Quinta Do Lorde Resort Hotel Marina ★★★★★

Picture your perfect holiday beside the ocean – whatever it looks like, you’ll probably find that the Quinta Do Lorde Resort Hotel Marina***** far exceeds even your most exquisite of reveries. The resort feels like its own small civilisation, far removed from the world, and it would be hard not to be awed by the extent of it. A glorious tri-level pool, medium pool and seaside saltwater pool are all spread out across the site, which wraps around the marina. Here you can explore various water sports activities, like snorkelling. Beautiful cobbled paths connect the five main hotel units, and the landscape is immaculately tended to.

There are two onsite restaurants you can visit when you get peckish. Lord’s Club Restaurant offers a varied cuisine that you can tuck into whilst looking out across the Atlantic toward the Ilhas Desertas Islands, whilst Flôr de Sal, located in the main building, provides both traditional and international cuisine made with local produce, like tasty parrotfish and sea bream fresh from the Atlantic, as part of the fourteen different themed buffets it operates. Down by the marina is the Captain’s Bar, where you can refresh yourself with a drink and enjoy a snack.

Rooms are tastefully decorated with understated, neutral tones, fully equipped with minibars, Wi-Fi, and flat-screen TVs. Staff are always eager to help cater to your every need, and, as such, the resort offers extensive spa services. Among these are hot stone massages, aromatherapy, and a plethora of beauty treatments for you to indulge in. And since all this is so romantic, worry not if the mood for love suddenly strikes you: there is even a charming little chapel on the resort overlooking the Atlantic - a most idyllic site for a wedding!