Thanks for all of your help
Thanks for all of your help in organising the trip. Our group had a great time and were very impressed by the hotel, courses and area in general.
Hotel Palacio Estoril: Beautiful hotel, rooms were of a high standard and the breakfast was great. Lovely outdoor pool which was a nice temperature given how hot it was. Location is also great with the beach a few mins walk away.
Courses: Estoril was a pleasant surprise as we weren't expecting much. Some great character to the course and we all enjoyed our round there. Penha Longa it's a great course though with some challenging holes. Oitavos was probably our least favourite course although the strong wind blowing may have played a part.
Overall we had a great stay and will return at some stage in the future.
Helpful and friendly service
We have just returned from our holiday in Portugal which we thoroughly enjoyed.
The Oitavos Hotel the room was large and luxurious, breakfast was good especially the selection of fruit and the Oitavos golf course was well maintained.
Penha Longa golf course was great. Service and staff at both resorts were helpful and friendly.
You were very proactive and responsive
We would like to thank you for organizing such a wonderful week for us in Cascais. We played golf and stayed at such a nice hotel (the Oitavos). Everything worked out perfectly.
You were very proactive and responsive. We appreciated your efforts in making sure we had a great stay in your City. It was a great experience. I will definitely recommand it to all my friends.
Breakfast was excellent
We had a lovely time and will probably return to Estoril or another location in Portugal.
The hotel Palacio Estoril, its spa, pool, closeness to the beach and its restaurants were great. Breakfast was excellent.
The staff at the hotel and at the golf courses were all very friendly and efficient.
We appreciated the shuttle service to and from the golf courses. Returning from Penha Longa and Oitavos Dunes, the hotel instructed the golf reception to call taxis for us, which were paid by the hotel. This was a very smooth service - very good.
We enjoyed all of the golf courses. Oitavos Dunes was very windy, but that was not a surprise.
There was a lot of noise from the motor speedway circuit near Penha Longa. Not a big problem, but not pleasant.
The Estoril course was enjoyable but the construction around the clubhouse and the general appearance around the course was not as well-kept as the other 2 courses.
We were very happy to have rented buggies - normally we walk but 3x 18 holes in 3 days would have been very tiring. The courses all have a lot of up and down - good for interesting golf, a challenge for fit golfers in our early 70's if we had walked.
A Challenge
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.
Viva Portugal and Portugalgolf.net!
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!