The prize was awarded from 132 applications within the 4th edition of the Tourism Awards in Portugal and was revealed in a public ceremony presided over by Secretary of State for Tourism, Bernardo Trindade, held at Auditorium 1 of the Center for Meetings of the FIL in Parque das nações, on 21 January.
About the hotel:
The Hotel
The Hotel opened doors in 1962 and has now been completely renovated. It is unique in the Algarve selected as a member of Design Hotels chain. It has 105 rooms and 49 suites with breathtaking views over the sea and with 4 stars and reopened under the brand MEMMO Hotels, today been seeking to capture guests that seek in Sagres for a sophisticated but relaxed place to stay.
The Concept
The brand name of the hotel based on MEMMO (of memories) and the symbol of the chameleon. Only those who have travel stories to tell! It is thus that by moving out of Sagres and the MEMMO Hotel, customers bring in memory the sounds, the scents, the smells and the images of a single place. The chameleon reflects the willingness to adapt to the hotel where he belongs. Absorbing what he has to give us, the best.
The positioning
The hotel is targeted to a cosmopolitan client, good cultural level, which tracks trends and have an established aesthetic sense, like the design and the kitchen. It is sophisticated, and therefore knows how to enjoy the luxury side of the seemingly more simple life.
To be a knowledgeable consumer, the customer MEMMO values the aspects that differentiate them from conventional and hotels that make your experience unforgettable.
The architecture
The great challenge of rehabilitation by the architect Samuel Torres de Carvalho was to integrate the concept and positioning the brand on the existing building. As a result the MEMMO Baleeira Hotel, keeping its original outlines of the 60s, gained a new dimension, taking advantage of breathtaking views over the sea, the natural light and magnificent exterior. The façade of the building using only the white, the new hotel has a huge contemporarity and at the same time produces peace highlighted by the fact that over the sea.
The design and decoration
The design surprises throughout the hotel! The ball is the central theme and is the most diverse ways: in the ceiling of skylights, couches and carpets in the round, the floor and ceiling lamps. The captive design of furniture for their diversity and originality. In the same room together pieces from international designers such as Tom Vac chairs or Philippe Starck lamps, with the restaurant’s retro chairs and more room for winter, original parts of the former hotel.
The decoration, entirely in shades white, brown and blue water, environment sends a “neat and clean, contemporary, of great peace and comfort and sometimes minimal. All this to enhance what the hotel has the best, and the breathtaking views outside, and offer customers a simple environment but “trendy.”
Type Hotel
The hotel reflects the brand’s values: hospitality, contemporary and originality. A hospitality that is reflected in a genuine and caring service, provided by people of the earth, and a great comfort in the rooms where he was given a great attention to the bed with sheets of cotton from Egypt and mattress of exceptional quality.
The Facilities
Despite being a hotel facing the very outdoor, offers numerous facilities to make your stay as pleasant as possible and be the point of departure and arrival for those who wish to discover all the Sagres and Costa Vicentina Natural Park. Thus, the hotel has a restaurant with a thoroughly contemporary cuisine using local products, Coffee-shop for snacks; areas to be; a reading room and TV; Net-Center, Spa with indoor pool, gym, sauna, Turkish bath and room massage, outdoor pool with bar for support; store adventure, kids club and a major center for meetings and events.
The opinions of the Media
In addition to the numerous reports about the hotel in all media, the prestigious German magazine travel GeoSaison (February edition just left) chose the MEMMO Baleeira Hotel as one of the 10 best hotels in the beach of Europe.
For more information contact:
Rodrigo Machaz
Director Geral / General Manager
Memmo Baleeira Hotel
8650-357 Vila de Sagres
Algarve – Portugal
Mob.: + (351) 91 750 9586
Phone: + (351) 282 624 212
Fax : + (351) 282 624 425
website: www.memmobaleeira.com
