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Tom
from United States
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Wed, 9th Jul 2025 Fantastic course Well maintained course, great greens and fairways with a good amount of hazards. Will suit all skill sets |
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Eduard
from Virgin Islands, British
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Mon, 30th Jun 2025 Vale de Lobo Ocean course Spectacular layout! Excellent greens and well maintained fairways. Light rough is mainly grass but grips your club, BE AWARE! |
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Thomas
from United States
Vale do Lobo Royal on Fri, 27th Jun 2025 Great course maintained immaculately. Short enough from the yellow tees but a real challenge from the whites. Highly recommend |
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MARK
from Ireland
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Sat, 31st May 2025 Ocean Never Disappoints The Ocean course at Vale Do Lobo is always a good day out , great layout , conditioning and makes you think off the tee with plenty of risk reward shots on offer. I walk with a motocaddy and find it better as you can go direct to your ball . We would really recommend playing and also special mention to the staff who are lovely |
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Peter
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Royal on Sun, 25th May 2025 Absolutely amazing. Great views and stunning back 9 |
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alan
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Tue, 20th May 2025 Love this course, stunning views, some challenging holes and superb 19th hole to finish |
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Kevin
Bloe
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Tue, 20th May 2025 Kev Bloe - Lads golf trip Excellent Course, greens and fairways in great condition. We played in tough windy conditions but the views were outstanding, especially on the back 9. Great facilities, if you are going straight to the airport from last days golf, I would recommend this course. |
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Jason
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Thu, 15th May 2025 Superb from arrival to drinks at the bar afterwards. Course in excellent condition from tee to green. A good test for all handicaps. |
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Jonathan
Bradbury
from United States
Vale do Lobo Royal on Fri, 9th May 2025 Awesome par 3 Played Twilight on the Royal. Course in good condition but greens were a tad bumpy as we played late afternoon. 16th par 3 over the ocean is awesome and the rest of the course has a good layout. Definitely recommend |
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Conrad
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Mon, 31st Mar 2025 Too Slow Great course in decent condition considering all the rain they had had got the last month or so. Played 2 rounds. On the Tues we got paired with 2 great guys and had a very enjoyable round. On the Thurs we were a 2 ball stuck behind 3-4 groups of hackers. What we could see in front of us defied belief. Not sure why they ask for your World Handicap Index at Reception as they clearly don’t check it. The people in front of us shouldn’t be on a golf course of this standard and price. 5 minute waits on every shot not acceptable. I phoned reception and complained and also spoke to the on course Marshall but he just shrugged and said “it’s slow today”. |
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IAIN
from Israel
Vale do Lobo Royal on Tue, 25th Mar 2025 4 ball in March Amazing views and some beautiful holes. The course was in exceptional condition and the set up was perfect . |
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Ken
Sommer
from Luxembourg
Vale do Lobo Royal on Mon, 24th Mar 2025 Royal course review Course was very nice though certainly was impacted with recent rains (water in sand bunkers etc.). Pace was very good until the 9th hole with further backups on 12-14. I mentioned to ranger monitoring play they need push some groups along, especially give that you had started to rain. Otherwise a nice day. |
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barbara
from Canada
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Thu, 13th Mar 2025 OUt of 14 courses, this one is my favorite course, its is stunningly beautiful and the entire development is first class. |
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Frans
from Portugal
Vale do Lobo Royal on Mon, 10th Mar 2025 Beautiful day for golf Well maintained, challenging, but busy |
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David
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Wed, 19th Feb 2025 Great but so slow This is a great course with much variety, good long holes and really well presented. The holes by the ocean are spectacular with the roar of the surf. This is good because it took 5 hours 20 minutes to get round. These courses must inspect handicaps and keep hackers off when it's busy. The wait spoiled a great day. |
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Annie
