Guide Price: £43.00
per person per night
Rating: Distance from Airport :60 Minutes from Faro Airport
The hotel is located on the south coast of Portugal, midway between the traditional fishing port of Portimão and the historic town of Lagos.
Le Meridien Penina Golf & Resort is unique in the Algarve, where guests can step out of the hotel and start to play golf on its three courses.
The 18-hole Championship Course, designed by Sir Henry Cotton, is considered his masterpiece and it is indeed a remarkable achievement.
The hotel and golf club are unique when it comes to outstanding views, a calm and tranquil setting, and shows nature at its best.
Le Meridien Penina Golf & Resort offers a wide range of facilities and services specifically tailored to meet and surpass the expectations of each hotel guest.
Hotel Amenities
The hotel incorporates all the amenities that you would expect in a Le Meridien hotel including:
24-hour front desk and concierge desk
Beauty salon
Bellman and porter
Business Centre and secretarial service (available on request)
Car rental (available on request)
Currency exchange
Disabled access
Doctor on call
Elevators
Gift shop
Multilingual staff
Newsstand
Non-smoking rooms
Outdoor parking
Children : Children occupying their own room pay 75% of the total price except from 16th July to 28th August. In this high season periods children occupying their own room pay full rate.
In a Twin room - 1 extra bed or 1 cot for children until 12 years old inclusive
In a Suite room - 2 extra beds or 2 cots for children until 12 years old inclusive
Penguin Village - Le Meridien Penina's unique facility for children that offers a range of activities including an adventure play area, swimming pool and slide, crèche, toys, arts and crafts materials and a Penguin Mac Restaurant, which is open during Penguin Village opening times. Bicycles, film shows and a bouncy castle are further facilities for children.
Penguin Village facilities have to be confirmed with room reservation and the name and age of the children in order to validate discounts.
Babysitting - a minimum of 24 hours' notice is required for babysitting. The hotel does not provide a baby listening service. Cots are available in both Penguin Village and in the rooms.
Children's menu - an à la carte children's menu is available at Sagres Restaurant and the Club Brasserie for children up to 12 years of age, and there is an à la carte or buffet lunch / dinner at the Penguin Village. High chairs are available.
Guest Room Information
Standard - with views over the resort course or the Monchique Mountains, these rooms benefit from air conditioning, satellite television, a minibar, safe and hairdryer.
Superior - these rooms have views over the pool and Championship golf course. All benefit from private balconies in addition to air conditioning, satellite television, a minibar, safe and hairdryer.
Studio - pool view rooms, that consist of a split-level bedroom / sitting room. All are on the 4th floor.
Junior Suites - overlooking the pool and Championship golf course, these suites consist of a twin-bedded room with separate lounge, satellite television, a minibar, balcony, air conditioning, safe and hairdryer.
Grand Suites - these suites have either one or two twin bedrooms and two or four bathrooms. The lounge is very much larger than Junior Suite lounges.
Extra beds - are only applicable to children aged up to 12 years inclusive. Standard and pool view bedrooms can take one extra bed only, which will be free on a bed and breakfast basis. Junior and Grand Suites can take two extra beds, which will be free on a bed and breakfast basis.
Discounts do not apply for children staying in their own room. All children up to and including 12 years of age receive 50% discount in the hotel restaurants for lunch and dinner (excludes Penguin Mac children's restaurant).
Children occupying their own room pay 75% of the total price except from 16th July to 28th August. In this high season periods children occupying their own room pay full rate.
In a Twin room - 1 extra bed or 1 cot for children until 12 years old inclusive
In a Suite room - 2 extra beds or 2 cots for children until 12 years old inclusive
In-room Amenities
24-hour room service
Air conditioning
Alarm clock
Bath and showers
Computer Dataport
Hairdryer
International direct dial telephone
Interconnecting rooms
Laundry service
Minibar
Safety deposit box/In-room safe
Satellite television
Smoke detectors
Turndown service
Voicemail
Voltage 220
Wake up call
Disabled
All bedrooms are adapted for the disabled, in terms of wide doorways, wide rooms etc; however, bedrooms are not adapted to wheelchair-bound persons although all the hotel doors are wide enough to accommodate a wheelchair. There are ramps to the hotel entrance and around the hotel and grounds. In the public areas there are also toilets adapted for the disabled.
