Ombria Resort is the Algarve’s most ambitious inland project: 153 hectares of hills, carob and cork oak in the parish of Querença, north of Loulé, planned as a low-density, sustainable resort where only a small fraction of the land is built. At its heart are an 18-hole championship golf course routed through the valley, the five-star Viceroy at Ombria Algarve hotel, a clubhouse, restaurants, a spa and an organic farm and astronomical observatory for residents.

The residential offer comes in two forms. The Viceroy Residences are fully furnished one- to three-bedroom hotel apartments with five-star service and a guaranteed rental return for the first five years — you use them part of the year and the hotel manages the rest. The Alcedo Villas are twelve bespoke turnkey villas of three to seven bedrooms on private plots above the golf course, built in local stone and timber to blur the line between indoors and out.

Querença is genuine rural Algarve — whitewashed villages, spring-fed valleys, the Fonte Benémola nature trail — yet Loulé market is 15 minutes away, Vilamoura’s marina and the beaches 20, Faro airport 30. For buyers who want silence, dark skies and a five-star hotel next door, there is nothing else like it in the region.

Ombria Resort is the Algarve’s most ambitious inland project: 153 hectares of hills, carob and cork oak in the parish of Querença, north of Loulé, planned as a low-density, sustainable resort where only a small fraction of the land is built. At its heart are an 18-hole championship golf course routed through the valley, the five-star Viceroy at Ombria Algarve hotel, a clubhouse, restaurants, a spa and an organic farm and astronomical observatory for residents.

The residential offer comes in two forms. The Viceroy Residences are fully furnished one- to three-bedroom hotel apartments with five-star service and a guaranteed rental return for the first five years — you use them part of the year and the hotel manages the rest. The Alcedo Villas are twelve bespoke turnkey villas of three to seven bedrooms on private plots above the golf course, built in local stone and timber to blur the line between indoors and out.

Querença is genuine rural Algarve — whitewashed villages, spring-fed valleys, the Fonte Benémola nature trail — yet Loulé market is 15 minutes away, Vilamoura’s marina and the beaches 20, Faro airport 30. For buyers who want silence, dark skies and a five-star hotel next door, there is nothing else like it in the region.

Ombria is a different Algarve. The resort sits in a valley of the Barrocal — the limestone hills between the coast and the Serra do Caldeirão — among carob, olive and cork oak, with the village of Querença on the ridge above. Days here are quiet: golf in the morning, lunch at the clubhouse, the hotel spa, a walk to the Fonte Benémola springs or the organic farm. At night the sky is dark enough for the resort’s own observatory.

Loulé — the Algarve’s most authentic market town, with its Saturday market, castle and restaurants — is fifteen minutes down the road. The coast is twenty: Vilamoura marina, Quinta do Lago and Vale do Lobo beaches, the Ria Formosa. Faro airport is thirty minutes. Schools, hospitals and supermarkets are in Loulé and along the coast; the hotel provides a shuttle and concierge for residents.

For investors, the Viceroy Residences combine a hotel-managed rental with five weeks of personal use; for families, the Alcedo Villas offer more land and privacy than anything on the coast at the price. Villagrand has followed Ombria since its launch in 2022 — ask us for the current availability and the terms of the rental programme.

District: Faro · Municipality: Loulé · Parish: Querença · Resort: 153 ha, low density, sustainable master plan

Golf: 18-hole championship course and academy · Hotel: Viceroy at Ombria Algarve (5★) with spa, pools, restaurants · organic farm, observatory

Distances: Loulé 15 min · Vilamoura and beaches 20 min · Faro airport 30 min

Property types: Viceroy Residences (1–3 bedrooms, guaranteed return, owner use) · Alcedo Villas (3–7 bedrooms, turnkey) · future villa plots and townhouses

District: Faro · Municipality: Loulé · Parish: Querença · Resort: 153 ha, low density, sustainable master plan

Golf: 18-hole championship course and academy · Hotel: Viceroy at Ombria Algarve (5★) with spa, pools, restaurants · organic farm, observatory

Distances: Loulé 15 min · Vilamoura and beaches 20 min · Faro airport 30 min

Property types: Viceroy Residences (1–3 bedrooms, guaranteed return, owner use) · Alcedo Villas (3–7 bedrooms, turnkey) · future villa plots and townhouses