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Positioned next to it's sister course, Morgado, Alamos is set in beautiful, rolling countryside.
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Three times British Open Champion Sir Henry Cotton has designed a challenging course for all standards of player in Alto Golf.
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Aroeira 1 and 2 are anong the best courses in Portugal and provide a good challenge for golfers of all abilities.
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This Par 72 course nestles into the valleys providing good protection from any wind.
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Benamor was the first course to be built to the East of Faro and is popular with repeat visitors.
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Boavista may be a relatively new course but it is an absolute gem.
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Designed by Donald Steel, the first nine holes of this new golf course are built on level ground whilst the back nine are more uneven.
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Using the natural contours of the land to great effect, Donald Steel has produced a course that is a delight to play.
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If spectacular views is what you look for in a golf course, look no further than Castro Marim.
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Set amongst eucalyptus and pine trees this relatively short course is one of the best known in Portugal.
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This delightful course is quietly set within the midst of beautiful countryside, just 60kms north of Lisbon.
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The unique design behind Gramacho with its 27 greens, allows you to experience a different game, each time you play.
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This technically exciting course is set within woodland on gently undulating terrain with muscatel vineyards surrounding it.
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The Monte Rei Golf Club is made up of two 18 hole courses. The North course, a Jack Nicklaus Signature Course, opened in June 2007 and the South course is still in the design stages. The courses will offer unrivalled levels of service and quality both on and off the course.
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Morgado is one of the newest courses in the Algarve and is located to the North of Portimao.
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Designed by Nick Faldo, with strategic play in mind, this course demands careful positioning to score well.
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Opened in 2001, this magnificent links course has now changed its name to Oitavos Dunes.
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The philosophy of course designer, Pepe Gancedo, is to alter as little of the natural surroundings as possible.
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Challenging yet fair, this attractive course is laid out with a river on one side and the Atlantic on the other and is rated as one of the best courses in Europe.
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The first golf course to be built in the Algarve in 1966, the Penina Championship Course is considered one of the best creations of Sir Henry Cotton.
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Alongside 18,300 hectares of Ria Formosa National Park, Pinheiros Altos was designed by American Ronald Fream.
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With the preservation of nature being at the fore-front, North American and respected architect, Donald Fream designed the 18 hole course at Pinta measuring 5662 metres.
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Just an hour to the northwest of Lisbon lies the magnificent Praia d'el Rey course set in a wonderful location overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and over to the Berlenga Islands.
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Quinta da Beloura is a very flat course providing an enjoyable but not too strenuous round of golf.
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A mostly flat course, Quinta da Marinha enjoys great views of the Atlantic and the surrounding countryside.
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Set within the Ria Formosa Nature Reserve, Quinta da Ria is a spectacular course.
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The toughest of the Quinta courses, at Quinta da Cima you will experience a great test of golf.
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Unusually, Quinta do Lago North has not one but two designers. American William Mitchell designed holes 1 to 5 and 15 to 18 back in 1974 and the holes share a unique character and quality.
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Designed by American William Mitchell, Quinta do Lago South was opened in 1974.
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A great course for all abilities, Quinta do Peru is set within delightful countryside with the Arrabida mountains in the background.
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A new course located to the west of the Guadiana River in the Algarve, Quinta do Vale has been designed by Seve Ballesteros to suit the more experienced player and aims to be a great championship course.
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Just a half hour drive from the centre of Lisbon and close to the Santa Estavao Golf Club, lie the two new Ribagolfe courses.
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Situated in one of the Algarve's best known regions between Albufeira and Armacao de Pera, Salgados is an extremely attractive and scenic course.
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Stay at the 5 star Le Meridien Dona Filipa and you will be able to play this magnifent course, rated as one of the best in Europe.
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Santa Estavao will provide golfers of all abilities with an enjoyable and challenging round.
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Having opened in September 2006, Silves is the most recent addition to the Pestana Group.
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Troia is one of the best courses many golfers will ever play and is a 'must' on your itinerary whilst you are in Lisbon.
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The Ocean Course at Vale do Lobo is composed of two of the original 9-hole golf courses designed by Sir Henry Cotton, which were opened initially in 1968 and 1972.
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The Royal Golf Course at Vale do Lobo was designed by top American golf architect Rocky Roquemore, based on original drawings made by Sir Henry Cotton.
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Victoria Clube de Golf is a new 18 hole championship, Arnold Palmer course, the fifth in the Vilamoura area, covering a vast area of 90 hectares over a total distance of 6,506 metres.
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Now with 27 holes, the Vila Sol Golf complex has played host to the Portuguese Open twice since opening in 1991.
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The Laguna Golf Course opened in 1990, designed by Joseph Lee the layout makes full use of the wet, marshy ground near the sea.
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The Millennium Course has a particularly open layout, although some holes (3rd to the 7th) wind between pine trees and are similar to the neighbouring fairways of the Old Course and Pinhal.
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Just 20 minutes from Faro Airport, situated in the heart of the popular Vilamoura resort, this parkland style layout is one of the oldest in the region and renowned throughout the golfing world.
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Pinhal Golf Course was originally designed by Briton Frank Pennink Inaugurated in 1976, is was later partly redesigned 1985 by American Robert Trent Jones, whose aim was to introduce new challenges into the course, he certainly succeeded here!
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