Business Matters : The hotel
have three conference rooms to accommodate all types of conference, meeting, seminar, workshop and product launch.
The main conference room offers translation equipment, audio recording, microphone system, audio-visual equipment and computer rental.
Restaurants and Bars :
A choice of five restaurants serve Portuguese, Italian and international cuisine, and the four bars offer a choice of refreshments, snacks and cocktails. Children's menus, barbecues, theme evenings and formal dinners are all available.
Sagres Restaurant - the ideal location for theme events with a seating capacity of up to 140. Grill Restaurant- formal restaurant serving à la carte with seating for up to 60. L'Arlecchino Restaurant - serving Italian cuisine with à la carte menu and seats 40. Open only in the Summer.
Pool Restaurant - a great place for light meals, seating 40. Open only in the Summer.
Beach Restaurant- serves light meals, seating 50. Open only in the Summer.
Monchique Cocktail Bar- cocktail bar. Seats 80.
Sir Henry Cotton's Club- traditional golfer's bar with seating for 80.
Spikes Bar- golfer's bar by the 9th green with a seating capacity of 55.
Leisure Facilities
Leisure Information :The Algarve, with its pleasant climate, is a perfect place for leisure and sports enthusiasts. Golf is particularly high on the list of things to do, and there are numerous courses to test even the most ardent player.
At the hotel there is the exclusive and challenging 18-hole Sir Henry Cotton Championship Course, as well as the Academy Course for beginners and a new 9-hole Resort Course. There is also an extensive driving range and huge putting green.
The beach is four kilometres away from the hotel (with complimentary transfers from June to the end of September). The nearest town, with shops, local entertainment and a casino, is four kilometres from the resort at Portimão, and Lagos is 12 kilometres away.
Sports and Leisure :Le Meridien Penina Golf & Resort offers a wide range of sporting and leisure facilities that includes three golf courses, an 18-hole Championship Course, a 9-hole Academy Course and a 9-hole Resort Course. There is a Golf Academy for golfers of all abilities, and Penina offers a five-day golf instruction programme (contact the hotel for details). These clinics are conducted as a group, with a maximum of pupils to one professional, and must be booked with at least seven days' notice. The resort also offers a driving range, practice holes and putting greens.
Start times on the golf courses can be pre-booked upon room reservation, subject to course availability. A handicap certificate of 28 is required for men and 36 for ladies on the Championship Course, and soft spikes are required to play on all courses.
Further sporting facilities include six floodlit tennis courts, five of which are hard-surface courts, and one Astro Turf court.
Fees for tennis courts and lessons at the Tennis Academy are available at the hotel's resort reservations centre.
The FIFA-sized football field has been used by teams such as Chelsea from the UK and Borussia Dortmund from Germany for their winter training. There is also a three-kilometre jogging circuit with 12 exercise stations for individual and family runs that is free of charge for guests.
A fully equipped gymnasium is also free of charge for guests and a full-size snooker table is available free of charge for guests over 18 years of age.
Mountain bikes are available all year round for rides within the resort at a cost of €5.00 for two hours.
At the Archery Academy, our Archery instructor is available to give lessons to guests upon request.
Water sports are available from June to September, and the Beach Club offers windsurfing, sailing, pedaloes, waterskiing, sunbeds, towel service and a restaurant.
There is a free shuttle service to and from the beach throughout the season.
The outdoor swimming pool is free for residents and includes sunbeds and a towel service.
Golf courses
Golf Academy including driving range, practice holes and putting greens
Six floodlit tennis courts
Outdoor swimming pool
Archery Academy
Gymnasium
FIFA-approved football pitch
Sauna
Water sports
Beach Club
Jogging circuit
Mountain bikes
Snooker
Penguin Village for children (Easter to 31st October and Christmas)
Payment Schedule
Accommodation bookings made in excess of 4 weeks to departure require a non-refundable deposit of £50.00 per person
Bookings made within 4 weeks to departure require the full amount payable at the time of booking.
