Holidays in Dona Filipa Hotel, Vale Do Lobo

Dona Filipa Hotel

Book with Design Holidays and get the best rates at the Dona Filipa Hotel in Vale do Lobo along with free kids club and Hugely Reduced Green Fees at San Lorenzo & Pinheiros Altos Golf Courses. Located on the luxury Vale do Lobo resort, just 100 metres from the beach, the Dona Filipa hotel is truly one of the Algarve’s best luxury hotels with golf & tennis.

  • Special offers at the Dona Filipa hotel in Vale do Lobo exclusive to Design Holidays: includes 4 nights Room B&B + daily round of Golf at San Lorenzo / Pinheiros Altos from £549pp travelling on selected dates

Dona Filipa Hotel Premium rooms

All Dona Filipa Hotel rooms have air conditioning, satellite television, mini bar, safe, hairdryer and balcony with views overlooking the grounds of the hotel garden.

Dona Filipa Hotel Premium Sea or Golf View rooms

All Dona Filipa Hotel rooms have air conditioning, satellite television, mini bar, safe, hairdryer and balcony with views of either the ocean or the Vale do Lobo Golf Course. Rooms are usually located on the higher floors.

Dona Filipa Hotel Junior Suites

Open-plan bedroom and sitting area with views of either the ocean or the Vale do Lobo Golf Course.

Dona Filipa Hotel Deluxe Suites

Separate bedroom and sitting room, dressing room, two bathrooms and two entrance doors with views of either the ocean or the Vale do Lobo Golf Course.

Dona Filipa Hotel Presidential Suite

Two separate bedrooms and sitting room, dressing rooms, two bathrooms and two entrance doors with views of either the ocean or the Vale do Lobo Golf Course.

Dona Filipa Hotel Atlantic Suite

With a spectacular view of the sea, these suites have balconies and are modern in appearance with air conditioning, safe, telephone, mini bar and satellite television.

Dona Filipa Prime Size Ocean Suite

With a large balcony overlooking the sea, this suite is modern in appearance with air conditioning, safe, telephone, mini bar and satellite television.

Dona Filipa hotel offers a wide range of facilities and services specifically tailored to meet and surpass the requirements and expectations of hotel guests. There are a host of leisure facilities that include swimming pools, floodlit tennis courts and the superb and well-frequented San Lorenzo Golf Course, considered one of the best golf courses in Europe, designed by Joseph Lee and owned by the Dona Filipa hotel . The Dona Filipa is known for its friendliness and excellent service, ensuring its faithful clients return year after year and enticing an ever-increasing number of new guests to the hotel.

Dona Filipa Hotel Amenities

The Dona Filipa hotel incorporates all the amenities that you would expect in a 5 star hotel including:

  • 24-hour front desk and concierge desk
  • Beauty salon
  • Bellman and porter
  • Business Centre and secretarial service (available on request)
  • Car rental (available on request)
  • Currency exchange
  • Disabled ramp and wheelchair access
  • Doctor on call
  • Elevators
  • Gift shop
  • Multilingual staff
  • Newsstand
  • Non-smoking rooms
  • Outdoor parking

Children @ Dona Filipa Hotel

Kangaroo Club – Dona Filipa hotel’s unique facility for children, aged from 3 months to 11 years of age inclusive and supervised by professional staff. Facilities include a swimming pool, video games, sandpit, playground, table tennis, indoor games rooms, bike track and cots. Kangaroo Club is located 50 metres from the main hotel building. Open – Easter until October, seven days a week, from 9:30 am to 7:00 pm; July and August from 9:30 am to 11:00 pm.

Dona Filipa Hotel Sports / leisure facilities

The Algarve, with its pleasant climate, is a perfect place for leisure and sports enthusiasts. Golf is particularly high on the list of things to do, and there are numerous golf courses to test even the most ardent player. Associated to the Dona Filipa hotel, of course, is the exclusive and challenging 18-hole San Lorenzo Golf Course.

There is a health club next to the hotel, 800 metres away. Horse riding facilities are within four kilometres of the hotel, and numerous water sports activities and deep-sea fishing are within ten kilometres. The nearest town, with Roman remains, shops, entertainment and a casino, is in Villamoura, 12 kilometres away. Estoi (20 kilometres) also has Roman ruins.

Sports and Leisure at the Dona Filipa Hotel

The Dona Filipa hotel offers three floodlit tennis courts and instructor, a heated swimming pool, children’s heated pool, sports and learning programmes for children up to 11 years old and the Penguin Village (to entertain our small guests).

The superb and well-frequented San Lorenzo Golf Course, designed by Joseph Lee and owned by Dona Filipa hotel , is considered one of the best golf courses in Europe. The hotel and golf club are unique when it comes to outstanding views, a calm and tranquil setting, and shows nature at its best. The golf club is a member of the Audubon Co-operative Sanctuary System.

  • Outdoor floodlit tennis courts
  • Outdoor heated swimming pool
  • Children’s pool
  • Games room – table tennis
  • Gardens
  • Golf shop

Primary airport – Faro Airport (FAO)

  • Distance from Dona Filipa Hotel- 18 km – 12 miles – 20 minutes

The journey from the airport to the Dona Filipa Hotel in Vale do Lobo is approximately 20 minutes’ drive when taking the 125 road between Albufeira and Almancil. A chauffeur-driven car is available on request, and the approximate cost of a taxi is from € 28.00. From 10:00 pm to 6:00 am there is an extra 20% surcharge. The average cost for a mini-bus for up to eight people is EUR €45.00. No regular shuttle service is provided however this can be organized upon request. Loule train station is 12 kilometres from the hotel and there is a bus stop in front of the hotel.

The hotel car park has 80 outdoor car parking spaces, which are free of charge. There is an alternative open-air car park, 50 metres from the Dona Filipa hotel, which is also free of charge.