Vilamoura | |
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 A view of Vilamoura, its marina and luxury hotels | |
  Vilamoura Location within Portugal | |
| Coordinates: 37°04′42″N 8°07′03″W / 37.0783°N 8.11745°W | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Region | Algarve |
| District | Faro |
| Municipality | Loulé |
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
Vilamoura is a coastal luxury resort in the Loulé municipality in Algarve, Portugal. It is one of the three corners of Algarve's Golden Triangle. Vilamoura comprises one of the largest single tourist complexes in Europe and with about 2,000 hectares of land. The nearest airport is in Faro.
The area previously hosted the annual Almond Blossom Cross Country competition between 1996 and 2003,[1] and the same course was selected as the venue for the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
- ^ Costa, Paulo (2005-01-31). Kenyans Moses and Kiprop win in Algarve. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-10.