Le Méridien Dona Filipa

Frommer's Review

A citadel of ostentatious living, Dona Filipa is a deluxe golf hotel with such touches as gold-painted palms holding up the ceiling. The grounds are impressive, embracing 180 hectares (445 acres) of rugged coastline with steep cliffs, inlets, and sandy bays. The hotel's exterior is comparatively uninspired, but Duarte Pinto Coelho lavished the interior with green silk banquettes, marble fireplaces, Portuguese ceramic lamps, and old prints over baroque-style love seats. The midsize to spacious guest rooms are handsomely decorated with antiques, rustic accessories, and handmade rugs. Most have balconies and twin beds. Bathrooms have dual basins, tub/shower combinations, and robes.

Facilities:
2 restaurants; bar; outdoor heated pool; outdoor children's pool; golf nearby; 3 tennis courts; "village" for children; salon; room service; babysitting; laundry service; dry cleaning; nonsmoking rooms; 1 room for those w/limited mobility

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