from€6605 Nights BB & 3 Golf Rounds
from€6605 Nights BB & 3 Golf Rounds
Bed and Breakfast
Prices per person, based on 2 people sharing a Double Room
1 round at Espiche Golf Course
1 round at Palmares Golf Course
1 round at Boavista Golf Course
from€8847 Nights BB & 4 Golf Rounds
from€8847 Nights BB & 4 Golf Rounds
Bed and Breakfast
Prices per person, based on 2 people sharing a Double/Twin Room
1 round at Boavista Golf Course
1 round at Palmares Golf Course
2 rounds at Espiche Golf Course
Book Vila Gale Lagos, a stylish 4-star offering a spa with an indoor panoramic pool, located right over the beach, nearby the historic center of Lagos and have at your disposal the best golf courses in the area. West Algarve, Portugal.
*Buggies - Free shared buggy at Palmares Golf Course on the following dates: Winter: 01/Dec/20to14/Feb/21|Easter:29/Mar/21to11/Apr/21|Summer: 01/Jun/21to 12/Sep/21
*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
Palmares Golf Course climbs the hillside above the Bay of Lagos, on the Algarve's western coast, with Meia Praia beach and the Atlantic below. Frank Pennink laid out the original course in 1975. Robert Trent Jones Jr. reworked it in 2010, and it's since been ranked 26th in Golf World's Top 100 in Europe. That pedigree, matched with the setting, makes Palmares one to build a trip around.
Twenty-seven holes split into three nine-hole loops, Alvor, Lagos and Praia, playable in any order. Alvor climbs through pine-lined parkland with real elevation change. Lagos folds two lakes into its par three third and its par five sixth. Praia turns properly links, running through dune country with the Atlantic wind doing most of the defending. The 14th carries the course's signature hole status, and no two rounds at Palmares play quite the same.
The clubhouse looks out over the Alvor Estuary and the bay, with a restaurant, pro shop, locker rooms and a resident academy on site. Buggies are worth booking, given the terrain. Guests return to Palmares year after year, drawn back as much by the variety as the views. Book your round with Tee Times, and see why. (...)
Espiche is South African architect Peter Sauerman's design, opened in 2012 in a protected nature reserve five minutes from Lagos, in the western Algarve. The front nine runs out past the village of Espiche; the back nine climbs into the hills behind it, through olive, fig and almond trees, with the Serra de Monchique on the horizon.
It's a par-72 of just under 5,900 metres, built to follow the land's natural contours rather than reshape them. Expect rolling, undulating ground, a few blind tee shots, tight landing areas and large, undulating greens that reward touch over power. Water shows up on two or three holes, and dense native scrub lines the fairways throughout, so accuracy off the tee matters more than distance.
The clubhouse, designed separately by architect Nadine Berger and built on the ruins of an old farmhouse, with the original stone worked into its lower walls, opened in 2014 and took third place in Golf Inc. Magazine's Worldwide Clubhouse of the Year the following year, the first club outside the United States to be recognised in the category. It's home to the Gecko restaurant, alongside a driving range, academy, locker room and pro shop. Book a round at the course that put sustainable Algarve golf on the map. (...)