I’m not someone who typically takes the time to write reviews, however, following my round at Gramacho (one of the Pestana, courses) this week, I am compelled to do so. I am fortunate to live in the US and to have played many good courses over the years. I have heard much about the great golf in the Algarve and was excited to play at Gramacho. Unfortunately, this course fell woefully short of my expectation. Firstly, the greens were shaggy, bumpy, slow and just in really poor condition. Secondly, the service and hospitality was poor. The staff seemed rather unhappy and were unhelpful and cold. Also, this part of Portugal is often >90F at this time of year, and the day we played was no exception. There is not a single water station on the entire course!!!!! A guy stopped by twice to sell us small bottles of water. Not only was that not often enough, selling water in those temperatures when we had just paid 100 euros to play is simply not good enough. We had planned to have lunch and have a few beers after the round but decided to spend our money elsewhere instead. Lastly, the carts/buggy’s did not include GPS, which would no be a big deal if the many sprinkler heads had distances on them. Not a single sprinkler head had a distance on it. A simple, cheap and effective way to make the round more enjoyable and faster. I hope someone from Pestana reads this - there is much work to be done at Gramacho.