Four championship golf courses lie within the Quinta do Lago resort development. The hotel provides complimentary shuttle service to all four and offers discounts at three. The hotel arranges for golf pro to provide private lessons (surcharges) for guests. A horse stable three km (1.75 miles) north of the hotel offers horseback riding.
Measuring 24 meters (80 feet), a heated, irregularly shaped pool, a 5.5-meter-diameter (18-foot) children's pool, and a 10-person spa tub provide year-round family recreation. A 10.5-by-4.5-meter (35-by-15-foot) heated indoor pool located in a glass-walled pavilion within the hotel's health spa contains jets for hydrotherapy and provides a current to swim against.
Approximately 300 meters (328 yards) from the hotel, a 250-meter (273-yard) bridge leads to a beach that extends for miles along the Atlantic Ocean. The hotel provides complimentary lounge chairs, umbrellas, and towels on the beach and offers complimentary shuttle service to the bridge. Complimentary fruit and water are provided to guests on the beach as well as around the pool in summer.
During summer, independent operators rent personal watercraft, sailboats, and pedal boats on the beach and offer parasailing and water skiing. A water sports center on a lake 250 meters (273 yards) from the hotel rents sailboats, windsurfers, kayaks, and pedal boats in summer.
The hotel includes two tennis courts (surcharge), rents bicycles, and provides aerobics and yoga on request for surcharges.
Ria Formosa Natural Park, which surrounds the hotel and extends for 60 km (37.5 miles) along the coast, is a protected ecosystem of lagoons, marshes, sandy islands, and peninsulas. Waterfowl thrive in the park. Bordering the lagoon directly in front of the hotel are three km (1.75 miles) of nature trails that provide bird watching as well as views of Roman ruins. The hotel rents binoculars and sells guidebooks to the nature trails.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Boat cruises on site
- Golf - driving range on site
- Golf lessons on site
- Golfing on site
- Water skiing on site
- Horse riding/rental on site
- Kayaking on site
- Motor boating on site
- Playground on site
- Running track/path on site
- Swimming on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Hiking/biking trails on site
- Aerobics on site
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Bird watching on site