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Top 15 golf courses in Portugal

15 celebrated courses in Portugal, from historic links to spectacular resort layouts.

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15 golf courses

  1. 1
    Links

    Oitavos Dunes

    Cascais

    Links-style course among dunes and umbrella pines on the Atlantic coast near Cabo Raso.

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  2. 2
    Resort

    Monte Rei Golf & Country Club

    Vila Nova de Cacela

    Jack Nicklaus signature course set against the hills of the eastern Algarve.

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  3. 3
    Coastal & clifftop

    Royal Golf Course Vale do Lobo

    Almancil

    Algarve course famed for its par-three 16th hole played across ochre sea cliffs.

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  4. 4
    Coastal & clifftop

    San Lorenzo Golf Course

    Quinta do Lago

    Course bordering the Ria Formosa lagoon, with closing holes along the tidal estuary.

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  5. 5
    Parkland

    Dom Pedro Old Course

    Vilamoura

    Vilamoura's original 1969 course, laid out by Frank Pennink among mature umbrella pines.

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  6. 6
    Parkland

    Penha Longa Atlantic Course

    Sintra

    Robert Trent Jones Jr course in the Sintra hills with views towards the Atlantic.

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    Links

    Praia d'El Rey

    Óbidos

    Cabell Robinson course with holes running through dunes beside the Atlantic near Óbidos.

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    Coastal & clifftop

    West Cliffs

    Óbidos

    Cynthia Dye course across dunes and cliffs above the Atlantic on the Silver Coast.

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  9. 9
    Links

    Troia Golf

    Tróia

    Robert Trent Jones Sr links on the sandy Tróia peninsula at the mouth of the Sado.

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  10. 10
    Links

    Palmares Ocean Living & Golf

    Lagos

    Robert Trent Jones Jr course with links holes beside Meia Praia and Lagos bay.

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  11. 11
    Links

    Oporto Golf Club

    Espinho

    Links founded in 1890 by British port wine merchants, the oldest club in Portugal.

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  12. 12
    Parkland

    Vidago Palace Golf Course

    Vidago

    Parkland course first laid out in 1936 in the grounds of the Vidago Palace spa hotel.

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    Coastal & clifftop

    Palheiro Golf

    Funchal

    Course on a hillside estate above Funchal with views over the bay and the Atlantic.

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    Coastal & clifftop

    Porto Santo Golfe

    Porto Santo

    Seve Ballesteros-designed course with clifftop holes on the island of Porto Santo.

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    Mountain & lakeside

    Furnas Golf Course

    Furnas

    Course of 1939 among cryptomeria forest in the volcanic Furnas valley on São Miguel.

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