Imagine a place next to the sea, where golden sands and impressive ochre cliffs harmoniously blend into the natural surroundings. \ Imagine this unique place is joined by the very finest of service provided by the Sheraton Algarve Hotel, part of the Luxury Collection brand, and that, within its green and leafy spaces a choice of hidden venues and places specialised in Portuguese and international gastronomy can be found, together with a golf course with its respective academy, several pools, a tennis academy, the Porto Pirata kids club, a beauty and hair salon – in brief, a world filled with the very best life has to offer. \ Now imagine your hotel room, your golf suite for one or two weeks a year – Pine Cliffs Vacation Club -, your townhouse for six weeks a year – Pine Cliffs Premier Club -, or your apartment forever, whenever you want it – Pine Cliffs Residence. \ This is Pine Cliffs Resort, an exclusive setting filled with a choice of accommodation options, where all of nature’s elements are harmoniously combined to produce a place where dreams are the building blocks. \ This unique place is joined by a leading company, dependable and enjoying rapid growth in various parts of the world. Pine Cliffs Resort is part of the portfolio of United Investments Portugal (U.I.P), one of the companies within the IFA Hotels & Resorts consortium, based in Dubai. The IFA Hotels & Resorts group is one of the leading international groups in the development of integrated tourism projects, as well as in luxury tourism service provision. \ Despite the size and the exotic destinations belonging to IFA Hotels & Resorts, Pine Cliffs Resort holds a special place, since it was the first project chosen by Mr Jassim Al-Bahar, chairman of UIP and IFA Hotels & Resorts, a group that has enjoyed rapid growth and which is now one of the leading tourism and leisure groups in the world, offering its clients a range of luxury services that live up to an “à la carte” lifestyle. \ Pine Cliffs Resort is certainly the right choice for people looking for a certain lifestyle, one that cannot be put into words, only felt. Perhaps this is one of the reasons behind the resort being recognised at the World Travel Awards, winning the “Portugal’s Best Resort” category in 2004, 2005 and 2006.