We enjoyed our trip!
Firstly the accommodation at both the Belmar Hotel and Hilton Vilamoura Golf Resort & Spa was excellent. Both apartments were spacious with good kitchen facilities and very well tended by housekeeping. The Belmar’s resort facilities are excellent, especially in winter time.
Obviously the weather was quite poor but overall we were lucky golf wise. Both Palmares and Vilamoura’s Old course stood out. They were in excellent condition.
The service at the Old course was exceptional - we both remarked that we were never at a golf course where absolutely every staff member was incredibly friendly and welcoming. As in prior years we also enjoyed Boavista golf course.
Everything was great again!
Thank you so much for your service and for checking in!
Overall, everything was great again:
The Palmares Beach House: we were very satisfied with the location, rooms, breakfast, restaurants, bar, pool area, service, cleaning, etc. The on-site service was exceptional.
The Palmares golf course was also in excellent condition and well-maintained. We really enjoyed the service at the clubhouse.
It was a perfectly organized holiday!
It was a perfectly organized holiday. The hotel Pestana Alvor Praia, the rooms there, the breakfast, and the bar were excellent. For dinner, we didn't use the hotel restaurant but ate ate at various restaurants in Alvor. All the courses we booked with the Pestana group were in excellent condition.
The move to the Palmares Beach Hotel brought a small surprise. They had sacrificed the small bar area with sofas and club chairs for new dining tables to create more space in the restaurant. This wasn't ideal and detracted from the otherwise good impression.
All three courses were in good condition (Palmares, Boavista and Espiche). We also visited several restaurants in Lagos while at Palmares.
All in all, it was a perfectly organized trip.
We enjoyed our stay very much!
Dear Rona,
We enjoyed our stay very much!
Boavista was a perfect location to play the different courses and was very comfortable and service friendly. The weather was perfect.
Two things that we could make better next time:
1) It would have been a good information that Palmares has 27 holes, so that we could have decided which combination we would like to play.
2) In Espiche and Santo Antonio it wasn’t possible to book carts - it would have been a good information that booking in advance would be appropriate because the courses were quite crowded in these days of the year.
3) The Penina Resort is in comparison to the other courses not in best condition although the layout of the course itself is quite attractive and different to the other courses.
But this is very little critic in my feedback though everything else was perfect!
We have had a wonderful golfing holidays!
We have had a wonderful golfing holiday at the Palmares Beach House Hotel.
We were greeted at the airport by the transfer company and the trip to our hotel went very smoothly.
With only 20 rooms, this hotel provided a very relaxed and intimate experience for our group of four couples. The food was excellent and the bedrooms and facilities were very clean, comfortable and well appointed. We also found the staff to be very courteous and helpful.
We also loved the Palmares golf course with its three nine hole course configurations providing ample variation during our stay.
We will certainly use Portugal Golf Experience again!
The vacation was perfect!
First feedback is about you always available to satisfy requests and help the client I believe we came back to Portugal thanks to your professionalism.
The Palmares Beach House Hotel:
Location: great with incredible view. Room allocated beautiful room only problem it was located east direction Portimao and there is an ongoing contruction on that side. No issue for me as I was playing golf during working hours.
Breakfast: excellent in terms on quality quantity variety and politeness.
Restaurant: we enjoy the restaurant half board has two menu options changing everyday.
Bar, pool area both small, clean and extremely pleasant.
Service excellent including the connection free of charge to the beach.
Golf courses of Palmares beautiful and well maintained the 3 circuits of 9 holes are state of art; each tee has a beautiful view.
Espiche a hilly golf with beautiful 18 holes we would like to include again if we come back.
Boavista I have not appreciated the golf in its first and last part as you play between houses and I missed the nature very interesting the holes with big jump (n6 and n8 if I recall well).
The vacation was perfect I really would like to repeat it next year!