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Martinhal Lisbon Cascais Martinhal Lisbon Cascais Family Hotel opened last year joining the Martinhal Hotel brand, which is synonymous with Elegant Family Holidays. The founders have made luxury travel with children paramount in each of their locations, without comprising on sophistication with an extraordinary eye for detail on making each hotel room special for families. Martinhal Lisbon Cascais offers family-orientated bedrooms and suites, along with 12 contemporary villas. All beds are super king size and can be arranged into twin beds where required. All hotel rooms have huge windows and extend out onto spacious balconies with beautiful views either over the water features, garden and pool area in the hotel or the greens of the adjacent Quinta da Marinha golf course. Combining the Lisbon city experience with historic Sintra, scenic Guincho and gorgeous Cascais, the hotel delivers something for everyone. Martinhal Cascais is located right in the middle of two championship golf courses – Quinta da Marinha and Oitavos Dunes – making it perfect for golfing families and groups. The Quinta da Marinha Golf Course has 18 holes with 5.870 meters of pure nature and big challenges. This par 71, designed by the legendary Robert Trent Jones, offers fantastic views over the Atlantic Ocean and the Sintra Mountains. The Oitavos Dunes was designed by Arthur Hills, one of the world’s most respected golf course architects. He carefully this beautiful natural site 72 overlooking the Atlantic Ocean to create a world-class Natural Links Golf course. The setting is dramatic with magnificent views of the Sintra Mountains, the Atlantic Ocean and the westernmost point of Continental Europe - Cabo da Roca. With the coastal town of Cascais and the beach only five minutes away and Estoril, Caracavelos just a little further along the coast you can enjoy surf, bodyboard, windsurfing, diving and boat trips close to the hotel. However, with three pools in the resort and more than 700 square metres of children’s play areas, there is very little need to leave the resort. As a family hotel, children are central to the philosophy at Martinhal, and the fantastic amenities facilitate kids from the ages of 6 months to early teens where kids can be looked after by our caring and responsible staff in a safe and secure space while parents enjoy their time in Lisbon. The various areas in the Kids Club have been created to interest and stimulate different age groups – we are conscious of the needs of babies up to teens and we have the full range of toys, play-things, creative areas and entertainment – from playmats to Playstations! There is also in-room/ in-villa babysitting available. A Baby Concierge which is designed to take the hassle out of travelling with kids and all their accessories, so you can pre-book any baby equipment you may need throughout your stay in advance, such as sterilisers, safety gates, potties to name a few. In addition to supervised kids club areas, ther e are several unsupervised playgrounds all around the resort where parents can play with their kids. The hotel has 3 restaurants in the