Golf Courses Portimão
Alto Golf Course
Alto Golf & Country Club, located in Portugal’s Western Algarve, is a premier golf and country club resort, set in beautifully landscaped gardens with villas, apartments and townhouses, many with superb views of the sea, the golf course or the fabulous gardens.|The winding fairways and elevated greens reflect Sir Henry’s golfing philosophy of providing low handicap players with a testing game and still affording plenty of enjoyment for players at average club level and providing satisfaction and inspiration for beginners. The opening nine holes offer fine views over the bay of Lagos. The back nine, set on rolling slopes, include the remarkable Henry Cotton Challenge, the longest Par 5 in Europe.
Reception: Everyday from 7:45am to 8:00pm
Club House: With Restaurant and Snack bar
With driving range
With an Academy
Trolleys: Manual and Electric
Pro Shop: Everyday from 7:45am to 8:00pm
Golf Lessons: Tony Bennett (TB), Kevin Parry (KP)
Buggies: Without GPS
With putting green
Juniors: Up to 16 years oldAlto Golf Course - latest comments and reviews
102 reviews 8/10
Alan Harris
2021-10-20
We enjoyed this course although it’s quite hard. Buggy hire was a problem we only got one as was very busy. Would recommend it though
Mike Peacock
2021-09-25
Good easy to book and no problems at the golf club
Daniel Kirwan
2021-09-24
Greens in very poor condition.. we requested an extra buggy but we’re told they were not available.. not very helpful staff .. not a great experience overall.. we will not be back next year
Boelscher
2021-09-17
The course is quiet tricky to play and it needs nearly all clubs to play.
We enjoyed our day at the Alto Golf Course and had wonderful weather.
Dorte Lægteskov
2021-09-11
We always enjoy Alto - also this year - it is like comming home
hans spliethoff
2021-06-12
Great but difficult golf course . Good condition altho long grass on fairway borders.
hans spliethoff
2021-05-27
Excellent maintained, not busy, and nice people. The course is a challenge and not easy. Very nice
Andrew Davies
2019-06-24
Pleasant and professional welcome in the shop. Asked to allow a single player to join us which was fine. Interesting course - some tight drives and nearly every green was elevated meaning you couldn’t run shots in.
Thelma Keating
2019-06-13
Beautiful course , greens in very poor condition, made play difficult, but we had a day out.
Garry Gordon
2019-05-02
Lovely course in very good condition and great service from the wonderful staff
James J. Bunyan
2019-04-12
Very challenging to play it for first time.
Robert Hart
2019-04-07
Good reception. The starter was excellent and made sure we had our slot even though it was in the middle of a Swedish visiting party's competition. Everybody was very friendly, played at a good pace (4hours), the course was in good condition. Slight issue that all the flags were on the front of greens with too little variation. But all round a good day.
Uwe Lehmann
2018-08-27
Everything fine. Warm welcome at the reception, shorttimed start procedere, Course in top condition. Everything went well, we will take your Services again, it was the best we even could expect
Chris Hamilton
2018-07-14
Course in good condition. Had been heavily watered so the front 9 plays a lot softer than the back 9. However the greens were firm and fast.
I like what they’ve done to shorten the very long par 5, putting in the par 3. Still a good test.
Andy Davies
2021-01-25
Very helpful in the golf shop in both the welcome and agreeing to a discount for the buggy for our third player. Course itself was disappointing compared to previous experience of it. Many fairways were having work carried out on them but we were not given any prior notice about this.
Eamonn Ryan
2020-03-19
This is a difficult course for a newcomer. Plenty of trees and blind shots!
GEOFF PARTINGTON
2020-02-02
Enjoyed Alto as it is one course which is easy walking. In good condition. The only negative is it is always wet due to combination of ground conditions and heavy watering. Helpful staff.
Dominik L. Zuhorn
2019-12-29
Ein gepflegter Golfplatz, ein wenig langweilig, weil die Löcher überwiegend parallel verlaufen, die ersten runter und hoch, die zweiten waagerecht.
Mr Ronald J Lee
2019-11-20
Good warmer up course. Not particularly challenging. No water on the course. Buggy expensive at 45 euros.
Bill McDonald
2019-11-06
Tamara was very helpful with good understanding of what we wanted
She very helpful
Mick Long
2019-10-28
Nice tight course. Greens sanded so hard to judge. Faoways and tees only average.
steven ostle
2019-10-19
MORE HILLY THAN I REMEMBER
glenn weston
2019-09-14
great course great value and a great price .
Ian Beattie
2019-09-12
Good meet & greet on arrival, Alto team member met us when we arrived, and we were given clear guidance on check in, course was good, and good service in bar after golf
Dino Schoenberg
2019-09-10
Very nice course, narrow but beautiful and challenging in perfect condition.
