Compared to its sister course Quinta da Ria golf course, the Quinta de Cima Golf Course, in Tavira, Portugal, looks and plays more like a top tournament course. This is not only a matter of length but also balance and difficulty of holes. From the very first tee of Quinta de Cima, in the Algarve, you need to carefully consider game strategy, choice of club and ball trajectory. Hazards are definitely very much in play on all holes, whether for the well designed, cleverly located bunkers or the water hazards which here come in shape of lakes, streams and ditches -particularly holes 16, 17 and 18. It is to notice as well a stream with dams and permanent flowing water crosses holes 4, 5, 6 and 13, of Quinta de Cima golf course.
The whole area around Quinta de Cima golf course, in Portugal, is blessed with a profound peacefulness surrounded by both the sea and the Algarvean mountains, real delight to anyone's eyes! Since it is implanted into the protected national reserve of Ria Formosa, the Quinta de Cima Golf Course is indeed a paradise to those golfers who love to be always in contact with nature. At last, old centenary olive and carob trees, together with the surrounding orange trees vineyards, maintain the traditional region landscape.