The nearest shopping centers (“Centros Comerciais” in Portuguese) to Vilamoura are the Shopping Center of Quinta do Lago (QUINTA SHOPPING tel. +351 289 392 355 http://www.quintashopping.pt/ a small shopping center at distance of 12Km, 20mn driving) and the Shopping Center of Guia (ALGARVE SHOPPING tel. +351 289 105 500 http://www.algarveshopping.pt/ a large shopping center at distance of 22Km 30mn driving). In the Shopping Center of Guia you can find numerous options regarding shops, restaurants, and cinemas.

Restaurants

Algarve is a region with various restaurants with Michelin Star Chefs and Michelin Star Restaurants. In Vilamoura you can find the Willies Restaurant (see below).

In the marina of Vilamoura (5 minute walking distance from the hotel) there are a lot of options regarding restaurants (international cuisine, sea food, fast food, etc.).

You can see a list of recommended restaurants by travelers at tripadvisor’:

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurants-g227947-Vilamoura_Faro_District_Algarve.html

Vilamoura Marina

Several International cuisine and seafood restaurants.

Willie’s Restaurant

International influenced gourmet cuisine, a Michelin Star Chef, and now a Michelin Star Restaurant.

Open daily from 7pm, closed on Wednesdays

Address: Rua do Brazil, 2, Vilamoura (Close to the Pinhal Golf Course)

Phone: +351 289380849

http://www.willies-restaurante.com/

Zagalo

Portuguese Cuisine

Restaurant with a large wine selection. There you can eat traditional Portuguese dishes such as “Leitão à Bairrada”, “Cabrito no Forno”, “Bacalhau à Lagareiro”, etc., as well as other dishes such as “Picanha à Brasileira”.

Address: Caminho Cuco Lote 2-TH3 Vilamoura

Phone: +351 289313549

Rosa's Cantina

Mexican Cuisine

Address: Rua do Sol, Vilamoura

Phone: +351 289 388 427

http://www.lasrosas.pt/rest/en/index_en.html

Thai Restaurant

Thailandese cuisine.

Address: Av. Marina, Edif. Vila Lusa, Loja 3, Vilamoura

Phone: +351 289 302 370

Email: geral@thai.pt

http://www.thai.pt/thai-vilamoura.html

MacDonald’s

Fast food

Address: Av. Da Marina,Lt.1-AJ-Vilamoura

Phone: +351 289316926

http://www.mcdonalds.pt/restaurantes/restaurante?rid=254

Pans & Company / Burger King / Sô Café

Fast food

Address: Av. Engº João Meireles, Vilamoura

La Pizza Loca

“Rodízio de pizzas”

Address: Rua dos Estados Unidos da America | Edifico Tennis Golfmar, Vilamoura

Phone: +351 289 301 133

http://www.lapizzaloca.pt/

Chez Carlos Restaurant

Address: Parque das Amendoeiras, Vilamoura

Portuguese cuisine, including seafood, meat dishes, cataplanas, salads, etc.

Phone: +351 967 091 936

http://www.chezcarlos.com/restaurant_vilamoura

Princess Garden Restaurant

Address: Old Village, Vilamoura

Phone: +351 289 323 929

http://www.princess-gardens.com/

Night Life, Bars, etc.

Casino Vilamoura

A casino located next to the Crown Plaza Hotel. The casino is open from 5pm to 3 am promises a thrilling gaming experience with over 500 slot machines, and gaming room with about 20 tables including Blackjack, American and French Roulettes, Poker, and Portuguese Dice.

Phone: +351 289 31 0000

http://casinovilamoura.solverde.pt/en/

Irish PUB

Rua do Clube Nautico Loja 61

Marina de Vilamoura, Vilamoura, 8125

Phone: +351 289 308 074

E-mail: irishpub@mail.telepac.pt

https://www.facebook.com/irish.pubvilamoura.9

19^th Hole

Marina de Vilamoura, Loja 96Vilamoura, 8125-401 Vilamoura

Phone: +351 289 301 113

E-mail: 19hole.vilamoura@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/pages/19th-Hole-Vilamoura/123520791015584

O'Neills Irish bar

With live music everynight.

