New luxury hotels opens in the Algarve

Tuesday, 9 August 2011 10:56 AM

The new five-star Cascade Hotel and Resort is offering honeymooners sumptuous luxury and splendour.

Situated in a unique position on the cliff tops above the impressive majesty of Ponta de Piedade, a fantasy landscape of natural caves, grottos and sea arches that nature has sculpted over thousands of years, Cascade Hotel and Resort is a place of stunning beauty.

Located close to the historic town of Lagos in Portugal along the Algarve coast and just a few hours flight from the UK, Cascade offers an alternative to tiring long-haul destinations.

Unique design and décor have been used in the construction and furnishing of the hotel with a Moorish design painted in the warm, natural, traditional colours of the area and the rooms furnished in the mode of each continents discovered by the local historic navigator, Prince Henry.

The Cascade hotel in the Algarve has pool and pool area which, in sympathy with nature, is heated with the re-used energy of the air conditioning system

Different and unique thinking continue throughout Cascade Resort. Unusually in the Algarve, this Resort not only features an 86 bedroom hotel, but luxury four bedroom villas and one and two bedroom apartments.

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