Quinta do Lago Golf

Quinta do Lago sits on the edge of the Ria Formosa Natural Park near Almancil and has three courses. The South Course, designed by William Mitchell and opened in 1974, has hosted the Portuguese Open eight times and is regularly listed among Europe’s top 100 courses. Its best-known hole is the par-3 15th, a long carry over a lake. The North Course, also a 1974 Mitchell layout, was redesigned in 2014 by Beau Welling with Paul McGinley, with four sets of tees on every hole.

Laranjal opened in 2009 on a former orange grove, designed by Jorge Santana da Silva. It is par 72 with five par 5s and five par 3s, rolling fairways and mature umbrella pines. Practice facilities are extensive, with ranges at both Quinta do Lago and Laranjal, the Paul McGinley Golf Academy and a TaylorMade Performance Centre. Guests at Hotel Quinta do Lago and Conrad Algarve have a free shuttle to the courses.