Brief Summary

Summary: Leave the airport take the signs to Faro/Portimão. Go west along the EN125 in the direction of Portimão. Continue until you see signs to Almancil town centre. Go through the centre and turn left towards Quarteira. Take signs to Vale do Lobo to our offices.

Kilometre Chart

Tom Tom / GPS location N 37.06553, W 8.04869

See us on Google Maps The easy way. At the airport set your 'trip' kilometre meter to zero and keep track of the distances travelled in the left hand column - you can't go wrong!

Km	Sign/Direction	Description
0	Faro/Portimão	Depart Faro Airport
3.3	Portimão	Go over flyover, turn off to join dual carriageway travelling west.
7.7	N125 Almancil	Turn off right to Almancil
11.3	Almancil	Again turn off right to Almancil
13.1	Centre of Almancil	Travel through 3 sets of traffic lights and continue up hill through town.
13.7	Quarteira	Turn left at junction with proper traffic island.
14.6	Avia Garage	Continue past petrol station
14.8	Vale do Lobo	Turn left at traffic island to Vale do Lobo.
16.5	Villas & Vacations	Look out for large blue and white signs on left. You're there!

Detailed Instructions

Leaving the Airport: Follow the SAIDA (which means "Exit") signs. This road will take you back along the front of the airport terminal. Follow the signs heading towards FARO and the IP1 (motorway).

The road from the airport is a good quality dual carriageway. Proceed to the main intersection with the EN125. Pass the first sign to Faro and go over a bridge over major road below and take the next junction to LISBOA, PORTIMÃO, LOULÉ. On taking this exit, the road curves sharply around to the right off the flyover and merges with the road underneath. Continue westbound towards PORTIMÃO on the road EN125 on the dual carriageway.

Take the EN125 to Portimão: Continue along this road for about 5 minutes passing straight through several sets of traffic lights. Some landmarks along the way are: IZI store (on right); GALP petrol station (on right); MAXMAT (on left); SUMOL factory (on left). Eventually you arrive at some large signs showing the IP1 and Loulé ahead and EN125 ALMANCIL 250m to the right. Take the right exit to ALMANCIL.

Take the signs to Almancil: The Almancil road takes you up and over the road you have just left. Continue straight on (it's now single carriageway) passing these landmarks along the way: TRICANA (on left) ; INALUX (on right). You will soon see the São Lourenço church off to your right. Just after the church you will see a sign to the right signposted ALMANCIL (Lisboa and Portimão are straight on ). Take this exit which again takes you up and over the road you've just exited.

Through Almancil town centre: Pass by a large furniture shop ALGARMOVEIS (on right) and continue into the centre of ALMANCIL. At the centre of ALMANCIL there are two sets of traffic lights. Go straight over both sets and continue straight on through the town and up a slight hill past various shops including ALISUPER (on left).

Take the road towards Quarteira: Just past the brow of the hill get into the left-hand filter for the approaching left turning at the lights signposted QUARTEIRA and VALE DO LOBO. Go left there and continue down this road passing the AVIA petrol station (on left). Take the next main left turn to RIA PARK HOTEL and VALE DO LOBO 4Km.

Go towards Vale do Lobo: After passing a number of restaurants including O JUNCALINHO; MR FREDDIES; NELITOS, follow the road round to the left at the junction with A FLORESTA (Indian Restaurant) on the right. Passing OS PINHEIROS restaurant on your left hand side, after around 200 metres, you will eventually see a VILLAS & VACATIONS 100m sign to your left and three tennis courts. Turn left into the Villas & Vacations car park and go into our reception.

Reception Closed? If you arrive outside normal office hours and the reception is closed, there is an external telephone (coloured bright yellow) on the wall on the left side of the office; use it to contact our duty manager.

Visit our Clubhouse! At the side of the telephone try the gate to walk through to our clubhouse. You could also drive into the Clubhouse car park which is through the large gates to the right of the office. It's a great place to wait for the duty manager. It's open every day until around 8pm or so, so please make yourself at home and use the toilet facilities and bar etc.

The journey from the airport should have taken you approximately 20 minutes.

Posted: 2002-06-27      Click here to go back to summary