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James
from United Kingdom
Quinta do Lago South on Sun, 7th Apr 2024 Quinta review Great track but expensive, buggy 55 euros! |
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Steven
Kozlowski
from Canada
Laranjal on Sat, 6th Apr 2024 Laranjal course Excellent service airbag drop, pro shop and starter. The course a good test of golf. Unfortunately, we had to play cart paths only which made it a tough walk. |
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Marc
from United Kingdom
Quinta do Lago South on Fri, 5th Apr 2024 Fab course Fantastic course. Make sure you take your mosquitoe repellent though! Beautiful greens and fairways. |
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Joaquin
from Spain
San Lorenzo on Mon, 25th Mar 2024 Classic and always a magnificent golf course The location of the course, its design and great difficulty make it exciting to play. The disadvantage that the clubhouse is not available, it takes away some of its services to the player. The buggy paths are not very well maintained. And the buggies have very old technology. |
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Joaquin
from Spain
Quinta do Lago South on Mon, 25th Mar 2024 Superb golf course The course is very well maintained, the design of the course is superb, the location is unbeatable. The buggies are top class, with GPS and in very good condition. If I had to say something that could be improved, I would say that the pro shop was not up to the standard of the course and some areas of the course were under repair, which made it difficult to play. |
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Paul
from United Kingdom
Quinta do Lago North on Mon, 25th Mar 2024 Definitely Worth It What a great course, the set up at Quinta is first class. We’ve played Quinta North a few times, always thoroughly enjoyable, although pace of play can be slow, and the course Marshall rarely seems to take action. |
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Philip
from Portugal
San Lorenzo on Sat, 23rd Mar 2024 Disappointing Great course design but has left to deteriorate by the current owners. No clubhouse due to fire. Although iconic (especially the front 9), it really was not worth the green fee. The tee boxes are in very poor condition, and the cart paths are pretty much not fit for purpose. |
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Dominik
from Austria
Quinta do Lago North on Thu, 7th Mar 2024 Perfect day Wonderful golf course, well located, tricky Greens, Perfect Services, friendly marshall |
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Peter
from Germany
Pinheiros Altos on Wed, 6th Mar 2024 Played there Feb 23 & 29, Mar 1 & 6: Layout on all 3 courses is a bit boring, maintenance is ok, not as good as at the QDL/VDL courses. Lots of unrepaired pitchmarks, uneven cart path‘s. buggies too expensive, same as on QDL/VDL, but no GPS and some with old batteries, barely lasting 18 holes. Mats on the range hard as stone! Accomodation Look like from the 70th. Some Investments needed. Since Long time Unfinished condos along left side of Pines 8 & 9 giving a horrific scene, apparently belonging to the owner of the course as well as San Lorenzo. Improvements urgent |
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Peter
from Germany
San Lorenzo on Wed, 6th Mar 2024 Some Spectacular holes Interesting Design, some spectacular holes on the front nines. Cart path often a mess… no clubhouse is inconvenient. Staff is very friendly, oncourse catering is ok |
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David
from United Kingdom
Laranjal on Thu, 29th Feb 2024 Nice course but club house a little disappointingly small and has it was very wet very little space in side Driving range opposite the clubhouse staff very friendly,score suffered by going into so many bunkers , it’s definitely another course I would go back to |
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David
from United Kingdom
Pinheiros Altos on Thu, 29th Feb 2024 Played the olives and the pines ,course has 3 loops of nine ,course was good but the weather wasn’t has nice few holes with water but the bunkers were troublesome for me ,good practice facilities and free balls on the range |
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David
from United Kingdom
San Lorenzo on Thu, 29th Feb 2024 Again another great course in top condition ,the club gave us a lunch bag in compensation to having no clubhouse due to a fire ,very nice day . |
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David
from United Kingdom
Quinta do Lago South on Thu, 29th Feb 2024 Great condition and layout ,greens were pitch mark free ,holes are long so get a good drive in ,pro shop said only the first four holes were up an down ,I would like to carry as many of the holes were up and down ,great experience though |
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Peter
from Germany
Quinta do Lago North on Sun, 18th Feb 2024 Enjoyable course to play. Interesting layout. Course is in great condition Very friendly staff on all QDL Courses |
