Vilamoura

The Marina Vilamoura is the greatest tourist complex of Europe. Located in the Algarve (county of Loulé, in Quarteira). The complex has a marina, an academy of golf with five golf courses, in particular the golf of Vilasol pertaining to the old drivers of Formula 1 Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna. Senna also had a residence With the Valley C Lobo and a circuit of karting to Almancil which also makes party of the complex. A casino, several discotheques, club of tennis, club of diving, as well as other equipment of leisures, of broad beach, tens of hotels five stars and four stars are also available for the thousands of tourist who attends this area of the Portugal each year.

The project was launched in the Sixties, Vilamoura has a surface of 1600 ha. The architectural project develops around the marina, it includes/understands hundreds of houses in a residential zone, companies and other park almost entirely devoted to tourism.

In the field of Vilamoura, there 'are the Roman ruins of Cerro da Vila, where you can see a complex of bathrooms and mosaics of a residence, representative of fish of a beauty exceptional.

The founder of the Marina and the complex of Vilamoura is Cupertino de Miranda. André Jordan was the administrator of the site between 2000 and 2004. In 1996, the " Banco Português C Atlântico " sold with contractors and a duet Vasco André and Jordan Branco the majority of the capital of Lusotur, company owner of Vilamoura. Later, in 2000, they acquired the totality of the capital of this company. These contractors ensured the business management between 1996 and January 2005, by the means of a board of directors made up of: Vasco Andre: President and Vasco Branco, vice-president, Carlos Rocha managing director, Shine Correia da Silva and Gilberto Jordan - administrators.

In 2005, the company was sold with the Spanish group " Prasa".

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