Practise your swing on a golfing holiday in Faro, with 30 courses to choose from throughout the Algarve. If you're just starting off, take classes at Balaia Golf Village on your Faro golfing holiday. If you want something more challenging, head to the San Lorenzo Golf Course. Buy a Golf Passport from the Associação Algarve Golfe for five vouchers, usable at any of its 19 member courses.
On golfing holidays in Faro, book lessons at one of the Algarve's golf academies, including Balaia Golf Village in Albufeira, west of Faro, where you'll receive tailor-made classes and can practise on the six-hole pitch-and-putt course. Or go east of Faro for a golfing holiday at the Quinta do Vale Golf Resort in Castro Marim, an 18-hole course for all levels designed by the late Spanish golfing legend Severiano Ballesteros.
Stretch yourself on one of the Algarve's championship courses on your Faro golfing holiday, including Le Meridien Penina Golf &Resort in Portimão, an 18-hole course with trees, bunkers and lakes. Stay closer to Faro on your golfing holiday to tackle the San Lorenzo Golf Course in the Quinta do Lago resort, an 18-hole course with tricky undulating terrain and water hazards.
Spot pink flamingos from the courses at the Quinta do Lago resort near Faro on your golfing holiday, which edge onto Ria Formosa Nature Reserve. Further west of Faro, try Albufeira's Salgados Golf Club for oceanside golfing. Or opt for a golfing holiday in the exclusive Vale do Lobo resort west of Faro, which boasts the Royal Golf Course, surrounded by pine trees and wild flowers, and the Ocean Golf Course, with undulating fairways leading down to the Atlantic Ocean.
