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Vilamoura

FULLERpromise
FULLERpromise Posts: 342
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Hi all,
As I figured there won't be much excitement for us today transfer wise (hope proved wrong) thought would ask for some advice from you lovely lot.
I am best man and have booked a stag do in Vilamoura Portugal, we go at start of July and there over a long weekend.
There are 14 of us the age range is 25-50.
I have managed to get us a villa and done a fair amount of research but would just like to pick peoples brains as to best places to go.
i.e. what is Vilamoura's nightlife like? is there a club as such?
Is it worth heading to Vale De Lobo one evening, Gecko club?
I have been and know Albufeira Is an option also one eve.
many thanks all
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  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,085
    Get in touch with AlgarveAddick - will give you plenty of good advice - make sure you buy him a beer though :wink:
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,085
    Incidentally there are a number of excellent restaurants on Vilamoura marina
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    Cracking little steak restaurant near the Four Seasons (which is a mile or two from the coAst - and overlooks the Pinhal Golf Club)

  • FULLERpromise
    FULLERpromise Posts: 342
    thanks @stonemuse I will do just that
    @Algarveaddick any advice ;)
  • kinveachyaddick
    kinveachyaddick Posts: 3,889
    Villamoura has lots of nice restaurants and bars, as well as a good casino, but if you want some proper messy stag do style boozing you'll need to jump in cabs to Albufeira and drop in at Algarve's Addick's bar to start off a big night
  • FULLERpromise
    FULLERpromise Posts: 342
    Thanks all so far much appreciate your help.
    As i have a aston villa with games room and bbqs and pool etc will be making most of that, so one night thinking we cab it to Albufiera for a messy one (is Algarves bar called the Addicks bar?)
    the other night more sophisticated decent steak meal, bars, casino etc in Vilamoura
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,085
    edited February 2016
    His bar (Floyds) is shut now but he does some work in a bar just down the hill ... I am sure he will be in touch once he logs on
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,202
    Here I am, back from a short sojourn west...

    Don't really know much about Vilamoura, plenty of nice looking bars around the Marina - not cheap by Portugal standards, but okay compared with the UK.

    If you want clubbing, Kadoc is a short taxi ride inland, doesn't get going until after midnight apparently. There is the casino in Vilamoura too, walking distance from the Marina.

    The bar in Albufeira where I am frequently found, and where I host a quiz at 10 on a Tuesday and Saturday, is called One 4 the Road, close to the old town and a good starting point for a night out, decent restaurant owned by the same bloke whose bar it is right across the road too - as Stonemuse will testify.

    I'll PM you with more info and advice later on.
  • AddickFC81
    AddickFC81 Posts: 4,053
    edited February 2016
    Vilamoura used to be a nice Portuguse restaurant on way into Lee Green coming down Lee Road from Blackheath.
  • cabbie8
    cabbie8 Posts: 341
    I go vilamoura every year. I wouldn't say I'm an expert on the place but I can certainly point u in the right directions. I go with Mrs and baby and I have also been there on boys golf trips!

    My guess is u will start off in the brewery pub which is a great big boozer in one of the corners, sky sports, live music etc and prob one of the better bars.

    U also have a couple of Irish bars (hole in one) is decent but it's on the furthest part of the marina. But in the opposite direction u have he 19th hole which is where u will prob end up at the end of the night as it's the latest to close and where all stag/golf trips congregate.

    There's a casino there and u have pura beach club which is behind the Tivoli hotel.

    Private message me if you want any more info.

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  • cabbie8
    cabbie8 Posts: 341
    Don't forget figo's bar with sport but it wasn't as popular this year when I went and also if u want a decent meal "prime steakhouse" is up there with the mayflower. Or a decent old fashioned curry the Mughal Clay
  • FULLERpromise
    FULLERpromise Posts: 342
    much appreciated for all your help guys :) thanks @cabbie8
    @Algarveaddick I love a quiz too and so does the stag may have to visit on the sat for a few beers and quiz before we move on
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,089
    Stayed in Vilamoura for a week before the Gibraltar v Scotland game in October - really nice. The marina is lovely, the pubs/bars round there are a bit overpriced (probably just shy of London prices) but quite lively - definitely worth checking out Figo's bar of you like a bit of football memorabilia.

    If you drink in some of the side streets near the marina it's very cheap, we were drinking most days in a pub called click & drink or something and it was about e2 a pint.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,085
    FULLERpromise said:

    much appreciated for all your help guys :) thanks @cabbie8
    @Algarveaddick I love a quiz too and so does the stag may have to visit on the sat for a few beers and quiz before we move on

    do so ...the quiz is a lot of fun
  • FULLERpromise
    FULLERpromise Posts: 342
    thanks @se9addick
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,085
    My favourite restaurants on Vilamoura Marina are 'Il Lamparo' right along the front and 'Don Alfonso' just behind the marina.

    'The Irish Pub' can be great when they have a band night.
  • FULLERpromise
    FULLERpromise Posts: 342
    cheers @stonemuse will get on google check all these out
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    I'm going to vilamoura for a long weekend early July too with girls. Haven't been since a family holiday in 1996 so assume it's changed quite a bit. I assume we'll be after slightly different tips to the stag do!
  • jams
    jams Posts: 1,219
    there's a smashing thai restaurant in vilamoura
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Played golf in vilamoura a few times. Nice place. Not too far from albufeira, for a bit of nightlife.

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  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,085
    jams said:

    there's a smashing thai restaurant in vilamoura

    Indeed there is, very close to the Marina
  • boogica
    boogica Posts: 2,321
    Vilamoura is superb if you love golf some quality courses the marina is lovely , got nice bars and restaurants also nightclubs and a casino , albufeira down the road is more lively and a bit more mental ,to be honest it's a golfers paradise very nice place .
  • FULLERpromise
    FULLERpromise Posts: 342
    yeah we arrive on 1st of july @suzisausage not sure you know you would be surprised with some of my lot will be as sophisticated as a stag do can possibly be. cheers all again your comments are a big help!
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    FULLERpromise said:

    yeah we arrive on 1st of july @suzisausage not sure you know you would be surprised with some of my lot will be as sophisticated as a stag do can possibly be. cheers all again your comments are a big help!


    We arrive on the 1st too! @FULLERpromise - what a coincidence!
  • falconwood_1
    falconwood_1 Posts: 7,368
    Vilamoura is getting a major overhaul over the next 3-5 years, will be a totally different destination than it is currently.
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,241
    Suzi you get Villamoura with the girls I get Benidorm... FML as the kids would say.
  • masicat
    masicat Posts: 5,013
    Get to Julias beach bar for the Sunday live music...between Quateria and Vale de Lobo. Bit pricey but surrounded by good bars and restaurants like Izzys.
  • FULLERpromise
    FULLERpromise Posts: 342
    thanks @masicat
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    Charlton badge spotted round the pool in my hotel !
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,202
    Looking forward to seeing FULLERpromise and the gang tonight in Albufeira.

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