A short 20 minutes from Faro airport and within a two-and-a-half-hour plane journey from most European airports, Martinhal Quinta is a villa resort that offers fantastic children facilities and a selection of luxury family homes in the sophisticated Quinta do Lago area. Families can enjoy the region’s wonderful weather and its award-winning golf courses, in addition to excellent restaurants, a sea-water lake with pedalos and water sports, horse-riding, boat trips and beach fun that are available in the Quinta do Lago area, while at the hotel there’s a free kids club – Raposinhos – the Blue Room with computer games consoles, table tennis and table football, and the Pool Hangout, with water slides, trampoline and an old VW camper van to play in. Martinhal Quinta is a great base from which to explore the area’s golf courses. Among partner courses are Pinheiros Altos, right on the hotel’s doorstep, Quinta do Lago’s North, South and Laranjal courses, Oceanico’s seven championship courses, Vale de Lobo and San Lorenzo, both close to Faro, Pestana Golf’s trio that include Vila Sol, the Robert Trent Jones Jr-designed Onyria Palmares near Lagos, and Monte Rei and Quinta da Ria in the eastern Algarve. www.martinhal.com
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