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Peter
from Germany
Quinta do Lago South on Sun, 18th Feb 2024 Exzellent condition We played Jan 31 and Feb 5. Course is in top condition, well maintained; diversified holes, tricky fast Greens. Staff very friendly, same as oncourse catering |
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Marc
from United Kingdom
Quinta do Lago South on Mon, 12th Feb 2024 Top quality course Superb course, what you’d expect from a course with this reputation. Staff were great. We booked an early start but at hole 9 the rain was so bad we had to give up but the course staff simply booked us to play the back 9 2 days later. As all the locals told us it would - the next day was roasting hot and all the puddles were gone. Not bad for early February! |
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Marc
from United Kingdom
Laranjal on Mon, 12th Feb 2024 Wow what an amazing course Excellent course. Played in Feb and it wasn’t too busy. Relatively new to golf so some of the holes were a challenge but not enough to ruin the day. Would definitely suggest a golf visit to Algarve includes this course. Sure beats contending with boggy courses and howling wind in Lancashire! |
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Peter
Baumann
from Portugal
Pinheiros Altos on Wed, 24th Jan 2024 The course condition - we played Pines and Corks - is better than a year ago (apart from a few GUR), but still doesn't come close to the two Vale do Lobo and the three Quinta do Lago courses. Pinheiros Altos is the frontrunner in terms of buggy prices only: €55 for a buggy without GPS is an outrage in view of the buggy prices at VdL (€50, incl. GPS) and QdL (€45, incl. GPS). |
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Nicholas
from United States
Pinheiros Altos on Wed, 27th Dec 2023 So disappointing. Played Corks & Olives - Corks really is a very disappointing 9, with only a couple of good holes (8&9). Condition of the course was, generally, not great. Cart paths very uneven (good luck if you have a back problem!), but it was the greens that were so poor, they looked like a teenager with particularly bad acne! Either from pitch marks (unrepaired) or, more significantly extensive fungal disease made the greens, already slow, impossible to roll the ball on. Club facilities seem sadly right out of the 80’s - significant £investment is badly needed. Not able to recommend I’m afraid, especially for £100 a round each (including buggy)! |
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Sinead
from Ireland
Quinta do Lago North on Mon, 4th Dec 2023 Sinéad Beautiful course . Staff were very welcoming helpful & friendly. It was a very enjoyable experience |
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Alexandre
from France
Quinta do Lago South on Sat, 2nd Dec 2023 Course in excellent condition and very interesting. |
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Jim
from Portugal
San Lorenzo on Sun, 26th Nov 2023 Most enjoyable |
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Andrew
from United Kingdom
Laranjal on Thu, 16th Nov 2023 Beware the 18th! Interesting course always in tip-top condition. Not too hilly so could be walked comfortably and the playing time was around 4hrs 30, started a little slowly but sped up around the turn. Greens very good. The 18th has to be one of the best finishing holes in the area, risk and reward at its best! |
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Ivor
from United Kingdom
Quinta do Lago North on Fri, 10th Nov 2023 Very good condition although too much walking between greens and tees. Buggies at €55 too expensive. |
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Ivor
from United Kingdom
Quinta do Lago South on Fri, 10th Nov 2023 Very good condition although a challenging course. Buggies too expensive, €55, when you consider they can't go near the greens. We only used one on the first day, from then onwards we hired electric trolleys at €45 for five rounds from Blue Sky Golf November 2023 |
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Ivor
from United Kingdom
Pinheiros Altos on Fri, 10th Nov 2023 Condition not great, particularly the Olives. Mosquitos made it especially problematic. |
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Ian
from United Kingdom
Laranjal on Fri, 10th Nov 2023 Buggy Very early start made the start a bit tricky but very smooth. Golf course in good condition. No problem with pace of play as we were out early. One gripe with a buggy was that the two notices on divots etc came up incessantly on the screen and had to be acknowledged each time. Very annoying. |
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Paul
from Ireland
San Lorenzo on Wed, 8th Nov 2023 Nice course but beware of sandflies and very long No clubhouse. Nice course, but the sandflies would eat you alive. No marshalling on the course, which resulted in a 5 hr 10 min round. Had to wait to hit every shot. |
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Dermot