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Mon, 17th Feb 2025 Beautiful views with stunning ocean views. However we found it challenging with thick rough and no run on the fairways which makes it a very testing round of golf. It would have been better had the tee times been more structured as we were constantly being asked to let individual and 2 balls through which did slow our game. All staff were very attentive. One minor moan - the on course toilets left a bit to be desired. |
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Annie
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Royal on Mon, 17th Feb 2025 Nice design. Very nice condition. Long walks between tees should you use a trolley. Very nicely tended course and we enjoyed it very much. |
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David
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Royal on Fri, 7th Feb 2025 Fairways and greens were very good ,the weather started off nice but turned to rain and wind on the 12th golf went a little down hill from there but still enjoyed the day ,the staff from the girls on the golf desk to the starters and the guys in the trolly shed were first class Just one small issue on parking (not enough parking spaces in my opinion) |
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David
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Fri, 7th Feb 2025 The course was in great condition ,staff on the golf desk were very professional and pleasant ,played on the 3for 2 deal ,had a lovely day |
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Keith
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Royal on Fri, 7th Feb 2025 Fantastic round Great condition and greens receptive. Very good twilight rate and round in less than 4 hours |
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Pops
Pops
from United States
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Tue, 28th Jan 2025 Must play Teed off at 7:45 . Walked . Beautiful scenery nice lay out fair course . 12 handicap and played from member tees . Staff was pleasant . Only negative would be 50 Euros for a Buggy! |
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Sergii
from Portugal
Vale do Lobo Royal on Sat, 18th Jan 2025 A great course inside of construction area Great golf course, but so heavy urbanization around! Last 15 years a lot of constructing noise around... Business for the management of Club much more important then pleasure of golf... |
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Birgit
from Germany
Vale do Lobo Royal on Mon, 6th Jan 2025 Mixed experience twilight round Course is in decent condition. The Layout is interessant and variable. However, greens have quite some holes and fairways consist of a variety of grass types which provides a rather uneven surface sometimes. Due to the heavy rains the night before there were also wet spots but tolerable. Also play was very slow with 5 hours for 18 holes. |
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Paul
Vale do Lobo Royal on Fri, 6th Dec 2024 Course nice some greens poor |
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Paul
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Fri, 6th Dec 2024 Absolutely beautiful course |
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Angelo
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Fri, 29th Nov 2024 Course is fine but the greens were in abad state, lots of traffic |
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Steve
Thompson
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Fri, 15th Nov 2024 Some fantastic holes Great course with some lovely holes. Greens lets it down slightly though in Nov 24. They were slow and very soft. But that’s probably just the time of year and them looking to protect them. |
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Andrew
from Portugal
Vale do Lobo Royal on Sat, 9th Nov 2024 Still good, but Great Course - A challenge but still the odd Birdie available - Greens still fast but the pitch marks are awful. So many inconsiderate golfers. Green Fees acceptable but €50 for a buggy! |
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Michael
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Wed, 6th Nov 2024 Terrible pace of play! Teed off at 13.50. Far far too many players on the course. I walked off after 15 holes after more than 4.5 hours. The course has a few pretty holes on the back 9 but otherwise extremely average. Condition was average too. The management are to blame for squeezing too many players on the course which means waiting on every tee and ultimately spoiling the golfing experience. One to avoid!!!! |
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Nicholas
Fletcher
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Royal on Thu, 24th Oct 2024 Still a VG course. Still a VG course and a must play on the Algarve. Greens a bit scabby in places , some great holes and a fair price . |
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Mike
Rodgers
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Royal on Wed, 23rd Oct 2024 Excellent condition, tight off the tee Vale do Lobo Royal course was in great condition when we played; perfect tees, fairways and greens. The sand in the bunkers is powder soft, what I imagine the sand that the pros experience to be like. It is an exacting course off the tee. Sometimes there is space to spray it but often holes are flanked by houses meaning you need to drive it straight to play well. There are some real standout holes, specifically the 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 14th, 15th and 16th, all of which involve water perfectly placed to provide challenge. But the rest of the course is also memorable. It is relentless off the tee because of the bunker placement, one each side of the fairway between 220 and 250 yards on almost every hole. It is expensive to play but the condition of the course almost makes it worth it. We teed off early (8.40am) and the pace of play was some of the best we experienced in the Algarve i.e. we got round in less than 4.5 hours, which was a treat. |
