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Property Amenities
The Valhalla Restaurant is located by the pool and features dinner buffets.
Beauty services include a sauna with plunge pool and a four-person spa tub surrounded by a wood deck in a window-wall ocean/pool-view solarium, which has one-way glass for privacy. (Surcharge for use of sauna and spa tub.) Therapists offer various massage techniques, reflexology, and aromatherapy in two treatment rooms. A beauty salon provides hair and nail care.
Complimentary supervised children's activities (ages 4-12) are available in an air-conditioned room and outdoor area from Easter to the end of October, and during the December holiday season. Complimentary daily activities include arts and crafts, Portuguese lessons, and folkloric shows in summer.
A game room contains coin-operated video games and a pool table. A lobby computer provides high-speed Internet access (surcharge). A small fitness room offers a few cardio machines.
Rooms
Featuring a skylighted atrium, LTI Pestana Viking Beach & Spa Resort offers 184 guestrooms in a six-story building, with two additional stories terraced into the hillside below the lobby level. Adjacent to the hotel are 60 apartments in two- and three-story buildings without elevators interspersed with gardens and driveways. Both rooms and apartments feature balconies or ground-floor patios. In-room safes are available for surcharges.
Rooms include cream-colored walls, white ceilings, terra-cotta-tile floors, dark-wood furniture, pale-marble bathrooms with shower/tub combinations, and minibars.
Apartments are scheduled for remodeling in 2005-2006 so decor varies. But all apartments include terra-cotta-tile floors, wood-burning fireplaces, dining sets, tile bathrooms with shower/tub combinations, and fully equipped kitchens with four-burner rangetops, ovens, and refrigerators. (Microwave ovens available on request.)
Room Amenities
Dining
A complimentary English/European buffet breakfast is provided each morning.
Valhalla Restaurant - Fine-dining restaurant located poolside. Specializes in dinner buffets, including grilled meats, seafood, and Portuguese, international dishes.
Mare Restaurant - Dining room and terrace seating. International buffets for lunch, dinner plus a la carte selections.
Recreation
Fringed by palms, a central sundeck furnished with lounge chairs and umbrellas features a 35-by-17-meter (115-by-58-foot) swimming pool and a 13-by-6-meter (43-by-20-foot) children's pool. Secluded behind hedges and surrounded by a lawn, a second pool fronting the resort's apartment complex measures 20 meters (66 feet) in diameter and is paired with a children's pool. Other recreational facilities include a tennis and squash courts (surcharges). The resort staff arranges bicycle rentals.
Accessible by a 200-meter (219-foot) path and by an 80-step staircase, the nearest beach lies adjacent to the resort at the bottom of a cliff. Sheltered by two 50-meter (165-foot) ochre cliffs jutting into the ocean, the beach extends 150 meters (164 yards) long and 50 meters (55 yards) deep. Another longer, shallower beach is accessible by a tunnel drilled through one of the sheltering cliffs.
The beach is used by fishers, as it has been for centuries, but in summer independent operators on the beach also rent out watersports equipment like jet skis and windsurfers and offer scuba-diving excursions.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the resort; fees may apply.
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“Will definitely go back!!”
Friendly staff, good facilities, clean pool and a kids club. My four year old thought that this was the best holiday ever and the standards have been set very high for our next holiday!!!!
“A perfect get away location”
The Pestana Viking is a perfect place to get away from the crowds and enjoy first class service. The views are magnificent if you go for the higher floors. It is a little way from the nearest town but a courtesy bus is provided during the day. Otherwise a hire car is advisable.
“Evening entertainment”
We felt that during the evening entertainment that was clearly for adults, it was disappointing to have so many young children in attendance and believe the hotel should encourage parents to remove children by 9pm. However, we were very impressed with the hotel overall.
