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Portugal golf holidays – Golf Holidays Breaks in Algarve Portugal

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Salgados Golf Course. Golf Holidays Breaks in Algarve

Salgados Golf Course

Golf Holidays Breaks in Algarve

The Algarve, being the most southern province of Portugal, offers a semi-tropical climate, a cold winter and hot, but very pleasant summers, providing conditions for fantastic golf breaks all year round. There are 39 Golf Courses in the Algarve from west to east and almost all of them offer several options for multiple games, “golf packages”, where the player gets advantageous discounts. We have the example of dynamic packages that start from 2 or 3 rounds and offer an additional discount, such as the Vilamoura golf courses or the Amendoeira Resort. Vilamoura also offers Taylor made packages on its 5 golf courses, the traditional Old Course, the emblematic Victoria golf course and the popular Pinhal, Millennium and Laguna golf courses owned by the Dom Pedro group and therefore the options are many and with different types of discounts. A Group of 8 or more golfers have a free round for 1 player. Golf professionals also benefit from amenities and special conditions.

Quinta do Lago also offers combinations of 3, 5 or more rounds on its three golf courses, Laranjal, Quinta do Lago South and North, offering one free player in 16 and special conditions for the golf professionals.

Vale do Lobo on the two golf courses, Ocean and Royal also offer 1 free player in 8, a package of 3 rounds with 1 free round, excellent for those who want to play more than one round of golf at Vale do Lobo golf courses in the centre of the Algarve.

For the best golf holiday, we at Tee Times Golf Agency have around 60 golf packages to choose from all golf courses in the Algarve.

The most important areas of the Algarve for your golf holidays are Vilamoura, Vale do Lobo, Quinta do Lago, Lagos, Portimao Carvoeiro and Tavira, all of them have a set of very important Golf Courses such as Palmares, Boavista and Espiche, in Lagos.

Portimao has the legendary Penina Golf Course designed by Sir Henry Cotton and the excellent Morgado and Alamos Golf Courses, set in a peaceful environment at the foot of the Monchique mountains. The Morgado golf course, more demanding, recently home of the Portuguese Open and the Alamos golf course shorter but very demanding golf course in the short game, very wavy greens. Two good options in the region. In Carvoeiro, we have the Vale da Pinta & Gramacho golf courses and in Albufeira, the Salgados golf course is a lot of fun and not too far to the north after the highway, golf players can find the amazing Amendoeira Resort, Faldo and O´Connor golf courses and the popular Silves golf course.

In the Tavira area, in the eastern part of the Algarve, we have the best golf course in Portugal, and one of the best in Europe, the Monte Rei North golf course with the signature of Jack Nicklaus.

A little further south two excellent golf courses, Quinta da Ria & Quinta de Cima, plus the Benamor and Castro Marim golf courses, both very popular and pleasant to play and a course designed by the legendary Severiano Ballesteros that is Quinta do Vale, complement the golf offer in Tavira which is quite comprehensive and suitable for all types of players and provide also some great golf holidays in that part of the Algarve.

Algarve Golf and Gastronomie at Rota do Petisco 2019

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Algarve Golf and Gastronomie at Rota do Petisco 2019

Algarve Golf and Gastronomie at Rota do Petisco 2019

From April 24 to May 26, all the excuses are good to go to the Algarve. The tradition and richness of the Algarvian gastronomie with typical and genuine flavors are celebrated in the 9th edition of the “Rota do Petisco“, an event that, over four weeks, proposes a route for more than 250 of the best restaurants in the region, including in Lagos, Portimão, Silves, Faro and Tavira. A total of 303 restaurants and cafés from 12 counties, will be ready to welcome you with a tasty tapa, a glace of wine and enthusiasm.

To embark on this trip, participants must purchase a Passport (for sale at information points and participating restaurants), at a cost of € 1.50, which totally reverts for different local social projects. For each 12 stamps added in the Passport (for each 12 restaurants visited), the participants are still qualified for a set of prizes, to be drawn at the end of the event.

Algarve Golf and Gastronomie at Rota do Petisco 2019

Rota do Petisco 2019

Among the participants in the Delight Snack Road are the Pousada de Sagres, Tivoli Hotel (Lagos), Mar d’Estorias (Lagos), Faina Museum (Portimão), Taberna de Portimão, Maria do Mar (Portimão) , the Recanto dos Mouros (Silves), the Come in the Drawer (Tavira), the Salt Water (Tavira), the WAX ​​(Faro) or the Chalavar (Faro). The itinerary includes an “author’s menu” – the Road of the Chefs – with dishes prepared by some of the most respected chefs of the region, especially Megan Melling (Mar d’Estórias), José Moura (Tivoli Lagos) and Nuno Martins (Vista Rio Restaurant – Aguahotels Riverside), in Parchal, near Portimão.

The prices are the same as the General Delight Snack Road. There is also an “alternative menu” for the younger ones, precisely the Road of the Little Ones, where they promise suggestions adapted to the taste of the young.

After or before a round of golf on one of the 40 golf courses around the Algarve, you can enjoy this beautiful initiative, and combine Golf and gastronomie.

A complete list of participating restaurants and other information can be found on the Petiscos Road page here.http://rotadopetisco.com/

Not to be missed, the cultural program energized by the municipalities and parish councils participating in the Petisco Route.

Algarve Golf and Trade Awards

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vale do Lobo. Algarve Golf and Trade Awards

Algarve had four winners in Portugal Trade Awards

The Zoomarine, Vilamoura Marina, Conrad Algarve and the Farmhouse of the Palms were Algarve representatives, and winners at Portugal Trade Awards 2019, whose awards ceremony took place last week.

The ceremony, sponsored by the newspaper Publituris, was attended by the Secretary of State of tourism, Ana Mendes Godinho.

The Zoomarine triumphed in the category ‘theme park‘, for which was also named the Aquashow Park Hotel.

The Marina of Vilamoura was considered the best Portuguese marina, category in which it competed against the marinas of Portimão, Albufeira and Lagos, among others.

Marina of Vilamoura. Algarve Golf and Trade Awards

Marina of Vilamoura

The Conrad Algarve won in the category of «Luxury Hotel», beating other units in the Algarve, such as Anantara Vilamoura and Vila Vita Parc Resort & Spa.

Finally, the Farmhouse of the Palms won in «Accommodation in Rural Space».

Vale do Lobo is the best resort in Portugal

Vale do Lobo was recognized the “Best Resort in Portugal” at the 2019 Today’s Golfer Travel Awards, reaffirming the success of the resort as a premium golf destination.

These prizes are the result of the vote of readers of the publication who have played golf courses all over Europe and have expressly chosen Vale do Lobo as a resort of excellence for quality / price, service, course conditions, accommodation and general environment.

Vale do Lobo was distinguished by the fact that it brings together “everything you need for a fantastic golf holiday, including two golf courses (Royal and Ocean) of great quality and with a success story on par with spectacular holes right by the sea.”

Vale do Lobo. Algarve Golf and Trade Awards

Vale do Lobo

According to Hernani Estevão, Golf Director of Vale do Lobo, this award is the recognition of the resort philosofie and is success formula: “It is with great pride and satisfaction that once again we obtain this merit and recognition from the annual awards of Today’s Golfer Travel Awards.

Both golf courses of the resort, Royal and Ocean golf courses provide a unique experience for all golfers that visit and play, at Vale do Lobo, and that differentiates the resort by the several facilities and services of excellence that it aggregates, proving the reason why Vale do Lobo constitutes more and more a premium destination of choice”.