Stephen Oliver
2019-07-05
Greens had been hollow tined and had not recovered fully at time of play 24/6/19 otherwise good experience all round.
W D Gibson
2019-06-20
The course has been a good test of golf in the past
Unfortunately when we played it had been tyned with a lot of sand on greens/fairways. I would not recommend playing early June. The 10 Euro difference is not worth it , other Pestana courses are better this time of year
pat wallace
2019-06-19
It was raining at our tee time and the starter was very accommodating allowing us to go out later when the rain had stopped
Paul Moore
2019-05-13
Very helpful and would recommend to any one. Will certainly use again next year
Segers eric
2019-04-24
Ok course
Small and difficult to attack greens
Anders Lindblad
2019-04-23
Unfortunately we played it in rain, which makes the whole experience a bit difficult to judge fairly. rather hilly course with many doglegs
Stuart Armstrong
2019-04-06
Very impressed by the improvements made, will always book this course
Richard Oakley
2019-04-05
The reserved golf buggy was not available. Assured by the receptionist that course was flat and walking not a problem. We found it hilly - too many of the holes on plateau greens and many were dog legs to the right.
Allan Moore
2019-02-13
Course in very good condition and pace of play was very good - a very enjoyable experience
Charles Henry Allan Moore
2019-02-08
Course in good condition and pleasant to play but needs more effective marshalling to speed up some groups - we took around 4.45 hours and group in front was very slows so that there was a big gap ahead of them by the end.
Wansink
2019-01-30
Very nice golfcourse.
Bob-Jan dietrich
2019-01-08
Good greens
Heuzeroth Dirk
2019-01-04
Nice to play, good value for money.
Fred Zickmantel
2018-10-31
Challenging especially due to the elevated greens. Greens excellent conditions
Gasche
2018-10-10
It was wonderfulbagain ??????????????
Andy Hennessy
2018-09-24
I have not played Alto for about 4 years, it has improved immensely and I would highly recommend to any golfers, greens are perfect also Fairways & Tee boxes, I enjoyed my game, playing with a couple on Holidays from Bournemouth in England. This Golf course has some lovely features.
R Cavanagh
2018-08-30
A warm welcome and course in excellent condition.
Appleby
2018-08-27
Super service
Appleby
2018-08-27
Great service thanks
Grier Frank
2018-08-24
Quick reliable service
Much appreciated
Hans Ekmann
2018-07-12
Layout dies not coincide with our gps.
Mike Tattersall
2018-07-07
Nice tree lined golf course and a good challenge as the course is quite tight off the tee. Greens were very good.
Philip Sharpe
2018-06-21
Course very wet from the overnight rain and, as a result, the greens were also very slow.
Always very friendly over there and good 19th hole menu.
Paul Brown
2018-06-17
Very challenging tree lined course but in excellent condition
Ann White
2018-06-01
Course & Clubhouse facilities were all very good
Nicholas Georgevic
2018-05-08
Fair test of golf. Some narrow drives, greens tight with good speed.
Michael Graham
2018-04-30
Good course
Clubhouse welcoming
Sean Desmond
2018-04-30
Good Course. Very enjoyable. Disappointed with clubhouse food facilities when we finished
Stuart Armstrong
2018-04-27
We have played alto for many years and since the involvement of Pestana group we have found improvement year upon year until now it is one of our favorite courses which we will play in the future.
Donal Byrne
2018-04-26
in great condition. a bit hilly! we love a few beers overlooking the 18th green.
Arnoul
2018-04-14
Tres bon accueil
Parcours de ville, etroit avec des petits greens surelevés et à plateau...bref, pas simple ;) mais les bons coups sont recompensés ;)
Tres bon moment avec mon pere.
Parfait
Katharina Cugliari
2018-03-27
Good pace, nice service. Excellent first round.
Phil Sharpe
2018-03-24
Course was in good condition and, teeing off first thing, meant we were able to get round quickly.
Friendly staff in the bar and the clubhouse, we will return.
Gordon Sim
2018-03-11
Slow play
Diane McNally
2018-03-01
Course moved well. Everything was fine except the weather!!
Higgins
2018-02-18
On time start and course in very good condition.
Henk Eilander
2018-02-10
Verynice course,
George Rutherford
2018-02-07
well kept course good test and excellent price
Barry Summerfield
2018-01-22
The course was in very good ondition, an attractive but shortish layout. My only criticism was that us as a two ball got stuck behind a four ball for the last seven holes do progress was painfully slow.There was no marshalls going around to Dodd play up. A map of the 18 hole layout on the scorecard would be helpful, more so at the other Pestaba golf courses in the area rather than Altos.
Veronique Quint
2018-01-14
Very nice !
Roberta alder
2018-01-04
Beautiful course. Long sweeping doglegs. Great condition.
