TOURISM
One of the resort's luxury residential properties – all have views of either the sea, the lake or the golf course
destination spa, destination hotel and destination restaurant.”
Facilities include an infinity pool, outside fires and double sunbeds. Restaurant Gustao offers a contempo- rary lifestyle dining experience from a three star Michelin chef. With a start- ing price of E4,234 per night, the rooftop garden suite definitely has the wow factor. It has an indoor swim- ming pool beneath a retractable roof, a bridge to a private 180sq m roof terrace, and a lift to the spa. Couve expects to sell it 60 days a year. The breakdown of guests is expected to be 30 per cent from the UK, 15 per cent from Portugal, 15 per cent from Germany and the rest from France, Benelux, Italy and Scandinavia. Couve says that Conrad is keen to develop the niche markets of Russia, China, Brazil and previous Portuguese colonies such as Angola.
CONRAD SPA
The first in-house spa for Conrad, which will provide the blueprint for its spas going forward, the Conrad Spa Algarve continues the hotel’s focus on individual service. On arrival, each guest is offered either a warm or an iced hand towel, as well as a spa mixology tea.
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QUINTA DO LAGO FACILITIES 3.5km beach
Paul McGinley Golf Academy Portugal’s only tailor made golf fitting service
Four hotels (individually managed) Three golf courses, with access to two more Tennis courts and Jim Stewart Academy Watersports centre for
waterskiing, jet-skiing and fishing, as well as sailing and pedalos Equestrian centre Mountain bike trails Life Fitness gym, offering personal training and yoga and pilates at the villas Seven restaurants
Intraceuticals and Aromatherapy Associates are the product lines being used and Aromatherapy Associates has been instrumental in the spa treatment menu, which is made up of five different categories. The Conrad Algarve Signature
Treatments, for example, are all luxu- rious and draw on local techniques, culture and surroundings.
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The five treatment rooms each have a cabana, so guests can choose whether to have their treatment indoors or out. There's a sauna over- looking a garden, a chromotherapy steamroom with changing lights and scents, a sensory shower, an ice foun- tain, heated beds, a warm relaxation pool, a plunge pool and an infinity pool, as well as a relaxation room, gym and a hairdressing salon.
QUINTA DO LAGO REAL ESTATE Property is an important element of Quinta do Lago’s business model: there are 1,200 properties owned, predominantly, as holiday homes. Owners have the option of entering their properties into the rental pool and around 40 per cent do this. This is a growth area, with rentals up 75 per cent on last year’s figures. Maria Chapman, in charge of prop-
erty and rentals, says owners can look at a minimum of 10 weeks rental a year, which is enough to cover prop- erty costs. Prices range from E1,800
a week for a two-bed apartment to E8,500 for a five-bed villa with pool. The resort has also just launched the final tranche of 26 residential plots for sale, which overlook the San Lorenzo golf course. l
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