Great golf locally:
Less than ten minutes away is Praia D'el Ray with the five-star Marriott Hotel and it's 18 hole Par 72 Championship course, part woodland and part links. It was opened in 1987 and the course is 6,467 metres. The grass type is Fairways Rye/Festuca. Greens, Bent/Penncross.
Green fee: 18 holes: €85.00/€65.00
Buggy: €35.00
one hour lesson €48.00.
About 40 minutes away is Vimeiro at the Hotel Golfe Mar near the beach of Praia de Porto Novo, it's an excellent course for the beginner, opened in 1963.
Holes:2x9, Par:67
Also about 40 minutes away is Quinta do Brincal in Rio Major. It's a par 72 Golden Eagle course.
Holes: 18 hole woodland
Opened in 1994
Grass type: Fairways, Penn Eagle. Greens, Penncross.
Green Fee 18 holes: €45.00 Monday to Friday, €55.00 weekends.
Buggy €32.50
Lessons: €22.50
About 40 minutes in the direction of Lisbon is Oitavos at Quinta da Marinha which opended in 2001, Penha Longa Atlantico and Belas.
Golf:
Less than ten minutes away is Praia D'el Rey with the five-star Marriott Hotel and it's 18 hole Par 72 Championship course, part woodland and part links. It was opened in 1987 and the course is 6,467 metres. The grass type is Fairways Rye/Festuca. Greens, Bent/Penncross.
Green fee: 18 holes: €85.00/€65.00
Buggy: €35.00
one hour lesson €48.00.
About 40 minutes away is Vimeiro at the Hotel Golfe Mar near the beach of Praia de Porto Novo, it's an excellent course for the beginner, opened in 1963.
Holes:2x9, Par:67
Also about 40 minutes away is Quinta do Brincal in Rio Major. It's a par 72 Golden Eagle course.
Holes: 18 hole woodland
Opened in 1994
Grass type: Fairways, Penn Eagle. Greens, Penncross.
Green Fee 18 holes: €45.00 Monday to Friday, €55.00 weekends.
Buggy €32.50
Lessons: €22.50
About 40 minutes in the direction of Lisbon is Oitavos at Quinta da Marinha which opened in 2001, it was designed on the lines of the Royal Dublin with nine holes out and nine holes back. It offers a mixture of forest pine and windswept duneland and features a unique run of holes on the back nine embracing two par fives and three delightful par threes.
Holes: 18 hole Par 71
Course length: 6,303 metres.
Grass type Fairways and Tees, Bermuda 419, greens, Agrostis.
Green fee: 18 holes: €150
Another favourite is Penha Longa Atlantico.
Other Activities:
Beautiful walks all around the coast line.