Onsite is a top golf clinic designed to meet your needs and is home to two PGA professionals. The Golf Academy also boasts a state of the art driving range, considered one of the best in Europe that caters for up to 70 golfers and includes 12 covered practice bays.
Regardless of what you’ re after from your holiday; a family relaxing break, the promise of sun-drenched days at the beach, golden stretches of coastline, beautiful rural countryside, historic landmarks and cultural locations – all make it the perfect holiday destination with golf at the top of the list.
DONA FILIPA HOTEL
The Dona Filipa Hotel in Vale do Lobo offers everything that a golfer could possibly require from their golfing holiday. Although the hotel and golf course are not adjacent to each other, both are located in the stylish area of Vale do Lobo.
The Dona Filipa Hotel is located 200m from the Vale Do Lobo Beach, and welcomes all with a touch of style and the essence of true quality service. The Hotel upgraded all public areas of the facility including the lobby, lounge and bar, along with 51 rooms and suites in 2015. The new interior design concept embraces both the elegance and charm of the Dona Filipa Hotel, whilst keeping the original Portuguese style.
The hotel offers three types of golf packages, namely“ The Unlimited Golf Package”,“ The Short Break Golf & Spa Package” and“ The Golf Spikes & Spa Package”. These packages are designed to offer golfers flexibility and value across one, three or seven nights. They also offer various prices, depending if you would prefer the Classic Twin Room or an Ocean Suite with panoramic views. Dona Filipa Hotel guests are given exclusive access to play both the San Lorenzo Golf Couse and the Pinheiros Altos Golf Course.
SAN LORENZO GOLF
The San Lorenzo Golf Course was opened in 1988, designed by American golf architects Joseph Lee and Rocky Roquemore who took full advantage of the wonderful topography on the Quinta do Lago estate, including beautiful Bermuda grass fairways, undulating pine woodland and the beautiful Ria Formosa Estuary. One of the most famous golf courses in the Algarve, access is available exclusively to guests of Dona Filipa Hotel, Formosa Park hotel, and of course, to those who are lucky enough to be private members.
The San Lorenzo Golf Course is laid out in a figure of eight and at the heart lies the San Lorenzo Clubhouse, with a golf pro shop, comfortable changing facilities and a welcoming bar and restaurant. The club also provide excellent practise facilities such as a driving range and short game facilities such as chipping greens, bunkers and putting greens.
The TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence is one of the most recognised and coveted hallmarks of quality for tourist destinations around the world, which – like all of JJW Hotels & Resorts’ Algarve properties – San Lorenzo has been recently awarded; as well as being a nominee in the‘ Best Golf Course’ category at the Publituris Portugal Travel Awards 2016.
FORMOSA PARK HOTEL
Formosa Park Hotel is a modern, 4-star resort hotel near Almancil in southern Portugal that offers guests 61 suite apartments, all fully equipped and furnished to the highest standards of comfort.
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