Vila Vita Parc Resort & Spa

Vila Vita Parc Resort & Spa is the Algarve's benchmark luxury resort, spread across 22 hectares of clifftop subtropical gardens above its own private beach cove at Alporchinhos, Porches. Open since 1992 and a member of Leading Hotels of the World, the resort holds three Michelin Keys and offers 203 rooms, suites and apartments plus six villas scattered through the grounds. Food is the resort's deepest signature. Twelve restaurants and seven bars run from Ocean, the two-Michelin-star flagship where chef Hans Neuner won his first star in 2009 and has held two since 2011, through Atlântico, Bela Vita, the Whale, Armação Beach Club and the adults-only V-Club. Beneath it all sits the largest private wine cellar in Portugal, holding more than 11,000 bottles. The Vila Vita Spa by Sisley Paris, the first in Portugal, runs 14 treatment rooms and was named Portugal's Best Resort Spa at the World Spa Awards in 2024 and 2025. Guests have six outdoor pools and one indoor pool, tennis, pickleball and pitch and putt, while children get their own world across Natalie's Crèche, Annabella's Kids Parc and a Teen Club. The resort also runs eleven shops and an online store, a helipad and a private yacht, and hosts weddings and events for up to 350 guests. Rooms are booked through the resort's own online reservation system.