Penha Longa Golf Course
Penha Longa is a fabulous eighteen-hole course situated in Sintra, only twenty minutes from Lisbon. It forms part of the Protected Landscape Area of Sintra and Cascais.
Robert Trent Jones II, the architect of the course, designed it to best take account of the steeply sloping terrain and excellent views of the surrounding landscape, across the mountains to the sea beyond. This means that the first three holes and the final three are laid out in a valley wooded with pines and studded with granite outcrops.
The sixth to the 13th holes, meanwhile, have been built on a hill offering extensive views over the region.
Its championship characteristics - as well as its excellent level of maintenance - contributed to its being selected, just two years after its inauguration, to host the Portuguese Open Championship. It was unanimously voted by golf professionals as one of the best courses on the European Circuit.
Course details
Recommended: Penha Longa Hotel and Golf Resort.
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Recommended Itinerary
3 nights accommodation at the Hotel Vila Gale Village Cascais playing the following courses:
- Quinta da Marinha
- Penha Longa
- Oitavos
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