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Golf all year round! |
The Algarve is one of Europe´s top golfing destinations and has firmly established its reputation as a quality golf destiny.
The quality of the golf courses, many of them designed by the very best international architects and specialists, such as Sir Henry Cotton, Rocky Roquemore, Arnold Palmer, Frank Pennink, Nick Faldo, coupled with the absolute beauty of the surrounding landscapes, meets the desires of golfers of all levels. The pleasurable climate, with over three hundred days of sunshine, ensures that golf can be played all year round.
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The excellence of the Algarve´s courses is highlighted by luxuriant vegetation - rolling fairways, some set amidst pine trees and beautiful lakes surrounded by wild flowers, others running alongside nature reserve, before leading gently down to the shores of the Atlantic, treating golfers to some of the most spectacular views in the Algarve
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Golf Courses |
Carvoeiro and the surroundings areas in the Western Algarve is a popular tourism destination which is currently positioning itself as an up-market golf destination at competitive pricing.
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Gramacho Golf Course Nick Price, the former world Nr.1 player, has teamed up with the well-known golf course architect, Ronald Fream, to create a uniquely designed 18 hole course with 27 varied greens that enable the golfer to play the same course several times with different greens and new challenges.
Vale da Pinta Golf Course The Pinta Course is one of the best-designed courses in Europe. It is a Championship course with an exceptional layout designed by the famous American golf course architect, Ronald Fream, and inaugurated in 1992. It has earned a deserved reputation for the outstanding level of maintenance of the course, and its design, which makes it a challenge to golfers of all standards. The Pinta Course was 5 consecutive times host to the Seniors Tour. The fairways are Bermuda grass, while strategically positioned sand bunkers protect the greens, clad in Pen Cross Bent, and two ornamental lakes influence play at four different holes around the course.
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Silves Golf Silves is a serene spot, but the course is anything but the proverbial walk in the park. A drive at the opening hole has to flirt with two water hazards on both flanks. A heroic and straight shot will reward the player with an easy uphill approach. Silves encourages and rewards attacking play. The excellent condition, all year round, is ideal for low scoring. A relentless test in precision, this course has no peers. It is the "archetype" of man-sized parkland golf. Most holes offer a spectacular mountain and valley view, overlooking palm trees and olive groves.
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