Martinhal Sagres
££Recommended by friends and by publications we trust. We have not stayed yet; it is high on our list.
Quinta do Martinhal, Sagres, Faro, 8650-908, PortugalWebsite
A pool deck just above the sand of Martinhal beach, with a crèche from six months and clubs for children up to seventeen.
Sagres, on the windswept far west of the Algarve, is a surf town with a rustic streak and good coffee. Martinhal Sagres stands above Martinhal beach, at the edge of the Costa Vicentina natural park, and has no single big building. Rooms are split between a boutique hotel and a village of white two-storey cubes with flat roofs, their balconies cut deep into the walls under slatted shades, set in rows down a grassy slope among lavender and pines. Others sit in the pine woods.
Recommended for families with children from babies to teenagers, who want a beach they can walk down to and wild coast beyond it. Teenagers have a club of their own, and there are children's tennis and padel academies. Mornings can go to a kayak or a paddleboard, afternoons to bikes from the Martinhal Bike Station or the ten-minute walk to Praia dos Rebolinhos. O Terraço, the main restaurant, looks over Martinhal beach and keeps a corner for children.
The facts
Rooms
- Rooms
- 238
- Interconnecting
- Yes
- Family rooms
- Yes
- Sleeps up to
- 15
Room types
- 2 Bedroom Garden House
- 2 Bedroom Ocean - Resort View
- Double - Beach Room Partial Sea View
- Double - Beach Room Full Sea View
- Double - Terrace Room
- 2 Bedroom Bay House
- 3 Bedroom Bay House
- 3 Bedroom Pinewood House
- Villa Mimosa
Pools
- Pools
- 4
- Adults-only pool
- Yes
- Children's pool
- Yes
- Indoor pool
- Yes
Kids club
- Ages
- 24 months to 17, in age groups
- Cost
- Paid extra
Creche
- Ages
- 6 to 23 months
- Cost
- Paid extra
Food and drink
- Restaurants
- 3
- Bars
- 4
- Worth booking
- O Terraço, the main restaurant, with views over Martinhal beach and a kids' corner
- Children's menu
- Yes
- Board
- Room only, Room and breakfast
Practical
- Airport
- Faro (FAO), 90 minutes by car
- Beach
- Direct, sand
- Air conditioning
- Yes
- Wifi
- Free Wi-Fi
Services
- Spa
- 6 rooms
- Gym
- Yes
- Bikes
- Yes
- Tennis
- Yes
- Watersports
- Yes
- Worth knowing
- children's football, tennis and padel academies, windsurfing, stand-up paddle and kayaking, and bikes from the Martinhal Bike Station
What's nearby
- Martinhal beach
- 5 minutes, on foot
- Praia dos Rebolinhos
- 10 minutes, on foot
- Baleeira beach, with a surf school
- 3 km
- Cabo de São Vicente
- 3 km
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