Quinta do Lago South on Sat, 28th Oct 2023 Excellent Great condition you get what you pay for excellent |
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Anthony
from United Kingdom
Quinta do Lago North on Fri, 20th Oct 2023 A great course to play. As usual at this time of the year it was busy. The first few holes were really slow but after the 4th the groups spread out and we got round in just over 4 hours which for this course in pretty good. The course was in great condition with some challenging holes. |
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Anthony
from United Kingdom
San Lorenzo on Fri, 20th Oct 2023 A great location but the course is declining each year. It needs some TLC and investment soon. You have to start questioning if the green fee is actually worth it. Yes there are some great signature holes but the rest need work. Not their fault but as there is no club house due to the fire surely this should also be taken into consideration in the green fees. |
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Jon
Butler
from United Kingdom
Quinta do Lago South on Thu, 19th Oct 2023 Qunita do Lago South - superb As always a premier golf course in immaculate condition even after a full season of golf |
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Paul
from United Kingdom
San Lorenzo on Wed, 18th Oct 2023 Stunning course but needs a little TLC I was tempted to mark the course down to a 3 but it is still undoubtedly located in a wonderfully unique location, skirting the Ria Formosa, so it’s a 4 presently (for me). The course just needs a little TLC and it’s not too late, providing the owners invest quickly, to raise the standards a little to protect its heritage and reputation. I played the course 15-20 years ago when it was one of the best courses in Europe. |
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Jonathan
from United Kingdom
Laranjal on Mon, 16th Oct 2023 One of the best in central Algarve Wonderful course for the competent golfer. You can see exactly where you should hit each shot and get rewarded when you manage to. Great condition, beautifully manicured and nice speedy greens. Great practice area if slightly away from the course itself. Buggy recommended/ |
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Guilherme
from Brazil
San Lorenzo on Sun, 15th Oct 2023 Dont Go! Very Very bad. |
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Joseph
Mccarthy
from United States
Pinheiros Altos on Sat, 14th Oct 2023 Good layout and overall good w/some dry fairways. Good layout, a few blind shots but had gps and yardage meter so was fine. Long course from whites but really enjoyed the challenge. Greens were in good condition. Played in threesome and pace was excellent (teed off at 7:36 and finished at 11:20.). Fairway had some bare spots but not Terrible as I have read in other reviews. Make agreement with others to move ball in fairways a foot or two even if not marked as ground under. Thinking the drought in region may further affect fairways and should bring price down a bit but for this time at peak October season it was decent and on par with course and conditions. (Understand the having a drought but if can’t water then prices should reflect.) I played cork nine and olives Nine. Cork is in good shape much better than olive. Overall good and would recommend. |
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Darren
from United Kingdom
Quinta do Lago South on Mon, 9th Oct 2023 Yet another sensational Algarve course in pristine immaculate condition, loved it. |
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James
from United Kingdom
San Lorenzo on Sun, 8th Oct 2023 Very disappointing - going downhill rapidly Difficult to know where to start…..have played this course several times over the last 15 years. In June the aged clubhouse burnt down and therefore off course facilities are non existent. Check in is a portakabin in the car park which also contained a fridge for drinks. There previous supply of buggies were destroyed in the fire but the replacement are clearly very old and have been begged & borrowed from anywhere and everywhere. The biggest disappointment of all however is the way the condition of this course has been allowed to decline year on year to the point now where despite the excellent location and course layout, I will never return or recommend anyone to play until serious investment to turn things around. The buggiy paths are dangerous - very uneven due to tree roots and numerous areas where the paving blocks are missing. A bridge over a road which was destroyed by fire 2 years ago has not been replaced. Bunkers unkept & poor quality of grasses on the fairways making taking your club away on the backswing very difficult. Finally, the greens are just awful - see attached picture. All the above is even more surprising given that the course is surrounded but some of the most expensive properties in the Algarve. |
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James
from United Kingdom
