Alto Golf Course - latest comments and reviews

Nicki Harrison 2025-02-20
Enjoyed the course very nice.

Mark Boon 2025-01-29
Alto is a good course. It’s not easy small greens and tight fairways. You have to try and work the ball both ways to be in the best position. It had rained a lot this week but the course held up very well. The staff were friendly and welcoming. We will of course be back.

Håkan Kallur 2024-11-24
Narrow and dangerous golf course. Absolutly not worth a visit.

Philip Mitchell 2024-11-11
Not a great start, we visited a couple of weeks before playing to confirm no works pending on greens, but that changed and it was like putting on the beach. Paid €6 for a basket of balls, but ball machine not working and pro shop did not have the authority to refund. Course is short and very tight (several times we had to duck from miss directed shots from adjacent holes) with the main defense being a dog-leg to every par 4 and par 5 and every green having severe run-off areas. Severe borrows on many greens. Fun, but there are better courses in the area.

Paul Heffernan 2024-10-21
Very disappointed that we couldn't get buggies. The round was very slow taking 5 and a half hours

Mark Gill 2024-10-15
Very good but lacking in buggies which spoilt the day a bit.

Conor Kavanagh 2024-10-06
Poor outing , jammed ,held up on all holes no buggies available to most ,course in good nick though.

Dorte Lægteskov 2024-08-25
No buggy available so er have to wate

Jackie Robinson 2024-06-02
bit slow as behind a group of 12 young guys!

Jackie Robinson 2024-04-19
Fun and uncrowded well done booking at that time golf appalling!

Deb Reynolds 2023-12-15
Course was very wet, playing very long. Long par 4's into up slopes. All the tees were upturned saucers, not flat. However, no one on the course so it was millionaire golf.

John Stanley 2023-11-01
Alto was in good condition but on arrival not one biggie was available on the day . We had to walk course dragging are clubs along and we would not go back here because you can’t pre book buggies in advance.

Michael Leonard 2023-10-29
Enjoyed the golf course, it was in good condition after all the rain, it was long and we were glad to have a buggy. There was no food available afterwards which was disappointing, especially for the cost of the day out.

Mark Lawman 2023-10-19
Pushed out two two balls in front of us despite the tee times being pre booked

Mark Barnish 2023-10-16
Staff difficult re buggies, fairways condition very poor

Mark Barnish 2023-10-16
Staff difficult re buggies, fairways condition very poor

Brian Macleod 2023-09-17
Course in really good condition. Really tough course that needs all shot shapes.new layout threw the GPS a bit. Would be handy to have slope rating on cards

Lee Donnithorne 2023-08-25
The course was generally in good condition, the greens has been recently spiked and were a bit slow as a result. The course Is very tight in places but quite short, so not unplayable but it is a tough challenge in places. Some of the greens are very tough to hit, with unforgiving surrounds. Not my personal favourite layout but still enjoyable. Disappointing that the kitchen was closed for the day. Not sure if that is a one off or regular, but was expecting lunch at the club and had to go elsewhere.

Alan Cherry 2023-07-15
Greens very good. Fairways a bit patchy in places but considering the time of year very good.

J.P. Visser 2023-06-24
Well mantained course but not total fair. Due to 2 par 4 holes which are not reachabel in 2.

Nathan Gardiner 2023-06-05
Great course, greens had just been too dress and hollow tined so were a little bumpy. Other than that, good experience

Mike Beetlestone 2023-05-15
Like all the courses we played, the course was desperately in need of rain. But third time I've played it and it was better than I thought. Enjoyed the day

Paul Halewood 2023-05-12
Good course but tees need attention. Receptionist not very welcoming. Clubhouse good.

Andrew Bernard Warrington 2023-04-23
Good

Jackie Robinson 2023-03-18
fUN as usual

Peter Stoffersen 2023-03-06
slow play about 2 person flight´s in front of us!!

Marcel M. Hopman 2023-01-09
Wet and unfriendly reception.

Filippus Gunnar Arnason 2022-12-28
We came with good expectations after four days of no rain and were very disappointed to find that fairways were not cut and we are playing like in semi rough on first nine and then hole 16 and 18 on second nine. This should not be offered on a course of this standard, no roll and sometimes problem to find your ball on fairway. Greens are fine.

James Betts 2022-11-16
Tricky course with a lot of doglegs drives hit too far leave you blocked out on many holes....definitely a course that you would benefit playing a few times

Steven Johnston 2022-11-14
Really friendly in reception and the starter went out of his way to be helpful. The course was in good condition, the best greens we played on all week. The waiter who dealt with us after our round was vey friendly. Pace of play was fine. In respect of Palmares on the Thursday, we were paired with a couple who took at least 20 shots to get to every green and then insisted on putting out ! The manager at Palmares failed to show after my complaint the day before, the course bunkers still had not been maintained and the washed out sand damage by the rain was still evident. How they maintain there No 2 rating in the Algarve is baffling. Alto was the complete opposite .

Planje 2022-11-01
was ok

Tom Jones 2022-11-01
Great course. One of our favourites. Buggy rental expensive

Adrian Henderson 2022-10-25
Very tight fairways especially on the front nine. Very fast greens. Enjoyable challenge but a lot of silly pins with the holes cut on severe slopes.

Tatsiana Bulavitskaya 2022-10-15
It was Ok, but play too slowly. No marshal.

Nils Taawo 2022-10-07
Great

Michael Tobin 2022-10-01
Course was in excellent condition good test of golf.

Stephen Ryan 2022-09-27
Great course and lovely greens

Paul Griffin 2022-09-26
Not the best of course as all greens are elevated and much fun. Greens very small compared to other courses we played

Paul HEALY 2022-09-25
Course in great condition greens very nice

Andy Irwin 2022-09-25
Great little course but tricky with small greens and quite hilly.

Mr Bernard O'Meara 2022-09-21
Very enjoyable round of golf

Marcel Bakker 2022-09-19
Narrow fairways, not rely Portugal feeling

Gordon Sim 2022-09-18
Course in good condition. Generally tidier than previous visits. Staff very efficient.

Jackie Robinson 2022-09-18
Excelent and extremely helpful and friendly staff

Sean Desmond 2022-09-17
Nice course, very enjoyable

David Bull 2022-08-01
Golf was good for off season.

Sacha Joanne Haken 2022-07-08
Beautiful course, excellent condition and lots of lovely shade which is great in the heat! You could walk the course due to the layout. Would definitely play again. Great, friendly clubhouse too!

Ronny Krogh 2022-07-02
Facilities is shite. Old rangeballs, low quality buggies and no Water or cooler on them

Jan Verheyden 2022-06-27
Perfect day

Chris DREW 2022-06-25
Excellent welcome from the Receptionist, as a 2 Ball we managed to get out slightly earlier than our Tee time and got around in 2 hrs 30 mins.Course in pretty good condition, greens good. All round good experience

Chris Avraam 2022-06-09
One to play if you are staying in Alvor and don’t want to travel to play better courses. Have played other Pestana courses, Pinta, Gramacho and Silves and they are all much better than this! Probably didn’t help they appeared to be in middle of maintenance on greens. Wont be in a hurry to return.

Hans Jørgen Ekmann 2022-06-08
GPS distance not correct on holes 12, 13 and 14

Derek 2022-05-30
Least memorable of the courses played

Dave Green 2022-05-25
Tight course but very good to play.

Anthony Pearman 2022-05-17
Very poor course to many players nd course put people on with no t time

GEOFF 2021-11-22
Disappointed. Front nine very wet. Back nine better. A very challenging course in wet conditions. Better alternatives nearby to

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

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.