I had intended writing to you. I cannot thank you enough, everything went so smoothly from the time the taxi picked us up until he returned us to the hotel. 

The Hotel Palácio Estoril and the staff were amazing. They made us feel so welcome. The service, breakfast and the golf (Estoril Golf course) was just wonderful. I give you all 10 ⭐️ stars. 

I will definitely be in touch with you again. 

On behalf of all the group thank you once again for such wonderful service. 

As you know, this is the second time Barbara and I have been to Estoril. We told our friends about our first stay. They became curious and accompanied us on our second trip. Conclusion: Not only Barbara and I, but also our friends were enthusiastic about the two-week trip.

From my first inquiry to portugalGolf, through the entire stay in Estoril, the beautiful days on the Estoril golf course, exploring the area (we only used the train and bus) to the return trip to Leipzig - everything went smoothly.
We felt very comfortable in the Hotel Palacio Estoril. The location of the hotel, the proximity to the beach, to the center, to the train station, to the bus station are to be emphasized. The rooms are very nice. Breakfast was an experience every day. All the staff, including the course staff, who we came into contact with, were always friendly and helpful.

The conditions of the golf course were also quite good, apart from the current construction work in the area of the clubhouse and fairway 8.
The loaned golf clubs lived up to expectations. (Unfortunately no hole in one played).

The transfer from and to the airport also went smoothly. I'm sure it won't be the last time that we will come to Estoril with portugalGolf.

Finally, I would like to thank the staff at portugalGolf for the cooperation, with special thanks to Sara.

Palacio Hotel:
In respect to the Palacio Hotel I have to state that we spend a very nice time there. Hospitality, service and room quality was excellent.

In respect to the golf courses:
I most enjoyed we have the course of Estoril with very polite people and challenging holes.
The Oitavos course was rather disappointing for us as the maintenance was very bad in respect to fairways and greens. The service personelle seemed to be not interested in customers so here I can only summarise that it was the last time I have played here.  Quinta da Marinha was a nightmare to find the club house, which is to keep the tee time no good, as all directions did send us to the new training lot. The course itself was ok but nothing really spectacular.

Merci pour un séjour au top. L’hôtel Palacio était super, les gens très accueillants et merci pour votre réactivité concernant le green fee offert pour samedi dans le clib de golf d’Estoril.
Franchement, très satisfait de ce séjour donc merci.

I'm glad to tell you that our holiday went really well, as always!

We managed to play seven rounds, even though a few times it was a little bit rainy. We have played the Estoril golf club so many times that we know already it by heart. So it is convenient to elder players like us.
In ten days there were of course some rainy days but there are always something interesting to do in Estoril, Cascais or Lisbon.

Also the Hotel Palacio is very familiar and we really like the atmosphere, personell and the old palace type building. And we like the story of James Bond movie making there OHMSS. We used to discuss the film with the doorman Jose but now we heard that he has retired. He was a nice person by the door and always very helpful and friendly. But this time we had interesting discussions with another Jose, Jose Diogo. He was actually in the film with a special part as loyal hotel concierge in 1969. Also participating the 50 year's jubileum in 2019 at hotel Palacio.
I unfortunately noticed after arrival that my suitcase had gone broken: the locking system was jammed, and I couldn't open my suitcase. But after contacting the reception I got immediate help of two persons. Anyway, they couldn't manage to open the suitcase, so after asking me they opened it violently.
So I bought a new one from Cascais shop. I asked the front desk if the management could write and undersign what happened so maybe I could use it for insurance purposes or Finnair. And they really did write a certificate or proof! Now I am waiting on an answer from them but Palacio did their part quickly and friendly!
Especialy I like the breakfast at Palacio. I could spend there a few hours, one can choose whatever one likes: healthy, heavy, quick, tasty... Personaly the best things are fruits, oats, yoghurt, cheeses and the good coffee. The dining at the hotel has become better, I'm sure. We ate three times and we were very pleased. And the menu looked more attractive, easy and tasty with quick service.

We walked three times to Cascais and enjoyed the seaside. We went to a very good fish restaurant where we had lunch it was really good and we got a really good taste memory to remember.

Overall the trip went very well and all participants were more than satisfied and you did an excellent job.
- The Hotel Palácio Estoril: The hotel 9/10. Excellent hotel, room allocated were ok. Pool area, services, housekeeping etc. were very good. The dinner: 6.5/10 was very generous, quite good but anything special. Breakfast: 6.5 also good but anything special
- The golf course of Estoril: 7.5/10. Very interesting design, difficult hard greens. Nice old clubhouse but old needs reaurations especially in the restaurant and changing rooms area. 
- Oitavos: 9/10. Beautiful golf with fantastic views. Nice club house, food and drinks are very expensive.
- Penha Longa: 8.5/10. Fascinating and challenging golf, nice club house.
- Rental Clubs: Clubs and bags in good conditions, ok.
We are already thinking about our next golf trip to Portugal in Autumn 2023 and most probably we like to go back to Praya d'el Rey area.
Viva Portugal and Portugalgolf.net!