Someone described it as a ball-eater and it certainly is. Stray off the fairway and it is almost always a reload. Some great holes from the first (with the wall 270 yards off the tee) with several strong and fun par-3s.

Take plenty of balls, hire a buggy and enjoy.

Lovely clubhouse with service to match

I have played many courses in the south of Spain and The Algarve and this one ranks as having the most beautiful setting amongst the Portuguese hills .

There are no developments surrounding the course nor busy roads so it is beautifully peaceful, enabling one to enjoy one’s golf, pure and simple.

The course is quite challenging and requires accuracy in both teeing off and approach shots.

The staff seem friendly and welcoming unlike some others.

The Clubhouse offers super views of the actual course and landscapes surrounding the course.

Price is fair and reasonable.

A real ‘gem’ of a course.

Lovely clubhouse

A joy to play with excellent greens

A hot day to play and we had not understod that we should have booked a buggie in advance. That meant that we only could play the first nine holes. Too hot and Too Tired to continue.

Makes you think about course management.

The positives: Lovely staff, great facilities and clubhouse.

The negatives: The course itself. Far too tight. They obviously didn't have enough land. Lots of scrub and thorny bushes off piste. Lots of OBs and lateral water hazards (without water) Even when you hit a good drive as I did on 18th you can run into trouble into a water hazard on right. We all hit 3 great drives on the first par five on the back nine only to all three lose our balls. I actually lost 9 balls on this round which is a lifetime record for me. Even if you go slightly off you will alnost certainly never find your ball. Not really a course where you can liberally use a driver, so if you're happy to use long irons off the tee then you'll like it.. Nice fairways, slow greens which were in very good condition.

Sorry Espiche, I 100% won't be going back

Welcome was warm and clubhouse very cool and modern. Little bit out of town, down a track being worked on when I visited.

Course is interesting. Fairways are quite thin and yes can easily lose balls in rough. But found it quite interesting. Had to think a lot about shots. The biggest issue was wind. It was really windy when I played. Could turn a decent shot into a absolute disaster, take lots of ammo. But when I got over the slight strop of wind ruining some shots and just decided to enjoy was good fun. Greens very good nick.

Lots of weird bounces on fairways which was challenging.

It may be good to return in about another 5 yrs when the course is more established

We only played 13 holes because it started to Rain.

Out in the open.

At €118 for 2 players inclusive of buggy it is also good value.

Staff were excellent

The receptionist was very welcoming and helpful, the club house was very cool overlooking most of the holes it seemed.

On the course, we were enjoyed the variety of holes as well as the good condition of fairways, bunkers and greens.

Finishing the experience in the restaurant with coffee and pastries rounded the entire experience off very nicely.

Very good value for the money.

We will be back.

Thanks to Algarve Golf for booking the Tee time for us!

Club facilities and staff were excellent too.

It absolutely hammered down for 18 holes.

It was still,open and we had pre paid so felt obliged to play.

Despite the weather ,drainage was fantastic no standing water in the greensand they were true and great condition.

Keep straight though, anything into the rough and it’s worth droppping ,lots of rocks and stones.

Would have been great if there had been a bit of sun in the sky.

Hey ho that’s life.

Would have been a 4 except the fairway quality (esp on front 9) has been badly affected by water shortage.

Quite a tight course and some of the runoffs are quite unexpected.

The fairways are lined by bushes which gobble up balls & thorns dissuade one from retrieving them.

I would suggest better distance signage on tee boxes in relation to walls (at least 2) in the middle of fairways.

Staff were super friendly & the starter really does his best to get one off to a great start - unfortunately 😐 the swing belongs solely to me.

I'll be back hoping to score much better.

we paid a lot of money to travel to the course by taxi as we where stopping around 40 minutes away and the cot of the golf, did complain as we came off at reception and was given a rain check for a return nine holes but who go's to a course like this for nine holes.

Day ruined by a five idiots.

Not much room off edge of fairways. Quite a few blind holes too and with no room for error . A nice clubhouse and friendly staff

An experience but not sure I will repeat it

I had an very poor round ( 21 points!) but enjoyed every one of the numerous swings of my clubs!

We were unsure about starting at all given the rain but were so glad we did. Worth the drive to get to get to Espiche; we plan to squeeze a weekend trip back there (and to Boavista which is nearby) over the coming weeks.

We won’t play anymore Espiche. Two times is sufficient.

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