Long known for its golden sands and guaranteed sunshine, its warm hospitable people and its peaceful landscape of olive and cork trees, mellow lime stone cliffs and wild flower meadows, the Algarve ticks all the boxes for a family friendly holiday. Here is a selection of the best hotels across the region, whether you’re looking to stay on the wild, windy west coast – a surfer’s paradise – or the unspoilt, under the radar, east coast which presses up against the Spanish border. Or the centre, of course, where it’s busier and populated with plenty of things to do for parents with children in tow: water parks and Zoo Marine, golf courses and nightlife. There is, in fact, something for everyone in the Algarve.
Above all, its appeal lies in the simple joy of blue skies and white-washed villages, storks nesting on chimneys, and the sound of the waves. There’s a magic here that feeds the soul, and a culinary scene that feeds the body. Picture the freshest of sea bass, drizzled with a fruity, local olive oil, ripe red tomatoes that taste and a crisp white wine that shouts ‘holidays’. What’s not to love? This is our list of the best family-friendly hotels in the Algarve.