Marina de Vilamoura, Vilamoura, 8125

Phone: +351 289 388 566

http://www.oneillsloungebar.com/#/home

Sete Café

One of the owners is the Portuguese football player Luis Figo.

Rua Clube Náutico Loja 7-r/c, Vilamoura

https://pt-pt.facebook.com/setecafe

Blackjack Disco Club

The most popular disco house located within the Vilamoura Casino complex is

Opens nightly from June to September, the disco house draws in slightly older crowd.

Essential Portuguese

Essentials

Yes / No I don’t know	Sim / Não Não sei	Please	Por favor
Sir Madam / Miss	Senhor Senhora / Menina	Thank you (very much) [M / F]	M: (Muito) Obrigado F: (Muito) Obrigada
Hi [informal]	Olá	You’re welcome	De nada, when replying to a “Obrigado(a)” (Thank You)
Good morning Good afternoon/evening Good night	Bom dia Boa tarde Boa noite	Excuse me [for attention] [to get by]	Por favor Com licença
Welcome! [greeting]	Bem-vindo!	I am sorry	Lamento / Peço desculpa
See you (later / soon)	Até (logo / já)	I don’t understand	Não percebo
Goodbye	Adeus	I don’t speak Portuguese	Eu não falo Português
How are you? I am fine.	Como está? Estou bem.	Do you speak English? French / German Italian / Spanish	Você fala Inglês? Você fala Francês/Alemão? Você fala Italiano/Espanhol?
Cheers! [for a toast]	Saúde! À nossa!	Could you write it down?	Pode escrever isso?
Where is... ? the toilet an ATM a pharmacy the hospital	Onde é... ? a casa de banho (WC) o multibanco a farmácia o hospital	Could you show me where (it is / I am) on the map?	Pode mostrar-me onde (é / estou) no mapa?
Do you accept credit cards?	Aceita cartões de crédito?	Do you have...?	Você tem...? Tem...?
How much is this?	Quanto custa isto? Quanto é?	I’m just looking.	Estou só a ver.
this / that	M: este / aquele F: esta / aquela	here / there from / to	aqui / ali de / para
(one of) these / those	M: um destes/daqueles F: uma destas/daquelas	and / or / not with / without	e / ou / não com / sem
for	para	at / of	M: no / de¹ F: na / da
He/She	Ele/Ela	I/You	Eu/Você
Big/Small	Grande/Pequeno	Now/Later	Agora/Mais tarde

¹As with many other languages, the prepositions take different forms depending on the phrase.

Common Signs

Toilets

Men / Women

Homem (H) / Mulher (M)

Cavalheiros/Senhoras²

Do Not Enter

Forbidden / Prohibited

Não entre

Proibido entrar

Entrance / Exit

Entrada / Saída

Open / Closed

M: Aberto / Fechado

F: Aberta / Fechada

Push / Pull

Empurre / Puxe

Cash register or Counter

Caixa

² The form "Cavalheiro (C) / Senhoras (S) is seldom seen these days.

Numbers, Time, and Descriptions

0, 1, 2, 3,

4, 5, 6, 7,

8, 9, 10

zero, um, dois, três,

quatro, cinco, seis, sete,

oito, nove, dez

small / medium

large

none / half

all

pequeno / médio

grande (largo)

nenhum / metade

M: todo F: toda

11, 12, 13, 14,

15, 16, 17,

18, 19,

onze, doze, treze, catorze, quinze, dezasseis, dezassete,

dezoito, dezanove

less / more

a little / a lot

menos / mais

M: um pouco / muito

F: um pouco / muita

20, 30, 40,

50, 60, 70,

80, 90, 100, 1000

vinte, trinta, quarenta, cinquenta, sessenta, setenta,

oitenta, noventa, cem, mil

beautiful

good

M: bonito F: bonita

M: bom F: boa

How to introduce yourself

Nice to meet you	Muito prazer. / Prazer em conhecê-lo.
What is your name?	Qual é o seu nome?	Where are you from?	De onde é?
My name is ...	O meu nome é ...	I am from ...	Eu sou de ...

