Guest Book

What our guests have to say ...

In this Guest Book section, you will read some of our guests’ comments about their experience with Portugal Golf Experience. Our Guests are talking about their stay in the hotels, apartments, resorts, golf courses and other services organized for them in Portugal.

The Guests Comments below are genuine. If you have any comments or questions, please contact us.

Carsten H., Germany, May 2022

Everything was wonderful for us

Sara, everything was wonderful for us... Except my golf result the last day on west cliff course haha. thanks for your absolutely professional and kind assistance. We highly recommend you to our friends!!!

John N., Ireland, May 2022

On behalf the entire group I can honestly say the whole trip was excellent.

On behalf the entire group I can honestly say the whole trip was excellent.

The Hotel Sesimbra Spa, the room, facilities, service and location were top class.
Aroeira courses were good but presentation and condition were a bit disappointing. It was hard to get a coffee or a beer that day at Aroeira Challenge Clubhouse. 
Quinta do Peru was exceptional and I would prefer to play there every day.

The town of Sesimbra was a real surprise with the fantastic clean beach, excellent restaurants and bars with reasonable prices.

I would hope to return again.

Many thanks for all of your help with the trip.

 

Silvia B., Germany, May 2022

Very satisfied with the friendly and courteous service

3 bedroom apartment at The Village Praia d'el Rey – Location was ok, really clean.
We always ate breakfast and dinner in the clubhouse and were very satisfied with the friendly and courteous service.

We liked West Cliffs best. Great course and extremely challenging with the wind! We also liked the clubhouse very much. Royal Obidos was nice, but too much “Resort”.... and the Clubhouse a bit much too cool.

Rental car - Everything is ok here too. Had an almost new vehicle... and the handover/return went smoothly.

 

Silvia B., Germany, May 2022

Very satisfied with the friendly and courteous service

3 bedroom apartment at The Village Praia d'el Rey – Location was ok, really clean.
We always ate breakfast and dinner in the clubhouse and were very satisfied with the friendly and courteous service.

We liked West Cliffs best. Great course and extremely challenging with the wind! We also liked the clubhouse very much. Royal Obidos was nice, but too much “Resort”.... and the Clubhouse a bit much too cool.

Rental car - Everything is ok here too. Had an almost new vehicle... and the handover/return went smoothly.

 

Thomas F., Germany, May 2022

All you arranged for us was perfect.

All you arranged for us was perfect. The Golf Clubs came just in time and were in good conditions. We enjoyed playing San Lorenzo and Pinheiros Altos; The Tees and the fairways at Penina need water. After changing the Hotel-room we got a wonderfull renovated room with pool- view at Hotel Penina. So we enjoyed our Holiday in Portugal. Thank you for all arrangements.

Abdellah J., Morocco, May 2022

We decided to stay longer.

We decided to stay longer.
We had a very nice stay. The Nau Morgado Golf & Country Club services, the courses of Alamos and Morgado are excellent.
We will highly recommend your services to our friends.

Dave W., United Kingdom, May 2022

We had a really excellent time

Many thanks for your message, and for all your work in coordinating our trip. We had a really excellent time. The Hotel Palacio Estoril is fabulous, the Estoril golf course met our needs perfectly, and all our transfers and club hire worked very smoothly. The area around the hotel has lots of good restaurants and bars, so we were very well catered for each evening.

We enjoyed our stay so much that we would be keen to do something similar (or even exactly the same) next year. 

Roy G., U.S., May 2022

Thank you and your team for organizing this wonderful holiday

Eva, I would like to thank you and your team for organizing this wonderful holiday. There are a few things that I would like to comment about. One: the lodging facilities, I would rate Penha Longa #1 and 5 star. I spent one additional night at the Oitavos which was also excellent 5 star. The Troia Lagos apartments were very good as were the apartments at Praia Del Rey. But the bed was too hard At Praia d'el Rey. The sister larger hotel to Lagos in Troia which my GPS took us to first is still closed. 