Marion Brosens
2017-12-30
Beautiful park land city course in great condition. The new par 3 and the shorter par 5 is a big improvement.
CHARLES COE
2017-11-11
Good course and good greens. Very enjoyable.
Thijs Beetstra
2017-11-01
We always like to play here. Not a spectacular golf course nor very difficult but enjoyable. Some changes were made (two par-5’s became par 4’s, a par-3 was eliminated and a new one created) which made the course even better.
Susan Crawford
2017-11-01
Didn't enjoy this course since it has been changed in layout. Very long par 4s that were hard to reach in 2 good shots!! Very rough grass even on fairways. Disappointing as there has been a lot of work done by pestana to bring this course up to a good standard.
Gordon Sim
2017-10-30
Course condition poor, particularly fairways, speed of plat satisfactory
Daniel Kirwan
2017-10-13
Average course
Geoff Symonds
2017-09-22
Too many players, no marshals to speed slow players
Brian Smith
2017-09-20
Greens were in a pretty awful condition and rest of the course not that great.
Neil Brady
2017-09-18
Nice course, well presented. Only issue on the day was having to wait over and hour for our transfer home and call them a few times.
Trevor Kerr
2017-09-12
Nice layout although some of the party thought the course had too many dog legs. Greens were in average condition
Keith Walker
2017-07-12
Friendly helpful staff
Simon Bussell
2017-05-14
Very good and the greens were in great shape.
Jean Harings
2017-05-05
nice course
Thomas Roberts
2017-05-03
Had a very enjoyable day, very well organised and I am looking forward to applying for my membership and playing in the coming weeks!
Katharina Cugliari
2017-04-19
Nice looking course with some long par 5's. Good shape and good to walk as it is not too long.
Ian Chance
2017-04-19
Really good challenging golf course with most of the greens being elevated but fairly receptive. Not for high handicap players as it is tight in places and accuracy is required.
Owen Joubert
2017-04-04
Great course, some very short holes, but overall a good challenge.
Ronnie McGrath
2017-03-31
Park land Course didn't enjoy. Can play this type of course at home
Denis Duff
2017-03-27
Excellent.
Christine Hopkins
2017-03-17
Course in good condition. Play went well, no hold ups
Paul Fitzsimmons
2017-03-02
Good test of golf and different to Gramacho and Vale da Pinta in terms of playing from the trees! Would have been good of the course to advise golfers of the poisonous caterpillars before play!
Hilary Minto
2017-02-02
A very very busy course that did not seem to have a Marshall monitoring the slow play. We had a tee time of 2.15 and would not have finished before dark. However we walked off after 6 holes as there was a huge queue in front of us for the nest tee.
Susan Crawford
2016-11-13
Course in very good condition.
Robert Blackett
2016-10-15
My least favourite of the four, very small greens but enjoyable all the same.
Staff were friendly
MICHAEL MITCHELL
2016-09-23
I really liked Altos golf course and found it a fair challenge and in good condition, however some members of our group struggled with the course and found it difficult.
Cheryl Myles
2016-09-17
Easy to find. Course in good condition and enjoyable to play.
Rosemary Dobson
2016-06-01
Enjoyed game. Very slow play - took almost 5 hours. We arrived early for our booked tee time of 10.21am, however on arrival we were told by the starter our tee time was 10.48am. We did actually get out at 10.30am because we were a two ball and would have been sandwiched between two four balls. Course condition good.
Jim Redmond
2016-05-28
Friendly, helpful staff and had no difficulty with anything with regards to the golf. I though the cost for this course to be a bit high.
Will not be likely to play it again.
Derek Shortall
2016-05-23
Good
Michaelis, Ulrich
2016-05-11
Well organized and flexible. Enjoyed !
Timo Taipalus
2016-01-21
Good
Daniele Pierrat
2016-01-16
so so
Dominik L. Zuhorn
2016-01-11
Golfplatz sehr schön und gepflegt,
schwierige, leicht zu unterschätzende Grüns
Susan crawford
2015-11-08
Only down side is the cost of the buggies. Very expensive and as we were playing 5 rounds in a row we needed to hire every day. Added 225€ to our week!
Neil Brady
2015-10-24
Rained heavily all day and we had to stop after 7 holes as the course was unplayable, course should have been closed but wasn't. After much discussion, they did give us vouchers for buggies the next day which was positive at least.
Lynne Grant
2015-10-15
Good condition enjoyed our round although it was very slow. 5 hour round.
Tecnicals
*Parkland - Totally
*Undulated - Sloping greens
*Buggy Recommended - If Essential
*Signature Hole - 16th
*Water hazards - 2 Ponds that come into play, plus lateral ditches
*Tree Lined - With Pines and other varieties
*Dogleg - Few but nothing to acute
*Comments - Typical UK style designed course
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