“Hussain Family”
Easter holiday 2011. I went on this holiday with wife and daughter of (nearly) 5 years old. We loved the hotel, the staff and the indoor and out door pools, there was also a large puddling area. the outdoor pool area was large with plenty of sun loungers with essential toilets attached. free towels were provided. Hotel Restaurant provided very good breakfast (watchout for high quantity of sugar in everything, inlcuding fresh fruits). Meal price in the hotel was out of this world. bar food like a burger, chips and a drink of pepsi would set you back 15euros. Hotel Meals are note great as we paid 24euros each for buffet and was dissapointed with the food. Best thing to do is to get a taxi rider (5euros to near by town or a 20 minutes walk only recommended if in groups, i took the cab as i had child and had seen few dogs on street) where you will get down2earth price. This hotel was on a cliff and below was a secluded beach between two cliffs which was mainly used my guests from neighbouring hotels but again did not feel cramped as there was plenty of space for all. theres also a restaurent at the beach and again price is rocket high for meals, drinks are okish. From the Hotel 5-10 mins walk is a supermarket, where you will find pretty much everything you need, best to go shopping and stock up fridge which is in every room and theres also a microwave with a little kitchenette area. Highly recommend this hotel.
“Will certainly be going back, totally relaxing!”
The hotel was spot on, of the beat and track a bit but we knew that. There was 4 or 5 resaurants within 5 minutes walk and a free shuttle bus to town which took 5 minutes and if you wanted to stay in town a bit later it was only 5 or 6 euro's to taxi back. beach on the doorstep and beautiful. Just totally tranquil. if i had to make a criticism it would be that there was no mention on the hotel's website that the hotel supply a beach towel free of charge which can be changed for a fresh one every day if required. We were travelling light with no hold luggage and wanted to know if we needed a towel and as there was no mention so we took two big beach towels which we did'nt need, this might have been an oversight on my part but worth updating site if required. Oh, and my pillow was like hard wood! very uncomfortable. These are not faults really as the hotel and staff were great.
“Modern, clean hotel”
Very modern, clean hotel. We had a sea view room on the 5th floor - very quiet. We did not try any of the spa/wellness services. The Belmundo restaurant is just a few minutes walk away for some wonderful Italian food.
“Great hotel - no louts or chavs”
Lovelt resort. It wasn't over crowded - we went early July. It is great for families. There are 2 beaches next to the hotel. The rooms have beautiful decor. There is a nice restaurant on the beach too. The hotel had quite a few locals which was nice it certainly was not like a mini england. The other guests were from other parts of europe. We went to the Zoo marine which is 15 minutes away and saw a range of dolphins, sharks etc. Worth a try.
“relaxing oasis”
The hotel is in a truly beuatuful location - on cliffs over the ocean. The walk down to the beach is only a liesurely five minute trek. The outdoor pool and grounds are terrific and the indoor pool is a nice extra. The hotel desk staff is very helpful and all speak fine English. The room is quiet and comfortable. Be sure to request a sea view. The little restaurant on the beach is quite good (and inexpensive) for lunch or dinner. If you have a car a trip to the Armacao beach walk is worth the ten minute ride - some good restraurants. A drive to Albufeira is also doable but you will have to negotiate some VERY NARROW streets once in town. For purchasing supermarket items the Intermarche is at the top of the hill (a three minute car ride).
“Amazing Hotel!”
The Pestana Viking was everything we expected it to be! This was our first stop on our honeymoon, and we were very impressed. The photos showed exactly what it really looks like. It was in a somewhat built up area, but was very quiet and felt secluded. The room was perfect, and the staff were always very happy to help! We would definitely stay there again.
“would return in a heartbeat!”
This is the nicest hotel we stayed in on our trip to Portugal and Spain. We had an amazing view of the ocean. The town is very peaceful and the staff at the hotel was very helpful! Location was also good to venture to other Algarve towns. I recommend the cave tour at the nearby beach!
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The preferred airport for LTI Pestana Viking Beach & Spa Resort is Faro (FAO-Faro Intl.) - 37.9 km / 23.5 mi.
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