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Tom
from Russian Federation
Vale do Lobo Royal on Tue, 8th Oct 2024 Below par course Apart from the signature 16th, this course is way below the standard of the courses in the surrounding area. The green fees are not justified at all. |
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Jack
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Royal on Mon, 7th Oct 2024 Stunning course |
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Corinne
from Virgin Islands, British
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Mon, 7th Oct 2024 Vale do Lobo Ocean Course Review Check in was very easy and Staff were all friendly. The course was busy but pace of play moved well and we took around 4.5hrs to play the 18 holes. The Course is not maintained in terms of unfilled divots on the fairways, which was disappointing. Vale do Lobo should make it mandatory for every player to carry a Sand Bags on their Golf Trolley/Bag and provide Bottles of Sand on each Cart, so that divots can be filled in on the fairways. Also despite signs on every flag on the greens, players were failing to repair their pitch marks. We also noticed that the Greenkeeping Staff are allowing the Kikuyu grass to encroach onto the Greens which will negatively affect the putting surface, unless they work on this very soon. In summary, we were slightly disappointed with Vale Do Lobo Ocean Course, in terms of the maintenance of the course, and would choose other better maintained courses in the area, to get our value for money in the future. |
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Mark
from england
Vale do Lobo Royal on Sat, 5th Oct 2024 Vale do Lobo October 24 Great course , well maintained couple of greens could have been better |
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Marcus
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Royal on Thu, 5th Sep 2024 Good but not great Played Royal & Ocean back to back in consecutive days. Enjoyable experience overall but the greens were possibly the worst I’ve seen them. Scraggy and bumpy. We tee’d off at 9am and both the fairway and rough was sodden. Rough extremely difficult to play from. |
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Marcus
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Thu, 5th Sep 2024 Ocean delivers Ocean delivers again. Played Royal & Ocean back to back in consecutive days. Ocean was certainly the better of the two with the greens being the big difference. Overall tee to green the course was in good shape considering it’s towards the end of the season. Due to the course being heavily watered, the rough is punishing. Costs everyone playing many shots. Bunkers were impeccable. |
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Nick
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Royal on Fri, 30th Aug 2024 Royal Course Vale de Lobo A very nice course in good condition though the second time we played it the greens had just been spiked. On some holes buggies not allowed on any part of the fairway which is inconvenient. |
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Stefan
Lahme
from Germany
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Sat, 24th Aug 2024 Go there I rate it 4 stars for the Algarve, otherwise 3 stars. Why? It is a nice course with some great holes on the Bach nine, but also some weak uphill holes. Good condition. I recommend it for the area |
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Tony
from New Zealand
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Sat, 10th Aug 2024 Awesome great course and facilities at this club |
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Tony
from New Zealand
Vale do Lobo Royal on Sat, 10th Aug 2024 Excellent course in great condition Awesome |
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MARK
from Ireland
Vale do Lobo Royal on Mon, 5th Aug 2024 The Royal more than just the famous 16th VDL Royal is always an enjoyable round of golf, from the generous opening par 5 to some beautiful holes all the way till you get to the famous par 3 16th , don’t be short or left ! The royal will test you because some of the par 4’s need accuracy off the tee when taking driver , would I recommend playing the royal , yes I would 100% |
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Craig
Smith
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Thu, 1st Aug 2024 great course, lovely venue, it had absolutely chucked it down for hours and house through the night before we played, i was expecting the course to be in a bad way, it wasn't, greens pure and very quick, took a while for the beer cart to arrive when we called, but other than that, great course |
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MARK
from Ireland