Laranjal on Sun, 8th Oct 2023 Excellent course but pace of play an issue Course in very good condition with greens running true & fast. Since my last visit of a few years ago they have switched the routing of the course with the back 9 now becoming the front 9 and vice versa. This new routing definitely flows a lot better but unfortunately the round still took 5hrs 15 mins - this is unacceptable. A Marshall did appear midway though out back 9 but should have been on the case a lot sooner. Overall though, great facilities, nice to see the frequent visits by the buggy bar, especially in the hot weather. |
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Darren
from United Kingdom
San Lorenzo on Sat, 7th Oct 2023 Stunning course with breathtaking views Superb golf course with some absolutely breathtaking views, only downside a conspicuous lack of infrastructure spending leaving the pathways very rough bridge not in use & the obvious lack of a club house at the moment with the place being run out of a portacabin after the fire at the start of the year. |
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Peter
from United Kingdom
Pinheiros Altos on Sat, 30th Sep 2023 Great place,love the island green |
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Paul
from United Kingdom
San Lorenzo on Wed, 27th Sep 2023 Stunning Stunning holes! A real test! |
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Lee
from United States
San Lorenzo on Tue, 26th Sep 2023 Great course just fine details need correcting and would be exceptional |
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Alistair
Riddoch
from United Kingdom
San Lorenzo on Sat, 23rd Sep 2023 Definately Not Worth Current Green Fees Firstly lets put things straight, I am not in the habit of leaving negative reviews, I try to make them as constructive as possible, but I also believe honesty is equally important for other customers. San Lorenzo golf club had a fire recently and the clubhouse is burned to the ground, there is a temporary shop in the car park. Be aware of this before booking there is no changing facilities and no clubhouse facilities and restricted buggy bar facilities on course. We paid over €140 euro to play this course similar pricing to Quinta do Lago North, South and Laranjal courses also in the area. I was led to believe San Lorenzo was a top end course. Well on arrival on the course, tee banks and many fairways showed signs of dead grass and a total lack of maintenance. The standard of sand in the bunkers are a total disgrace. Many of the greens seemed to have some kind of disease and were very patchy. The mono blocked paths around the course for the buggies are also a disgrace and dangerous, many have tree roots underneath pushing up mono blocks everywhere causing uneven surfaces and likleyhood of damaging buggy suspension even at low speed. They say this course used to be one of the top in Europe. I am telling you now, DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY TO PLAY THIS COURSE. It is overpriced because of the 'location' mainly Quinta do Lago. Pay and extra 20 or 30 euro and play 3 quality courses next door as in Quinta do Lago North South or Laranjal which are all night and day compared to San Lorenzo. Even the Vale do Lobo Royal and Ocean courses are much cheaper and 100 times better than San Lorenzo. The course is crying out for some serious course maintenance, and a lack of TLC is evident all around the course. Simply not worth the money. Be aware. |
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Matthew
from United Kingdom
Quinta do Lago South on Fri, 15th Sep 2023 Cracking layout and upkeep is spot on. Worth the extra green fee cost |
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Marcel
Soom
from Switzerland
Quinta do Lago North on Fri, 15th Sep 2023 North Schöne Platz Architektur, harte Fairway's, Greens gut bis sehr gut, Restaurant ab 17.00h giebt es kein Food mehr ! Finde das teure Geld nicht unbedingt gerechtfertigt ! |
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Marcel
Soom
from Switzerland
Quinta do Lago South on Fri, 15th Sep 2023 South Schöne Platz Architektur, harte Fairway's, Greens gut bis sehr gut, Restaurant ab 17.00h giebt es kein Food mehr ! Finde das teure Geld nicht unbedingt gerechtfertigt ! |
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Alan
from United Kingdom
Quinta do Lago North on Mon, 11th Sep 2023 Played here many times and the course was in excellent condition as always. |
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Alan
from United Kingdom
Pinheiros Altos on Mon, 11th Sep 2023 An inexpensive course by Quinta standards but needs some TLC. |
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Muldal
from United Kingdom
Pinheiros Altos on Sun, 10th Sep 2023 50 plus Club annual golf weekend Staff at the course are very helpful, but disappointed in the condition of the greens. I would not hire their clubs again, you don’t get a matching set of irons, rusty clubs with worn out grips. Worth shopping around for these. |
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