Best resort in Portugal?

Question

I am online looking at holidays for 2010, what resort do you recommend in Portugal? We are looking for beach or fishing village with good selection of restaurants and bars, but it doesn't need to be very lively. Thanks (if you can recommend good hotels too that would be good - we may go half board so knowing the food was good too would be nice)

Answer 1

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Carvoeiro or Alvor are lovely Algarve seaside villages with Hotels of all sorts and sizes, Penina is close by which is top class, and there is a small aerodrome near Alvor for your flight!! Abundance of great restaurants, La Orange in Carvoeiro is fabulous as is the BonBon close by..The restaurant at the Praia de Caneiros has got to be one of the most romantic on the ALgarve in a little cove with tremendous rock formations all around that super orange pink/ colour as the sun goes down cant wait to go back..

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20 years of going to the ALgarve playing golf..

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thanks sounds beautiful :-)

Answer 2

Portugal's coastline boasts some of Europe's best beaches. There's variety too, with a choice of superb surfing beaches facing the Atlantic full on, or sheltered family holiday beaches on the Algarve with full resort facilities close to hand. Portugal's Algarve beaches are renowned for their blue flag status and beauty. To the west Algarve the dramatic rock formations add character, whilst on the east Algarve coast beaches are influenced by estuaries and are flatter and more sheltered. Top of the Algarve beach charts reign Praia da Rocha, all 9 Lagos beaches but particularly Praia do Porto Mos and Praia da Luz, the beaches around the estuaries of both Tavira and Faro and push to the far West to the unspoilt beaches around Sagres and up to Carrapateira.
Best beaches on the Algarve abound on the Central and Eastern Algarve Leeward coast. Alongside top Algarve resorts such as Albufeira, Quarteira, Vilamoura and Montegordo you've superb sheltered long sandy beaches, perfect for Algarve family beach holidays. The Leeward coast of the Algarve has the more sheltered flatter beaches in contrast to the rocky beach bays to the west on the Windward Coast.
Estoril coast beaches are today one of its biggest attractions and many have Blue Flag beach awards. The casino town of Estoril boasts pretty Tamariz beach which is good for bathing and is nicely sheltered. Move further along the coast to Cascais and the urban beaches here are idyllic indeed. A fishing centre of old (one of Cascais's beaches is called Fishermen's Beach) there's also a modern Marina here at Cascais.

Answer 3

One word answer - Algarve.
If I recall correctly , the "best" resort area is Valle de Lobo or Quinta do Lago.
There are so many great resorts on that stretch of coastline that it will make you dizzy trying to choose.

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Proposed to wife flying high above the Algarve

Answer 4

Sheraton Pine Cliffs resort in the Southern town of Algarve is beautiful. The beach is beautiful. There are many good local restaurants as well as the ones in the resort. It is best to go in the summer.

Answer 5

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