Page 18 - Guest Manual 2021

Villa Vermonte – Guest Information

MAR Shopping Centre – Near Loule. The newest and
largest located near Loule, it combines a Shopping Centre,
a Designer Outlet and a fully integrated IKEA Store. It
hosts the largest Primark in Portugal, the first Starbucks in
the Algarve, state-of-the-art cinemas and the latest
concept in terms of leisure and green open areas.
Furthermore, a Food trendy area with an innovative
gastronomic concept, 'Algarve Chef Experience', offering
top quality dining experiences by four leading Portuguese chefs. Opening hours every day
are from 10:00am to 11:00pm.

Algarve Shopping Guia – Near Albufeira. The Guia
Shopping and Entertainment Complex can be found on the
N125 just outside of Albufeira and is a modern shopping
centre with an excellent range of well-known shops
including Zara, Massimo Dutti, Paul and Bear and Benetton,
a multiplex cinema and an amazing range of cafes and
restaurants on the top floor. The whole centre is open from
09:00 to midnight with the shops open between 10:00am
and 10:00pm.

The Algarve Forum – Faro. This is another fantastic
shopping centre, half in the open and half under cover. It
has an excellent selection of recognisable shops, great
parking facilities and a multiplex cinema. All the shops are
spread out over just two levels with a large Hypermarket -
Jumbo - on the ground floor. There is a huge selection of
shops and restaurants on offer at the Algarve Forum: the
list is too long to print here but they include, Zara,
Stradivarius, Benetton, Levis, Oysho, Women´s Secret,
FNAC and Imaginarium. The shops are open every day
between 09:00 and 23:00 and in the summer months and leading up to Christmas they
are open until Midnight.

Markets
There are fish and fruit & vegetable markets open every Monday to Saturday usually
from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. in both Loule and Quarteira. The Loule market is in the centre of
the town and the Quarteira market is at the far western end of Quarteira on the sea
front.

Banks

Banking hours are 8.30 to 15.00 Monday to Friday.

The nearest bank is located near roundabout 4 on the main road through Quinta do Lago
next to the driving range. It has a cash machine and, if the bank is closed, you can open
the door to this area by swiping you credit card through the reader. The instructions on
the ATM will come up in English.

There is another bank at the Bougainvillea Plaza which also has a cash machine. Both of
these banks have currency exchanges.

Post Office

The post office in Quinta do Lago shares an office with the Clube da Quinta guest services
located at the Q hub just off roundabout 2 and is open 9.00 to 12.30 and 14.00 to 18.00
Monday to Friday.

Page 17