Other Vilar do Golf Golf Packages (2)
from€7235 Nights SC & 3 Golf Rounds
from€7235 Nights SC & 3 Golf Rounds
Self Catering
Prices per person, based 2 people sharing a One Bedroom Apartment
Choose 3 Rounds From:
Vale do Lobo Ocean Course
Vale do Lobo Royal Course
from€7345 Nights SC & 3 Golf Rounds
Groups of 4
from€7345 Nights SC & 3 Golf Rounds
Groups of 4
Self Catering
Prices per person, based 4 people sharing a Two Bedroom Villa
1 round at Quinta do Lago Laranjal Golf Course
1 round at Quinta do Lago South Course
1 round at Quinta do Lago North course
7 Nights SC & 5 Golf Rounds
Book Vilar do Golf, superbly located amid landscaped gardens, is created for those who love to relax in a natural environment with all the sporting and leisure amenities of a top-quality resort. Guests may take a refreshing dip in one of the three pools (one exclusively for children), take a bike ride through the Ria Formosa Nature Reserve, or simply enjoy the spacious pine forest estate on foot. Other facilities on-site include a
gym, sauna, spa, supermarket, cafe, pool bar, and a restaurant with an adjoining bar terrace overlooking the 9th fairway. As its name suggests, Vilar do Golf is a golfer’s heaven surrounded by the 18-hole championship golf courses situated in the 2,000-acre Quinta do Lago estate.
*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 refund on a difference if you find a better offer
Quinta do Lago North course Quinta do Lago, Algarve
The North course at Quinta do Lago wears its history well. Laid out originally in 1974 and expanded through the late 1980s, it was reborn in 2014 after a €9.6 million rebuild led by architect Beau Welling and former Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley, one of the most thorough renovations any Algarve course has seen. The result plays every bit as sharp as that investment suggests.
The layout runs anti-clockwise through corridors of umbrella pines, and it rewards a golfer who can shape the ball right to left. Sandy, natural terrain and spring wildflowers give it a wilder character than its manicured neighbours, while the bunkering, rebuilt from scratch in the renovation, is some of the most exacting in the region. The par-4 12th is the hole most golfers remember: a lake runs the length of the fairway and reaches almost to the green, forcing a long, precise iron into a well-guarded target. Water returns to close out the round on the 18th, so there is little room to relax at either end.
Facilities include a full driving range, a resident academy, and a clubhouse restaurant overlooking the course. The North pairs naturally with its more famous sibling, the South, for golfers looking to sample both sides of Quinta do Lago's reputation in one trip. For anyone who enjoys a course that plays as good as it looks, this is one of the region's genuine tests. (...)
Quinta do Lago South Course Quinta do Lago, Algarve
The South Course is William F. Mitchell's original design for Quinta do Lago, part of the 27 holes he laid out in 1974 that also gave the resort's North Course its first nine. It's the estate's founding layout, set among umbrella pines beside the Ria Formosa Natural Park, and it hosted the Portuguese Open eight times between 1976 and 2001, Colin Montgomerie among the winners with a course-record 63 in 1989.
It's a par-72 of around 6,500 metres, run as two anti-clockwise loops: the front nine rewards a draw, the back nine a fade. Elevated tees, rolling fairways, and doglegs, three of them sharp, keep the tee shot honest throughout. Water shows up mostly on the back nine, though the 3rd is worth minding early, a risk-reward par-4 with a lake down the left. The signature hole is the 15th, a long par-3 played entirely over water with the Atlantic in view beyond it.
The buggy isn't essential here, and the resort adds a driving range, an academy, a clubhouse restaurant and snack bar, locker room and pro shop. Book a round at the course European Tour pros still call their favourite in the Algarve, and the one every other Quinta do Lago layout is measured against. (...)
Quinta do Lago Laranjal Golf Course Quinta do Lago, Algarve
Laranjal golf course is Jorge Santana da Silva's design for Quinta do Lago, the third course to open at the resort, arriving in 2009. It's routed through what was once an orange grove in the Ludo Valley, a couple of kilometres from the main estate, and takes its name from laranja, Portuguese for orange. In 2011 it was voted best golf course at the Portuguese Travel Awards.
The layout runs against type: five par-5s, eight par-4s and five par-3s, for a par 72 stretching to around 6,480 metres. The ground is flat, with no severe slopes, and easy to walk. Tree cover here is lighter than at Quinta do Lago's other two courses, with orange trees, cork oaks and umbrella pines set more for character than containment. Water spreads across both nines and gathers on the back, where the 16th, a par-5, plays as the signature hole, with several lakes putting a premium on placement over power.
The clubhouse holds a restaurant and snack bar, and there's a driving range and academy with resident professionals, along with a pro shop. Buggies come fitted with GPS, though there's no locker room on site. Book a round at the newest of Quinta do Lago's three courses, and one with a character all its own. (...)
