Golf Holidays Portugal Style – 5 Golf Clubs That Are Well Worth A Visit
In terms of Mediterranean golf holidays Portugal has some of the finest championship courses and the ideal climate for great year-round golfing. This list brings together 5 of the best clubs to play from all around the country to demonstrate the mix of courses on offer.
For anyone wishing to play a different championship course on each day of their golf holiday Algarve has the biggest selection of clubs on offer especially around Vilamoura. The best course in town is the Vilamoura Old Course which, as its name suggests is one of the more mature courses. The course design has plenty of variety from hole to hole and the undulating fairways add a real challenge from tee to green.
Visitors to the Penha Longa Atlantic Course won’t know whether to play golf or photograph it. The course runs through ancient Portuguese ruins with scenic vistas on most holes with the view from the raised tee on the 16th hole being one of the best.
The Estoril golf club is a popular spot with day-trippers from the capital Lisbon. The course design favours good course management rather than long-hitters with strategically placed bunkers, vegetation and negative camber fairways to slow down play. At only 6,200 yards long this is an enjoyable course on a hot summer’s day (when longer courses may prove more draining).
The Vale Do Lobo Royal has a real touch of class about its well manicured fairways and greens. The course runs alongside a 5 km beach sporting sea views, and experiencing sea-breezes, on all holes.
Finally, the Quinta Do Lago golf club has 2 courses that make regular appearances in the European top 25 courses lists. The south course is the one to play if you only have time for one. The course is more mature with the fairways being as immaculately kept as the greens on some other courses. The variety of holes and bunker placement makes this one course you could happily replay a number of times.
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