The hotel has four swimming pools in total. There are three outdoor pools - two for children, one of which is heated - and an adult pool. The indoor pool is part of the Health Club and has a seating area inside with lounge beds. There is a jetted tub here and a sauna, along with complimentary towels and lockers. The gymnasium has cardiovascular machines and weights and guests can enjoy a massage in one of the treatment rooms. The beauty salon, Estetica, offers various hair and beauty treatments and sells a range of men's and women's products.

As well as two golf pro shops close to the golf course, there is a mini market near the Golf Clubhouse and various boutiques around the resort.

The hotel has three large dividable conference rooms, catering for up to 250 people in theater style. Decorated in pale yellow with blue carpet, they have full audio-visual facilities and access to a patio. In addition, there are small break-out rooms.

For guests who need to fly in and out in a hurry, the hotel has its own helicopter pad.

Guests of the hotel enjoy a complimentary buffet breakfast each morning.

Alem Mar - Decorated with a cream tiled floor and cane and blue cushioned chairs, this is the hotel's main restaurant, serving a Continental and cooked buffet breakfast every morning. In the evenings there is an à la carte menu or a Discovery Buffet serving Mediterranean foods from Italy to the Algarve.

Corda Café - Located by one of the outdoor swimming pools with seating both inside and outside, this relaxed restaurant has a floor made of waxed logs, with cane tables and chairs and dilapidated antique luggage piled up alongside, as well as ropes, hooks and chains, and oars on the walls, as if it were in the bow of a ship. It serves light meals including salads, pastas, and burgers.

Aldar - This restaurant offers a taste of the Orient and is decorated to give a Moroccan feel, with low level seating on sofas in blue, red, and gold fabrics in an eastern style, low wooden tables, dark red walls, and old maps on the walls, known as portulanos.

O Pescador - This tiled-floored restaurant with white cane furniture has both indoor and outdoor seating for al fresco dining, and serves a selection of seafood specials from crustaceans and crabs to cataplana, a typical Portuguese dish cooked in a copper pot.

Porto Alegre - Located by a patio with seating amongst lemon trees and next to the games room, this ice cream parlor also serves burgers and fast food. It is only open during the summer months.

Beach Club - Only open in the summer months, this beachside restaurant serves lunch and dinner with a Portuguese and international menu on offer, as well as sandwiches, snacks, and ice cream.

Jardim Colonial - Located next to Alem Mar, this wooden floored bar with local tiles on the walls, has live music.

Golf Clubhouse - Overlooking the golf course, this clubhouse is decorated with brown basket weave chairs and tables. As well as having a bar, it serves breakfast and an a la carte menu of sandwiches, salads, burgers, pasta, meat, and fish.

Location.

Located on a cliff-top near Falesia Beach, the Sheraton Algarve Hotel in Albufeira, Portugal, is a large white complex and golf course that stretches into landscaped gardens of pine trees, mosaic pathways, wooden bridges and streams. The Faro Airport is 16 miles away.

Hotel Features.

This Sheraton hotel display a Moorish influence with patios, fountains, wooden screens and signs made from Portuguese azulejo tiles. A buffet breakfast is served each morning, and the hotel has 8 onsite dining options, including O Pescador, a seafood restaurant offering crustacean platters and steamed Atlantic crab. Porto Alegre is an informal dining area serving fare such as Italian ice cream and fresh juice. Guests at the Sheraton Algarve Hotel will find a mini-market and several boutiques on the property. The hotel also includes four pools, two of which are dedicated to children. The indoor pool is part of the hotel's health club that houses a jetted tub, sauna and gym, along with a salon offering hair and beauty treatments.

The Children's Village, Porto Pirata, is complete with pirate ships with slides, climbing frames, miniature golf and an activity center. Pine Cliffs Golf Course is a nine-hole, 32-par golf course located next to rocky cliff tops. The academy has a driving range, indoor teaching bay, and chipping and putting greens. The Luis de Sousa's Tennis Academy at the Sheraton Algarve Hotel has five tennis courts, and there is an elevator to the beach where a wide range of water sports are available during the summer months.

Guestrooms.

Champagne-colored fabrics, hand painted tiles and wall tapestries set the scene in the 215 guestrooms at the Sheraton Algarve Hotel, which include balconies with views of the garden or countryside. Accommodations include direct-dial telephones with data ports, satellite television, in- room safes, minibars and 24-hour room service.

The on-site spa has massage/treatment rooms.

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.

Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.

Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.

Check-out time is noon

Check-in time starts at 2 PM

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The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.

• Fee for in-room high-speed Internet (wired): EUR 15 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

There are no room charges for children 12 years old and younger who occupy the same room as their parents or guardians, using existing bedding.