The Golf Shack (located on the EN125 near Alcantarilha, central Algarve) is under new ownership.
Previous owners, Gary and Sylvia King, have built an impressive golf apparel, clubs and accessories business over the last nine years.

Condé Nast Traveler has announced the results of its annual Readers’ Choice Awards with VILA VITA PARC recognized as the #3 Destination Spa Resort in the world.

More than 600,000 Condé Nast Traveler readers across the globe submitted a recording-breaking number of responses rating their travel experiences to provide a full snapshot of where and how we travel today.

A Escola do Gelado, the first ice cream school in Portugal and the only one specialised in natural ice cream, have opened their own space in Albufeira, and the first training courses start this month!

Courses are available for those in the Hotel, Restaurant and Cafe industry, or just those with a passion for ice cream.

VILA VITA Parc’s boutique shopping plaza ‘VLIFE Shops’ brings guests an eclectic blend of exclusive international and local brands, showcasing the very best in fashion, lifestyle, eyewear, jewellery, watches, wine and gourmet products.

The Algarve could be transformed into a ‘Mecca’ for health and wellness travel - benefiting from major investment linked to the booming €600billion global industry - according to organisers of the 2019 Algarve Tourism Conference.

Tourist development consultant Andrew Coutts said worldwide ‘wellness tourism’ spend is rising rapidly and expected to surpass €900 billion by 2022, representing 18pc of the global tourism market. Meanwhile the GWI (Global Wellness Institute) predicts wellness tourism trips to grow by 8pc annually reaching 1.2billion by 2022. 

Last Saturday June 8, VILA VITA Parc Resort & Spa, located in Porches, Algarve, was awarded Europe’s Leading Luxury Hotel & Villas 2019 by the World Travel Awards for the second consecutive time. Every year, since 1993, the World Travel Awards have been distinguishing and celebrating excellence in the many areas of the travel and tourism industry.

VILA VITA PARC LAUNCHES ITS BRAND-NEW SPA BY SISLEY- THE FIRST SISLEY SPA IN PORTUGAL.
The Algarve’s most prestigious clifftop resort, VILA VITA Parc Resort & Spa, has enhanced its wellness credentials with the launch of its brand-new Spa by Sisley, the first Sisley branded spa in Portugal. The state-of-the-art, 17,250sq ft spa, is now open and the completion marks the culmination of the resort’s renovations which have taken place over the last four years.