worth visiting.
PALMARES Golf Course: designed by Frank Pennink one of Porytugal's most prolific golf course designers, is a course of undeniable beauty and qualit located at Palmares, which is close to the beautiful and historic western Algarve town of Lagos. An 18 holes, Par 71 course, its reputation derives from its skilful use of two different kinds of landscape, as well as its excellent level of maintenance.
BOAVISTA Golf Course: An 18 holes, par 71 course, in a beautiful location in the Western Algarve on a headland between Lagos and Praia da Luz, commanding magnificent views of the bay of Lagos, and the distant Monchique hills.
Designed by Howard Swan, the course has been successfully integrated into the existing natural terrain; his use of these features makes Boavista a delight to the eye.
|  | | | ABOUT LAGOS | | | | Lagos was an important cityCapital of the Algarve from 1576 to 1765, when it wasCapital of the Algarve. The Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans and Moors all settled here, due to the advantages of its large natural harbour. In the 15th century, King João I sailed from Lagos to conquer Ceuta in North Africa, and local men then built the frail boats which Prince Henry the Navigator sent out to probe even further down the uncharted East African coast. The 1755 earthquake devastated the city and the seat of local government was subsequently moved to Faro.
The city's walls are the largest and best-preserved in the Algarve. The slave market located in Rossio da Trindade was the first of its kind in Portugal. At the Chapel of Santo António, King Sebastian attended his last mass on the eve of his ill-fated expedition to Morocco in 1578. After the battle of Alcácer-Quibir, he and 8,000 of his troops lay dead, spelling the end of the House of Avis dynasty. The chapel also houses a regional museum with artefacts from the Bronze and Iron Ages and sacred art dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries. |  | | Other Things to do nearby | |  | Visit the cliffs at Ponte da Piedade 3 km from Lagos, eroded into natural tunnels, arches and grottoes which offer a marine fantasy world for people visiting the region..
Visit Sagres the most southwestly point of Europe, a town best known for its associations with Prince Henry the Navigator, whose single purpose was to spur men to discover Africa, India and the Far East.
Visit Praia da Luz, a fishing port nestling between cliffs, which in spite of being an important tourist centre; it maintains its traditional and typical character.
Visit Monchique and Foia, the highest point at the Algarve. | | | |