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Wed, 31st Jul 2024 Quality as per usual A great course in the Vale do lobo and Quinta do Lago region , I play it a couple of times per year , condition of the course is always at a high standard , it is a touch more friendly off the tee than the Royal , playing at 07.20 means a lot of workers on the course so flow of the round wasn’t there , maybe got unlucky that Wednesday is a big maintenance day , for the green fee price of the Ocean course it’s one not to be missed |
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Remi
from Russian Federation
Vale do Lobo Royal on Sun, 28th Jul 2024 Stunning views Good fairways and greenw |
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Remi
from Russian Federation
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Sun, 28th Jul 2024 Good quality of the greens and fairway, wish a bit more marshals to avoid slow play |
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Tony
from Portugal
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Sat, 20th Jul 2024 Outstanding Course Course layout was amazing and scenery was breathtaking. Great service ..5 star!!! |
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John
Rivers-Moore
from Romania
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Mon, 15th Jul 2024 Good course - few items could improve service Some stunning holes on the back nine, which made it much more enjoyable although it was also more challenging than front nine. No delays on course which was great. We were disappointed that the driving range was limited to a maximum 9 iron, but we weren’t informed about that before buying too many tokens (non refundable) and we were unable to use 1 bay with net around it for (wood through to 8 iron) as it had holes in it - apparently to be replaced next week. Maintenance crew out on hole 5 at left bunker were also in danger as unsighted from tee box and weren’t helpful in moving their cart to allow a 2nd shot chip into the green. |
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Kai
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Royal on Thu, 27th Jun 2024 5* review isn’t enough. The 16th hole is worth the green fee alone. We booked under the twilight tee at 3:20, and just about managed to complete 18 holes. Course was in excellent condition and will long live in the memory! |
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Thomas
from United States
Vale do Lobo Royal on Thu, 27th Jun 2024 Challenging course in great condition. Played in high winds. The par three 16th into the wind was a beast today. Great fun though. |
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Alessanbondi
from Italy
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Tue, 18th Jun 2024 Top 5 stars |
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Alessanbondi
from Italy
Vale do Lobo Royal on Tue, 18th Jun 2024 Good but …. After played the Ocean , the royal is 2 stars less to many transfer |
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Gary
from Portugal
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Fri, 14th Jun 2024 Speed up, please! Our 4 ball had to wait on virtually every shot … even after the two 2 ball groups in front joined together (because they were being held up)!!! Something has to be done about the pace of play, its way too slow (especially as everyone was in buggies). |
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Shaun
from United States
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Sun, 9th Jun 2024 Course was in ok shape. A few holes (on the back) were really nice, front 9 was otherwise boring. We didn’t see a beverage cart until well into the back 9 despite calling for one at least 3-4 times. Very disappointing considering it was really hot that day. I did mention this to the course admin but they said the beverage cart is not managed by them but rather the restaurant attached. Such a shame. |
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Beat
from Switzerland
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Mon, 3rd Jun 2024 nice course but slow play in front of us and the athmosphere of restaurant is more of an english pub (drunk guests and loud music) than a nice 19hole where you can relax and enjoy the views... |
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William
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Royal on Sun, 2nd Jun 2024 Royal round A very challenging course in excellent condition with great facilities and friendly staff |
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MARK
from Ireland
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Thu, 30th May 2024 Beautiful Course Vale do lobo Ocean course never disappoints, for the price point it’s at compared to others in the local area it’s in far better shape condition wise , lots of memorable holes on the course and it’s always on our play list every year , clubhouse and food fantastic |
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Ron
Cookson
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Thu, 23rd May 2024 Stunning views |
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Ron
Cookson
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Ocean on Thu, 23rd May 2024 Excellent |
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Dale
from United Kingdom
Vale do Lobo Royal on Sun, 19th May 2024 Royalty in the Algarve Got to love the Royal Course. Great layout, tough greens, good conditions & a few spectacular holes. Should always include in your schedule |
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