Cascade Wellness Resort — Lagos, Portugal

Straddling the ochre cliffs above Lagos’ Ponta da Piedade headland, Cascade Wellness Resort doubles as a high-performance camp that lures Bundesliga football squads and Ironman triathletes. The on-site sports academy features two UEFA-dimension natural-grass pitches, a 115-metre sprint track, two tennis courts, two padel courts and a 50-metre outdoor training pool kept at race-temperature year-round.

The gym mixes Technogym cardio rigs, free-weight cages and Outrace functional frames, while Cascade Spa layers sauna, ice fountain and magnesium-salt float tank for contrast therapy. Certified physios run injury-prevention screenings, and sunrise yoga flows unfurl on a cliff-edge platform with Atlantic panoramas. Families are equally catered for: a heated kids’ pool, pirate-ship playground and supervised Little C Club free up parents for brick sessions or guided MTB loops into the Monchique foothills.

Rooms and apartments honour continents—Africa, Asia, South America—through subtle decor, all carrying balconies big enough for foam-rolling and kit drying. Senses Restaurant plates lean seabass ceviche, while Mundi Bar’s beetroot-ginger shots replenish antioxidants after hot-weather sprints. Evening downtime might involve video analysis in the players’ lounge, acoustic sets by the infinity pool or a sunset jog along the adjoining coastal trail. With Faro Airport an hour east and Lagos’ surf beaches ten minutes south, Cascade props serious athletic intent on a scaffold of five-star comforts, making it a year-round magnet for squads, solo racers and active holidaymakers.