Golf in Portugal

Test your technical skills and try out your strategies in the most famous golf courses in Portugal - and in Europe! With more than 85 Golf Courses in a country with small distances - it's only a 5 hour drive from the northern Porto to the southern Algarve - you will certainly find a Golf Course for each and everyone to enjoy!

Portugal can offer a course to play all year round. With some 300 days of sun in a year, it will not be the weather that keeps you from playing! Cliffs, lakes and bunkers - the quality layout of the courses meets the demand of golfers of all levels.

Lisbon - Combine golf with the rich cultural life of Lisbon!

Golf courses in this area has a variaty of scenery - play at one of the courses alongside the Atlantic Sea or on the fantastic golf courses in the majestic valley of Sintra. Nowhere else in the world can such dramatic changes of scenery and such contrasting atmospheres be experienced within so small an area. The region offers a wide variety of different environments, all within a half hour's drive.

Centro - with new golf courses popping up!

Centro region with its new golf courses at the Silver Coast is the new up and coming area for golfers. Praia d'EL Rey Golf Course (ranked as number 13 in Europe), Bom Sucesso Golf Course and Royal Obidos are laying the standard for more courses to come! - just one hour drive from Lisbon. Enjoy and experience world-class golf courses at the Silver Coast with breathtaking views and excellent accomodation and services.

Algarve - One of Europes top golfing destinations!

The Algarve has established its reputation as a quality layout of the courses. In hole 16 of the Royal de Vale do Lobo course, a par 3, the exit stroke will have to cover 218 meters to the green, over three spectacular cliffs. This is why it is the most photographed hole in Europe!

The imaginative course of San Lorenzo is considered by Golf World magazine as the fifth best golf course in Europe. It's obvious that you will have to use all your clubs at this golf course!

Porto/the north - The river, vineyards and castles!

In the north of Portugal golfers can appreciate the natural landscapes of green that combines beautifully with a no less important and priceless historic and cultural heritage.

By the bank of the river mouth Douro, the city of Oporto (Porto) offers a range of tourist infrastructures of great standards. There are some mountain tracks, for example Amarante and Ponte de Lima, and at times the landscape is similar to the famous typical British links, like the golf courses of Estela, Oporto and Miramar.

Madeira - The close contact with Nature!

The Islands of Madeira offers a variety of sports activities that can be practiced all year round. Get excited by the volcanic natur of the archipelago and the excellent facilities for golf players with 72 challenging holes distributed over three golf courses: the Santo da Serra golf course, the Palheiro Golf course and the new Porto Santo golf course.

Azores - Where golf is practiced in a landscape bordered by flowers!

The integration of Man in the nature is the most valuable and attractive tourist resours on the Islands. There is three existent courses on the Islands today: two are located on S. Miguel Island and the other on Terceira Island, and there are projects for the construction of three new golf courses, so golfer - you will have a nice swing in the flower-beds!

We hope you will enjoy the variety of Portugal and its people as much as you will enjoy playing golf here! Golf - one of the reasons why buying a property in Portugal has become so popular.