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Porches, Algarve, Portugal  ·  40 min from Faro  ·  Family-owned resort estate

Vila Vita Parc

A Pohl-family Algarve estate where a Sisley Paris spa and seven pools sit inside twenty-two hectares of garden.

A Pohl family estate on the Algarve clifftop since 1992, twenty-two hectares of garden above Tremoços Beach, with a private cove below and three Michelin Keys.

The spa is by Sisley Paris — the brand's first in Portugal — at around sixteen hundred square metres, with twelve treatment rooms, three wellness suites and a yoga garden pavilion. Six outdoor pools and one indoor.

The sport is unusually well provided: a pickleball and paddle centre, two floodlit tennis courts, volleyball, football, badminton, table tennis, basketball, handball, bicycles, a nine-hole pitch and putt, an eighteen-hole putting green and minigolf, all included. There is a separate adults-only accommodation zone called The Residence, and a crèche and teen club for everyone else.

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Southern Europe — the region, not the property. Photograph Seval Torun
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The facilities

Vila Vita Spa by Sisley Paris, approximately 1,603 m² — the brand's first hotel spa in Portugal. Twelve treatment rooms, three wellness suites, a yoga garden pavilion

  • Six outdoor pools plus one indoor pool
  • Sisley Paris exclusivity
  • Clifftop position above Tremoços Beach with a private cove and sea bathing
  • Twenty-two hectares of garden estate
  • Adults-only accommodation zone, The Residence
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The rooms

CategorySizeSleeps
Deluxe Room Garden ViewSplit level, terrace or garden, sofa bed 40 m² 3
Deluxe Room Ocean ViewSplit level, ocean-facing balcony or garden 40 m² 2
Junior SuiteAt the ends of the Main Building wings; split level 42 m² 3
Grand SuiteOne bedroom, separate lounge, large garden terrace 65 m² 3
Residence Townhouse SuiteTop floor of the adults-only Residence; duplex, ocean-facing 65 m² 2
Penthouse SuiteTop floor of the Main Building; kitchenette 105 m² 3

203 rooms and suites in all. 6 categories from the hotel's own pages, smallest first — see their own page ↗. Several further categories exist, including the Oasis and Spa suites.

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What the rate covers

What you will not have to think about

Breakfast
time not published
Included in all rates
Lunch or dinner
time not published
In the Half-Board Package, one per person per day
Drinks, and the small printThe Half-Board Package also includes free use of Annabella's Kids Parc, the heated pools, sauna, fitness room and sports activities. The thirteen restaurants including two-Michelin-star Ocean are excluded.

Yours, at no extra cost

Pickleball and paddle centre
Included
Tennis
Two floodlit courts
Volleyball, football, badminton, table tennis, basketball, handball
Included
Bicycles
Included
9-hole pitch and putt, 18-hole putting green, minigolf
Included
Kids club
Ages and hours not published

Also in the rate

  • Free on-site parking
  • Leading Hotels of the World; three Michelin Keys, 2025
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Before you book

Before you go4 things worth knowing first
  • The house takes children, but not everywhere in it. Adults-only accommodation zone, The Residence; age limit not published For the children themselves: Natalie's Crèche, Annabella's Kids Parc and a Teen Club; ages and hours not published
  • Local tourist tax is extra — €2/night April–October, €1/night November–March, capped at seven nights, age 13+, collected at the hotel and not in the rate.
  • Dogs — Not accepted.
  • Language. English is spoken throughout, but the hotel's own pages are often fuller in the local language — which is where several of the details above came from.
What is not included4 charges on top of the rate
Tourist tax
€2/night April–October, €1/night November–March, capped at seven nights, age 13+
Pets
Not accepted
Fine dining, treatments, yacht and speedboat excursions
Charged
Single occupancy
Not published
The facts, as published11 lines, plus a link to their own site
Classification5-star
CategoryFamily-owned resort estate
Rooms203
Spa1,603 m²
Saunas2
Pools7
Minimum stayNot published
Spa on arrival dayNot published
Spa on departure dayNot published
ChildrenNatalie's Crèche, Annabella's Kids Parc and a Teen Club; ages and hours not published
Adults-only areasAdults-only accommodation zone, The Residence; age limit not published
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The awards

Recognition

Leading Hotels of the WorldThree Michelin Keys, 2025
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Getting there

By air
Faro 40 min · Lisbon 2 hr 30, or 45 min by plane · Seville 2 hr 30
By rail
Tunes, 15 min by car
Transfers
Transfers from anywhere in Portugal or southern Spain; free internal resort shuttle
Worth knowing
EV chargers on site
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Why it qualifies

Every one of these was verified against what the hotel itself publishes. Any of them will take you to the others that share it.

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If this appeals

Compiled from the hotel's own published pages where available, otherwise from trade and press sources, correct as at September 2026. Anything marked "not published" is something the hotel does not state — we would rather tell you that than guess. The image above is a generated illustration, not a photograph of the property.

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