To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the “Special or Accessibility Requests” section of “Trip Preferences” when you book your hotel.

• Accessible path of travel
• Accessible bathroom

• Handicapped parking
• In-room accessibility

In summer, children enjoy complimentary supervised activities on a rubberized area adjacent to the outdoor swimming pool. Access to a health club, which includes a steam room and a fitness room containing cardio and weight machines, is available for a daily surcharge. (Access to the health club's indoor swimming pool is complimentary.) A games room includes coin-operated video games as well as a jukebox and complimentary use of felt-top card tables. A lobby computer provides high-speed Internet access (surcharge).

Self-parking adjacent to the hotel and self-parking in an underground garage are available for a daily surcharge.

• Swimming pool - outdoor
• Swimming pool - indoor
• Poolside bar
• Swimming pool - children's
• Spa tub
• Steam room
• Concierge services
• Complimentary breakfast
• Health club
• Fitness facilities
• Bar/lounge
• Restaurant(s) in hotel
• Room service (limited hours)
• Self parking
• Parking garage
• Multiple small meeting rooms
• Banquet facilities
• Multiple large conference rooms
• Audio-visual equipment

• Business services
• Total number of rooms - 243
• Multilingual staff
• 24-hour front desk
• Porter/bellhop
• Security guard
• Tour assistance
• Gift shops or newsstand
• Dry cleaning/laundry service
• Arcade/game room
• Elevator/lift
• Number of floors - 10
• Air-conditioned public areas
• Self parking (surcharge)
• Supervised child care/activities
• Airport transportation
• Parking (surcharge)
• Train station pickup (surcharge)
• Wireless (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge

The hotel offers 243 guestrooms and suites in a tan, 10-story, U-shaped building with gardens and swimming pools in the center. Balconies with dining sets overlook swimming pools and the marina across the street. Nautical decor includes dark-green furniture with polished-brass corners, porthole framed mirrors, brass-lantern lamps, pale-yellow walls, white ceilings, green-and-maroon carpeting, and beige bedspreads. Bathrooms with green and white tiles include shower/tub combinations. Minibars and in-room safes are available on request (surcharges).

• Balcony
• Air conditioning
• Climate control
• Blackout drapes/curtains
• Wake-up calls
• Complimentary toiletries
• Hair dryer
• Shower/tub combination
• Bidet

• In-room childcare (surcharge)
• Electronic/magnetic keys
• Satellite television service
• Daily housekeeping
• Window opens
• Rollaway beds available
• Cribs (infant beds) available
• Smoking permitted

A complimentary buffet breakfast is provided each morning in Galeão restaurant.

Galeão - Spacious restaurant serving buffet dinner nightly or offering international/Portuguese a la carte menu.

Bounty Bar - Lobby bar/lounge with terrace seating. Occasional live music and karaoke in the summer. Serves soups, sandwiches, salads, and a light menu including cod, veal, pasta, and omelets. Open mid-morning to late night.

Coffee Bar - Café/bar open for lunch, dinner. Soups, sandwiches, salads, and light menu including cod, veal, pasta, and omelets.

Contained within the hotel's U-shape garden courtyard are an 18-by-11-meter (60-by-35-foot) swimming pool and an 18-meter-diameter (60-foot) children's pool consisting of a channel encircling a palm-tree island. For year-round swimming there's a heated 9-by-5-meter (30-by-16-foot) pool in a skylighted pavilion.

Separated by the marina across the street from the hotel, two beaches extend along the Atlantic Ocean fronting Vilamoura. Both are approximately 100 meters (109 yards) deep and accessible by boardwalks that protect natural vegetation. Nearest is one-km-long (0.75-mile) Marina Beach, which is 300 meters (328 yards) from the hotel. Falésia Beach is nine km long (5.5 miles) and 700 meters (766 yards) away. In summer, various watersports gear, including personal watercraft, kayaks, and windsurfers, can be rented from independent operators on the beaches.

Located 200 meters (219 yards) away at a partner hotel, Vila Gale Ampalius, are two lighted artificial-grass tennis courts (surcharges) and a putting green.

Complimentary shuttle service is provided to all four golf courses located within the 5,000-acre Vilamoura resort and to another course, Vila Sol. Other recreational facilities within Vilamoura include a sports complex, an equestrian center, a shooting club, a tennis center, a lawn-bowling green, and jogging, hiking, and bicycle trails.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.

• Golfing nearby
• Golf - driving range nearby
• Golf - miniature nearby
• Boat launch nearby
• Personal watercraft
• Sailing nearby
• Scuba diving nearby
• Water skiing nearby
• Windsurfing nearby
• Snorkeling nearby
• Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
• Tennis nearby
• Running track/path nearby

• Aerobics nearby
• Volleyball nearby
• Scooter/moped rentals nearby
• Hiking/biking trails nearby
• Bicycle rentals nearby
• Horse riding/rental nearby
• Parasailing nearby
• Skydiving nearby
• Fishing nearby
• Bird watching nearby
• Playground nearby
• Swimming on site