Golf Courses Algarve

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Algarve Golf Courses
The Algarve is Portugal's most southern province and a popular holiday destination with nearly 600 golf holes. You can book start times on the Algarve courses below.

We also offer some Algarve packages including golf, accommodation, and car hire on our Golf Holidays page.

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We give brief details of the Algarve courses below in a west to east order and an explanation of the golf areas.

Most courses require players to present their handicap certificates before play. The handicap limits of the Algarve courses for men and then ladies are shown in the tables.

Western Algarve – Sagres to Albufeira

There is a lot of variety in layout and landscape of these golf courses and the coastal scenery in this part of the Algarve is splendid. Lagos is a good place to stay or, if you want to combine your golf with a lot of night life, the popular holiday town Albufeira might be your preferred venue. There are more possibilities for those wishing to play without full handicap certificates in this area.

Course	Holes	Par	Handicap	Description
Parque da Floresta	18	72	28 / 45	Most westerly course, hilly terrain provides a challenge for your golf and fitness.
Boavista	18	71	27 / 34	Well designed, challenging new course. (West of Lagos.)
Palmares	18	71	28 / 36	A course of contrasts; includes 5 links holes and upper holes with slopes and trees.
Penina - Championship	18	73	28 / 36	Flat parkland course; host to the Portuguese Open in 1998 to 2000.
Penina - Resort	9	70	--- / ---	Attractive 9 hole course with some challenging holes.
Penina - Academy	9	60	--- / ---	A 9 hole short course very suitable for beginners or to practice your short game.
Alto Golf	18	72	28 / 36	Like Penina, a Henry Cotton designed course with parkland features.
Morgado do Reguengo	18	73	28 / 36	Opened in 2003, this course situated between Silves & Monchique, has wide flat fairways with pot bunkers and large, not so flat, greens.
Morgado do Reguengo - Álamos	18	72	28 / 36	Alamos is a short but very challenging golf course with very small greens , offers the same type of countryside as the sister course Morgado.
Pestana - Pinta	18	71	27 / 35	Takes advantage of its rural landscape and gentle slopes and offers fast greens.
Pestana - Gramacho	18	72	28 / 36	9 new holes added in 2002 to make this a very good 18 hole course in similar settings to Pinta course.
Pestana - Silves	18	72	27 / 35	Set in the rural Algarve, this course offers a mixture of tough par 3's, both wide and narrow fairways and some scenic elevated tee shots.
Vale do Milho	9+	54	--- / ---	9 par 3 holes with two sets of tees, some water hazards, suitable for beginners.
Salgados	18	72	28 / 36	Set in wetland area next to bird sanctuary, water hazards demand skill and accuracy.
Balaia	9	27	28 / 36	An attractive course to test your short game.
Sheraton Pine Cliffs	9	65	--- / ---	A descriptive name for an attractive course with a cliff top challenge on the ninth.

Central Algarve – Vilamoura to Quinta do Lago

This area offers the highest concentration of golf courses, all within a 30 minutes drive of Faro Airport. Several of these courses require handicaps better than the more usual 28 for men and 36 for ladies. Golfers choosing to play these courses usually stay in the holiday resort of Vilamoura or the holiday estates around Quinta do Lago and Vale de Lobo.

Course	Holes	Par	Handicap	Description
Oceanico - Victoria	18	72	28 /36	This fine undulating course has numerous water and sand hazards and is the first to be designed by Arnold Palmer in the region.
Oceanico - Millennium	18	72	28 / 36	Offers the greatest variety in Vilamoura with both, open holes and holes in the pine trees. Opened June 2000.
Oceanico - Laguna	18	72	28 / 36	An open course with few trees and as the name implies, plenty of water.
Oceanico - Old Course	18	73	28 / 36	Set in a landscape of umbrella pines, ideal course for those with a long straight drive, a challenge.
Oceanico - Pinhal	18	72	28 / 36	Another challenge set in the pines; perhaps the fairways are wider; but the greens are smaller.
Vila Sol	27	72	27 / 35	Pines, lakes, some elevated tees and deceptive greens make an attractive and testing course.
Vale de Lobo - Ocean	18	71	28 / 36	Set in a holiday villa complex with many pines, the narrow fairways call for accurate play.
Vale de Lobo - Royal	18	72	27 / 35	A combination of the former yellow 9 and 9 new holes; includes the famous cliff top challenge.
Quinta do Lago - South	18	72	28 / 36	A long course but not too daunting except perhaps the long par 3 over water.
Quinta do Lago - North	18	72	28 / 36	More water, more dog-legs, and plenty of pines make this another attractive course to play.
Pinheiros Altos	27	72	28 / 36	The three 9 holes have the same characters with large lakes and pine trees.
San Lorenzo	18	72	28 / 36	An excellent course only pre-bookable by those staying at the Dona Filipa Hotel.

Eastern Algarve – Courses East of Faro including some in Spain

Tavira in the Eastern Algarve is a realistic alternative to the more popular golf destinations west of Faro. There are four relatively new golf courses, Benamor, Castro Marim and the two Quinta da Ria courses, and then several others just beyond the border with Spain including the 27-hole Islantilla.

Course	Holes	Par	Handicap	Description
Benamor	18	72	28 / 36	Excellent greens, Bermuda fairways and an interesting and challenging combination of holes with superb land and sea views.
Quinta de Ria	18	72	28 / 36	This well designed course close to Tavira and next to the sea was opened in early 2002.
Quinta de Cima	18	72	28 / 36	This course with views of Serra do Caldeirão was opened in autumn 2002. Once fully matured it will be of Championship standard.
Monte Rei Golf & Country Club	18	72	24 / 32	This course provides a variety of spectacular holes but fair challenges, coupled with unspoiled natural beauty.
Castro Marim	18	72	28 / 36	The most easterly course in the Algarve set in the hills provides a good challenge to your golf without over testing your stamina.
Quinta do Vale	18	72	28 / 36	This course lies beside the Guardiana River. The front nine uses natural waterways and the back 9 uses the rolling countryside.
Costa Esuri (Spain) - West	18	72	28 / 36	Front nine holes are flat and run along the Guadiana river but second nine holes are more undulated and tighter making them more challenging.
Isla Canela (Spain)	18	72	28 / 45	This flat and open course lies over the eastern border of The Algarve in Spain.
Islantilla (Spain)	27	72	28 / 36	Three nines offer a variety of golf and scenery, although there is now much development around this course.
El Rompido (Spain) - Sur	18		28 / 36	The outward 9 are narrow requiring accuracy from the tee and into the greens, the inward 9 are a little easier but much more open to the elements.
El Rompido (Spain] - Norte	18	72	28 / 36	It has wide and narrow fairways with many holes running alongside various marshland lagoons.
Nuevo Portil (Spain)	18		28 / 36	A good holiday golf course with generous fairways in Punta Umbria, approximately 45 minutes drive from the Portugal border.
Bellavista (Spain)	18	70	28 / 36	A slightly hilly inland course with pine trees, west of Huelva.
Dunas de Doñana (Spain)	18		28 / 36	A flat course with water coming into play on 8 holes, in the area of El Coto de Doñana National Park.
Real Club de Golf de Sevilla	18	72	24 / 36	Ranked third in Spain, with over 10,000 trees from a huge variety of trees, 94 bunkers and 4 lakes, this course offers a wonderful golfing challenge.

Algarve Golf Courses

Western Algarve – Sagres to Albufeira

Central Algarve – Vilamoura to Quinta do Lago

Eastern Algarve – Courses East of Faro including some in Spain