Pestana Golf & Resorts, Algarve

About Us

The Pestana Group is Portugal’s largest international tourism and leisure group and one of the largest in Europe where it ranks in the Top 25.

There are eight business divisions operating under the Pestana brand including; Hotels & Resorts, Pousadas de Portugal, Holiday Ownership, Gaming, Travel, Golf and Residence, Industry, Charter Airline and International Business Centre of Madeira.

Starting with a 300 bedroom hotel in Madeira Island in 20th November 1972, the family owned Pestana Group has grown steadily and currently includes in its portfolio of nearly 100 four and five star hotels worldwide with two brands: Pestana Hotels & Resorts and Pousadas de Portugal.

In 1985, the Pestana Group began an expansion drive in mainland Portugal that was then followed by Africa and South America.

In 2010 the Pestana Group opened its first hotel in a European capital outside Portugal, in London, the Pestana Chelsea Bridge Hotel & Spa. In May 2011, it reached Berlin with the Pestana Berlin Tiergarten. In 2012, Pousada de Cascais was inaugurated and 3 new hotels: Pestana South Beach Art Deco Hotel, in Miami, Pestana Bogotá 100, in Colombia and Pestana Casablanca, in Morocco. In 2013, the opening of Pestana Arena Barcelona and Pestana Cayo Coco, continuing its ongoing global diversification process that has taken the Pestana hotels to 3 continents and 15 countries in the world: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Portugal, Spain, Germany, England, Cape Verde, Morocco, Mozambique, S.Tomé & Principe, South Africa and United States of America.

In the leisure area the Group currently owns and manages, besides the 51 hotels, an air charter company and one tour operator. In 2003 the group was awarded an international tender to manage the Pousadas de Portugal chain adding to its portfolio 44 unique properties located in converted monuments, palaces, convents and castles spread across the country.

In 2005 the Pestana Group internationalised the Pousadas de Portugal brand with the opening of the Pestana Convento do Carmo, by Pousadas de Portugal, a Leading Small Hotels of the World property in S. Salvador da Bahia in Brazil.

Pestana Golf & Resorts, now have 6 golf courses in Portugal, Five in the Algarve and one in Sintra near Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. The six courses offer any person who loves golf, the opportunity to play some of the best golf courses in Portugal. Each Pestana Golf course has a Golf Academy where you can improve your game of Golf, or if you are new to the sport, you can have professional tuition. All Pestana Golf courses have the very best quality golf equipment and golf clothing available in the Golf shops. Also at each Golf course you will find great beverages, food and entertainment in the Clubhouses. In addition to the Golf Resorts, Pestana Golf & Resorts also operate beach property resorts in the Algarve.

Pestana Golf & Resorts sell property in the Algarve under the registered company of Carvoeiro Golfe Sociedade de Mediação Imobiliária, Unipessoal, Lda with Local AMI Licence Number 6051.