Renovated in the year 2000, the hotel includes 312 rooms over 15 floors of which 299 are doubles and 13 are suites. The hotel has a 24-hour reception with 4 lifts and a newspaper stand. Guests are also offered a souvenir shop, a hairdresser salon, a boutique, a bar, a games room and an air-conditioned à la carte restaurant. A public Internet terminal is additionally on offer to hotel guests. Those arriving by car may make use of the car park or garage. Younger guests are offered a kids club (in the sister hotel, Dom João II, and a bus transfer is inclusive) and playground to let off steam. Room and laundry services round off this hotel's offerings.This hotel is located on a hill directly beside the sea. It is 200 m to the nearest inviting beach. Scores of shops and other entertainment venues are located in the centre of Alvor, just 1 km away. The hotel operates its own shuttle bus, which runs twice a day to Portimão, which is 6 km away. The airport is 70 km away.The comfortable en suite rooms are fitted with a hairdryer, a direct dial telephone, satellite/ cable TV, a stereo, Internet access, a minibar/ a fridge, air conditioning, central heating, a balcony or terrace (with either