Other Penina Hotel Golf & Resort Golf Packages (2)
€363from€3093 Nights BB & 3 Golf Rounds
€363from€3093 Nights BB & 3 Golf Rounds
Bed and Breakfast
Prices per person, based 2 people sharing a Double Room
1 round at Penina Resort
2 rounds at Penina Championship Golf Course
€846from€7197 Nights BB & 7 Golf Rounds
€846from€7197 Nights BB & 7 Golf Rounds
Bed and Breakfast
Prices per person, based 2 people sharing a Double Room
3 rounds at Penina Resort
4 rounds at Penina Championship Golf Course
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5 nights BB & 5 Golf Rounds
Book Penina Golf & Resort original home of golf in the Algarve. With three golf courses, this luxury five-star Algarve hotel leads the way in high-class service, Portuguese charm, and exceptional golf. Perfect for luxury Algarve golf breaks
*Golf Notes - 2nd game of the day must be booked at the Pro-shop 24h in advance
*Accommodation Notes - Single accommodation available with supplement
*Price - In case your dates include more than one season, final price may have to be adjusted.
Guaranteed money back on the difference if you find a better offer
Penina Championship Golf Course Portimão, Algarve
Every championship course in the Algarve owes something to Penina. In 1966, Sir Henry Cotton transformed a stretch of rice paddies into the region's first 18-hole course, planting hundreds of thousands of trees to shape the parkland corridors that still frame every hole today. He considered it his masterpiece, and the Portuguese Open agreed, returning here ten times over the following decades.
The course plays flat but never easy. Streams and water hazards, adapted from the original rice-paddy drainage, cross the fairways throughout, and Cotton's raised, subtly sloped greens punish anything hit carelessly. The par-5 5th sets the tone early: a genuine risk-reward hole, tempting with an eagle if you carry the water and out-of-bounds, punishing if you don't quite make it. The par-3 13th is the hole most golfers remember long after they've left, a tee shot played over water to a green that has swallowed thousands of balls over the decades. This is a course built on accuracy and course management rather than power, exactly as Cotton designed it.
Penina's history and visionary design are the draw here, not modern polish. The greens are consistently well-regarded, but the wider course shows its age, and golfers who prioritise pristine, manicured conditioning may find newer Algarve courses a better fit. For anyone who wants to play where championship golf in the Algarve actually began, on a layout still shaped by the hand of a three-time Open champion, Penina remains genuinely worth the round. (...)
Penina Resort Portimão, Algarve
Across the road from the Penina Hotel sits the Penina Resort Course, a nine-hole, par-35 layout designed by Sir Henry Cotton as a smaller companion to his famous Championship Course next door. It shares the same DNA: flat, easy walking, tree-lined fairways and water hazards worked in to test judgement rather than power.
The par-3 3rd tempts beginners with a green sitting just beyond a lake, while the par-5 5th runs long and straight to a typically elevated Penina green. No handicap certificate is required here, which makes it a genuinely relaxed introduction to the game, or useful short-game practice for more experienced players staying at the resort.
In honesty, the Resort Course has seen better days. Recent seasons have brought patchy fairways and the odd bit of wild boar damage to the greens, and it isn't maintained to the standard of Penina's championship layout. What it still offers is a friendly, unhurried nine holes and staff who are consistently well regarded. If your priorities are practice, value and a gentle pace over polish, it's worth booking. (...)