Transport and Hotel

Ticket Ticket window	Bilhete Bilheteira	First /second class	Primeira / segunda classe (a.k.a. Turística)
I have a reservation	Tenho uma reserva	One-way / round-trip Day pass	Ida / Ida e volta Passe/Bilhete diário
hotel room / key bags	Hotel Quarto /chave Malas	(bus / train) station platform / track car / seat (next / last) stop	Estação de autocarro / comboio plataforma / linha Carro / assento (próxima / ultima) paragem
I would like to check out	Gostaria de fazer “check out”	Could you print my boarding pass?	Poderia imprimir o cartão de embarque (aka bilhete)

Eating and Restaurants

Tipping: In Portugal waiters do not rely on them for their income as heavily as in other places. Still, and depending on the level of service it is common to leave a tip between 5-10%.

A “bread charge” is restaurant-dependent and usually only charged if the bread is touched. We recommend if you don’t want the bread/butter you politely ask the waiter to remove it.

A table for (two)

Uma mesa para (dois)

I would like...

Eu gostaria... / Queria..

reservation

(non) smoking

inside / outside

for here / take-away

reserva

(não) fumadores

dentro / fora

por aqui / para levar

a bottle of...

a glass of...

one additional

uma garrafa de...

um copo de...

M: outro F: outra

Could you bring me...

the menu / drink list

the bill / receipt

Pode trazer…

o menú por favor / Lista de Vinhos

a “conta” / recibo

a cup of tea

coffee (with milk)

(sparkling / still) water

uma chávena de chá

café (com leite)

água (com / sem gás)

for here / take-away /

to share

é para comer aqui /

levar / partilhar

napkin / plate

spoon / fork

knife / copo

guardanapo / prato

colher / garfo

faca / glass

I am...

vegetarian

allergic

Eu sou...

vegetariano

alérgico

Appetizers

Small Meals

Fish / Seafood

Vegetables

Meat

Drinks

Dessert

Aperitivos

Tapas, Petiscos

Peixe / Mariscos

Legumes, Vegetais

Carne

Bebidas

Sobremesa

Express coffee

Café /

Cimbalino (in Porto)

Can you bring us the coffee?

Pode trazer-nos o café?

Café "latte"

small, cup, glass

Café com leite:

pingo, meia de leite, galão

What do you recommend for dessert?

O que recomenda para a sobremesa?

Fresh orange juice

Sumo de laranja natural

Cold Water

Wine / Coke

Água fresca

Vinho / Coca-cola

Beer (blonde is the default)

- dark

Cerveja

- preta

Draught Beer

- small (20 cl)

- medium (33 cl)

- large (50 cl)

Fino (20 cl)

Principe (33 cl)

Caneca (50 cl)

What is the type of meat in this dish?

Qual o tipo de carne neste prato?

What do you recommend? / What is today’s dish?

O que recomenda? / Qual é prato do dia?

I would like my steak

- rare

- medium done

- well done.

Gostaria do meu bife

- mal passado

- médio

- bem passado

Salad

- green

- tomato

- mixed

Salada

- alface

- tomate

- mista

Hamburger

Hambúrger

Cake / Ice Cream

Bolo / Gelado

Olive oil / Vinegar / Salt / Pepper (white / black) / Curry / Saffron

Azeite / Vinagre / Sal / Pimenta (branca / preta) / Caril / Açafrão

Sugar

Tomato / Parsely

Coriander / Mostard

Açucar

Tomate/ Salsa

Coentro / Mostarda

Churrasco

Barbecue

Hot / Piri-piri

Picante / Piri-piri

(Red/green/yellow) pepper

Pimento (vermelho / verde / amarelo)

Eggplant / Cucumber / Onion / Garlic

Beringela / Pepino / Cebola /Alho