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Introduction to Quinta do Lago
Andre Jordan first visited the recently popular Algarve in 1970 coastline
located in the south of Portugal. He quickly appreciated the potential of
an unspoiled site of a 550 hectare estate of pine wood terrain located
near to the already developed Vale do Lobo Resort. His investment advisers
had informed him that the Algarve was about to become a pot of gold!
The large beach lined estate was owned by the Pinto de Magalhães family
for more then three centuries. Negotiations for the purchase took about 12
months and Andre Jordan together with a group of international investors
combined to successfully acquire the property. An exciting Master Plan was
drawn by a team of Portuguese architects and engineers directed by Pedro Vasconcellos and
Luis Nobre Guedes. The object was to create a luxury
estate offering clients privacy, tranquillity and seclusion, combined with
an active social and sporting life and a wide range of leisure and sporting
facilities.
With the infrastructure and a shopping centre completed a boom period of
sales started from 1973 and buyers were purchasing from all over Europe. The
result was that a short time the Quinta do Lago was soon attracting an array
of rich and famous names from all walks of life of many nationalities. The
military coup on April 25th in 1974 brought this success to an abrupt end.
In 1975 the Portuguese State took over and Andre Jordan returned to Brazil.
In 1982, still maintaining his believe in Quinta do Lago, he returned to
find most things run down and only the 18 hole golf course under the
direction of Mário Barruncho had been maintained. By 1985 with his influence
and contacts the bank debt of 8 million dollars was transformed into assets
of more than 30 million dollars.
In 1987 Jordan sold the owning company Planal to a consortium of British
shareholders headed by Roger Abraham and David Thompson. By 1989
Abraham had
withdrawn and Thompson appointed Domingos da Silva as Administrator of Planal
and its associated companies. In 1998 the ownership of Planal was acquired by
its present owners, O'Brian family from Ireland.
Quinta do Lago has some of the most luxurious villas on the coast. The resort
has been carefully planned, with individual architecturally designed villas
blending neatly into pine trees and the four golf courses. Facilities include
a floodlit tennis courts centre, horse riding, water sports and squash. There
is the new Quinta Shopping which includes fabulous boutiques offering exclusive
designer labels and amazing interior design outlets. In addition there are
some appetising international restaurants on the estate providing a choice of
cuisines.
Quinta do Lago Events
14th of every month - Flea Market
Quinta do Lago Photos
Holiday Resort
· Ria Formosa Nature Reserve
· Boating
· São Lourenço
· Lake at Quinta do Lago
· São Lourenço
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Quinta do Lago Events |
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| Town Holiday |
1st June
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Algarve Towns
Albufeira
· Alvor
· Armação de Pera
· Carvoeiro
· Faro
· Lagoa
· Lagos
· Loulé
· Monchique
· Olhão
· Portimão
· Quarteira
· Sagres
· Silves
· Tavira
· Vale do Lobo
· Vilamoura
· Vila Real de Santo António
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Quinta do Lago Telephone Numbers
8135
