This is one golf course you really can’t miss when on a golf break in Vilamoura. Get it booked up and tick another golf course off your must play list.
AT A GLANCE
Golf courses
The Royal Golf Course has rolling fairways set amidst pine trees and beautiful lakes. Features include the almost island green of the 9th and the famous 16th Par 3 over the cliffs.
Former host to the Portuguese Open, Vale Do Lobo is home to two of the most stunning golf courses in Europe. With European Tour members Brian Davies and Jarmo Sandelin regular visitors, be careful who you bump into in the clubhouse.
Royal Course (Vale do Lobo Royal Course)
The acclaimed Royal Course is among the top 100 best golf courses in Europe. The Royal Golf Course has rolling fairways set amidst pine trees and beautiful lakes surrounded by wild flowers. Its features include the almost island green of the 9th and the famous 16th, with cliff-top carryover – one of the most celebrated golfing images in the world, which has become the veritable symbol of golf in the Algarve.
The Royal Course has plenty of water hazards, sand traps and generally more length than its neighbouring course, offering a much sterner test of golf. The 16th is one of the most famous holes in Portuguese golf, a par 3 requiring a shot of over 235 yards over three spectacular cliffs to reach the green.
18 Holes, Par 72, Yardage 6616. .
Accommodation
The 5* Vale do Lobo Resort is on site, you can also stay at: Pinus Ria, Monte da Quinta Club, Dona Filipa Dom Pedro Golf or Marina Vila Gale Ampalius or Marina.
Where you can stay
Vale do Lobo Resort
This resort is one of the finest in Europe, choices range from one bedroom apartments to four bedroom villas with a private pools. Every sporting whim is catered for here not to mention two outstanding golf courses.
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Vila Sol Renaissance Spa & Golf Resort
Blending into the environment this fantastic golf resort features all that you’d expect from a 5* and more. Hotel bedrooms are set away from the main hotel building and are furnished to a very high standard.
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Monte da Quinta Club
This unique resort offers a choice of townhouses and villas, all with their own pool and garden,
the interiors have all been designed to the highest quality with facilities from washing machines to playstations.
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Dona Filipa & San Lorenzo Golf Resort
With 154 guestrooms, many with superb views of the surrounding scenery, the Dona Filipa & San Lorenzo Golf Resort Hotel is a fantastic location to take a golf break. With superb facilities and great service it’s hard to find better in the region.
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Vale do Lobo means “Valley of the wolves” in English
Location
The Royal Course is in Vale do Lobo (30 mins west of Faro Airport)
Maps and directions