The Algarve, Portugal is a wonderful place to play golf for many reasons. The challenging championship courses, with many designed by famous names of golf, are always well manicured and a joy to play. The fantastic weather nearly all year round makes the golf, beaches and night times so enjoyable.

And the various towns, villages and resorts with their history, food and wonderfully charming people.

Unlike many other Algarve resorts, Vilamoura is a purpose built, modern resort where everything has been designed with your pleasure in mind.

Vilamoura offers something for everyone: a place for rest and relaxation but also for pursuing active pastimes and sports; a friendly and safe residential haven, but also a vibrant and exciting night-life centre.

Vilamoura is especially popular with sports enthusiasts due to its excellent facilities. With a wide range of high standard accommodation on offer this is a place to suit any need.

Designed to be self sufficient the resort is able to cater for everyday needs and is bursting with sporting and leisure facilities for all members of the family. The Marina is huge and home to some very glamorous boats which can be admired from the waterfront, which is great for wandering around day or night.

Either side of the marina are sandy beaches with several cafes and bars. A number of boats run excursions along the coast towards Lagos and beyond and if you?re interested big game fishing is also on the cards. There is also a Casino, where those after a flutter can play American roulette, French roulette, Portuguese dice, Black Jack or slot machines. There are also nightly cabaret shows, a nightclub and a cinema.

For those looking to relax and enjoy the local landscapes Falésia is ideal for a day on the beach with its unusual red coloured cliffs as a backdrop. Also close at hand is Olhos de Água, surrounded on three sides by pine-clad cliffs.

Vilamoura is a special place, a unique leisure and recreation resort where the pace of life is so easy it feels like summer all year round making it a very popular destination for families seeking stress-free fun. You are guaranteed to be revitalized by the lifestyle and convenience of this special place.

Albufeira is famed above all for its beaches where the sand is fine and the sea a turquoise blue, sheltered by cliffs renowned for the shades and tones that make them appear like painted canvasses. Despite this the narrow streets and whitewashed houses of this old fishing village perched over a charming beach filled with colourful decorated fishing boats must not be ignored.

The village has many features of historical interest, from the buildings which still preserve the Moorish arches to the interesting churches and old castle. For the less historically minded shops, bars and restaurants fill every corner.

However, nightlife, sunshine and beaches are just some of the features of Albufeira. Sports are also an excellent reason to come and stay with a wide range on offer including golf, tennis and watersports all of which are designed to entertain even the most demanding sportsmen and women. For those travellers? wanting a quieter holiday, there is another experience on offer just a few miles inland where everything changes. This is an experience rooted in the tranquility of nature surrounded by green and peaceful countryside dotted with fruit trees of every description where the ochre of tiled roofs can be seen nestling in the landscape.

Albufeira makes a fantastic holiday destination offering something for all and the best of both worlds, day and night.