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Parque da Floresta

Parque da Floresta is a course built on hillsides and over uneven ground with views over a fishing village. With a number of different obstacles such as bunkers, lakes and rivers, it provides a challenge of great diversity.

Text provided by the Portuguese Tourist Office

Parque da Floresta Golf Course, Algarve, Portugal

The course was designed by Pepe Gancedo, one of Spain’s most famous architects, whose philosophy of golf course construction involves minimal alteration to the existing terrain.

Parque da Floresta is the centre of a private residential development and its course runs over hills behind the fishing village of Salema, which is near the historic town of Lagos and not far from the Costa Vicentina Nature Reserve.

Its nine widely varying holes run through valleys and eucalyptus covered ravines while around the course olive, palm and pine trees are planted.

The first hole, 525 metres for a Par 5, faces toward the sunrise and presents a serious challenge for those intending to reach its green in just two shots. Hole 5 is a Par 3 over just 108 metres, but here the ball is only playable if it falls straight onto the green.

These first nine holes end memorably, for the third shot to the green must go over a river. On the second round, the highlight is hole 11 whose green is protected by water. Notable too is hole 18 which ends in an amphitheatre placed right beneath the clubhouse.

The clubhouse is typically Portuguese and provides spectacular panoramic views over mountains and sea, and also a general view over no less than eleven holes.

Architect

Pepe Cancedo

Number of Holes

Length

5,524 m.

Par

Address

Vale do Poco, Budens, 8650 Vila do Bispo

Telephone

(+ 351) 282 69 53 35

Fax

(+ 351) 282.69 51 57

Facilities

Driving Range - Putting Green - Golf Shop - Tennis - Bowling - Health Club
Sauna - Swimming pool - Gymnasium - Restaurant - Bar

Directions

Follow EN125 towards Sagres
After Budens turn right at the traffic lights before the Selena crossroads

Handicap required

Certificate preferrred

Accommodation

	Manor Houses Privately owned houses with separate guest accommodation
	Pousadas and Traditional Hotels Hotels in Castles, Monasteries, Palaces, Convents, etc. or in areas of outstanding beauty
	Modern Hotels Modern Hotels, Resorts and Apartments
	Villas and Houses Detached Quintas, independent Houses and Villas with private pool, rented direct from owners,
	Estate cottages Self catering Cottages and Houses with shared pool, usually in the grounds of a Manor House.
Suggested Accommodation
	Villas Albufeira area
	Villas Alvor area
	Villas Carvoeiro area
	Villas Lagos area
	Villas Loule area
	Villas Monchique area
	Villas Portimao area
	Villas Sagres area
	Villas Silves area

List Prices and our negotiated reduced prices

**Parque da Floresta**
Date	Nov- May	Jun- Aug	Sep- Oct
List Prices	EUR 80	EUR 80	EUR 80
Our Prices	-	EUR 45	EUR 56

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A booking fee of 18 euros, per person, is also payable, this covers any number of rounds or courses in a single booking

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Included is a guide book giving the number and length of the holes, and detailed information for each golf course

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