The Mara restaurant in Praia d'el Rey also remains closed, so the clubhouse there is the only breakfast option.
Speaking of breakfast Pehna Longa and Oitavos was definitely way better than the other two. Praia was only average. Troia did a good job. Oitavos rivalled Penha Longa.

Now the golf:
West Cliffs was spectacularly beautiful and challenging. Massive elevation changes. Definitely the best and would play again many times but take a buggy! Which we did and bring lots of balls. Very easy to lose them there. We changed our tee times and played it twice.
Praia del Rey was also very good but played it on a very windy day so can’t judge it fairly. It’s a mix of links and parkland holes.
Oitavos Dunes we caught on a windy day too and so judging it fairly is hard. Great links design and in excellent condition. I would play it again.
Penha Longa Atlantic & Penha Longa Mosteiro is parkland and also very good especially the championship course. They are in the midst of some bunker refurbishment on a few holes. Once that is done it will be 5 star again.
Troia is a good course but not as good as the others. Less well maintained. No beverage cart. No water to drink on course and no on-course toilets. 
The whole Troia area is still recovering from the COVID disruption.

The building and construction going on around West Cliffs is remarkable. Will not recognize it probably when we come back.
Finally, the Melia hotel Lisbon Airport was excellent for catching an early morning flight. We walked that morning to terminal and made car drop off day before easy and allowed us to take the train into city centre night before departure to visit. Very convenient and efficient.

Eva, thanks for setting it all up.

Jukka L., Finland, May 2022

Portugal is definitely in our scope for the future.

Eva, thanks to you and the team regarding all the arrangements. We enjoyed our stay a lot. Next time we will order a little less wind, the last golf rounds were not quite as good as the three first ones ;)

Regarding Hotel Palacio Estoril:
- location as expected, i.e. very nice
- rooms allocated: our friends were lucky, they had already by arrival been upgraded to a Superior room. We got a Classic room as ordered – which was really small… I kindly asked if there were any Superior rooms available for upgrade, and luckily we were upgraded after one night. A bit thanks to Palacio, it was definitely a big improvement for our stay
- breakfast was excellent, superior level. We did not eat in the restaurants. The pool area was nice, but due to rather cold weather, we did not spend much time there. Service and housekeeping were excellent, both in restaurant / breakfast and reception & room service.
- Golf: we only played Estoril Golf course. The first day a bit confusing when it comes to directions to the next tee, but the second round already easier. Taking into account the date we were there, the condition of the course was ok. Some extremely beautiful holes and in general a nice course. Clubhouse served our purpose well – grabbing a beer after the round (we did not eat there). Regarding the transportation from the golf course to hotel: there is definitely room for improvement. One day I had to go three times to ask / check, if the transportation has been ordered. This happened also during the other days.

To sum up: all in all a very pleasant stay in Estoril. Portugal is definitely in our scope for the future.

 

Michael S., United Kingdom, May 2022

No doubt we'll return again to Portugal in the future

Thank you for your time and effort organizing our recent golf break in the Algarve. We had a great time in Portugal, the Hotel São Rafael Atlântico by Nau was excellent, nice rooms and facilities and all the staff we encountered were helpful and friendly. The breakfasts and other meals we had in the hotel were also very nice.

The golf courses (MorgadoSalgados & Álamos) were all very good, in excellent condition, maybe Salgados was a little tough for our standard of golf, but still very enjoyable, even though we all lost a few balls in the water! With hindsight, after a very early start from England, we maybe should have had a relaxing day on arrival and played on our departure day instead, but that was our choice.

We also had a couple of very enjoyable evenings out in the Old Town of Albufeira.

As I said initially, we all enjoyed our time in Portugal (despite most of us not playing our best golf!), so much appreciation to you and all concerned at PGE for putting together this package for us. No doubt we'll return again to Portugal in the future, and we wouldn't hesitate to use your company again.

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