| Portugal is a great choice for golf. It's close enough | | | | offers a real taste of "the way golf should be |
| to get to easily and far enough to offer a very | | | | played" without being overly difficult. It's also |
| different feel to back home. On top of that, Lisbon is | | | | beautiful. Spread out amid pine trees, beachside |
| great for food and culture and has plenty of very | | | | dunes and inland water, it's very easy to find yourself |
| good courses within easy reach. Luxury golf holidays | | | | distracted but stay focused, look at how the terrain |
| near Portugal's capital "tick a lot of boxes!" | | | | is shaped and enjoy! Designed by the highly-regarded |
| Here are five golf courses near Lisbon that you must | | | | American architect Cabell B. Robinson, this golf course |
| sample while you're out there. You simply won't find | | | | near Lisbon should definitely be on your list for a |
| a stronger concentration of quality anywhere else in | | | | rewarding round of golf combined with Atlantic |
| the country. | | | | Ocean views. |
| 5. Quinta do Peru | | | | 2. Troia |
| This is a fairly flat and generous course for the most | | | | This is a very fine test of golf and very difficult off |
| part, punctuated with a couple of soft climbs and | | | | the back tees. It's also extremely attractive with the |
| two long par 3's where you'd do well not to drop a | | | | trees, fairways and dunes mingling to perfection. |
| shot. The real bonus about this course is its setting - | | | | Robert Trent Jones Senior designed one of his best |
| in a pine forest of more than 300 acres and with the | | | | courses here and he is deservedly proud of it. It's |
| Arrabida Mountains as a back drop, this fine golf | | | | got his typical hallmarks: bold bunkers, raised greens |
| course in Portugal not only provides a great game | | | | and challenging doglegs but it's got that X Factor too. |
| but is a real pleasure for the eyes as well. It's one of | | | | To get to the club, you need to take a short ferry |
| the most exclusive in the area but we can book you | | | | crossing from Setubal to the Peninsula of Troia - it all |
| a tee-time or two. | | | | adds to the magic of the day. |
| 4. Penha Longa | | | | 1. Oitavos |
| The first thing that will strike you when walking | | | | Regular host to the Portuguese Open, this course is |
| around Penha Longa is that you've left in your | | | | a master class of how to mix bogey, par and birdie |
| camera in your room! The combination of waterfalls, | | | | holes. You can attack, you have to defend and you |
| ancient monuments and gorgeous countryside make | | | | have to think. Play Stableford or Matchplay and try |
| playing this course a real treat - but don't let it | | | | to play the course twice as there are lots of |
| distract you from the course, for this is Trent Jones | | | | surprises first time round. The wide fairways lead to |
| at his most subtle. Well-protected greens and hilly | | | | narrow greens through dunes and umbrella pines so |
| terrain make club selection and playing with your brain | | | | you can be relatively loose off the tee but then it's |
| vital. One of Europe's finest and past host to the | | | | down to the serious stuff! Close to the Atlantic, |
| Portuguese Open. | | | | there's definitely a links feel and the "design" |
| 3. Praia d'El Rey Obidos | | | | clubhouse and delicious estate wines provide the |
| The par 72 Praia d'El Rey is a soft links course that | | | | perfect frame to a great day's golf. |