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Penina Hotel & Golf Resort 5★ · Alvor · Algarve
The second round of the same day is free. You book it on the course after check-in, at no cost at all, so anyone who wants to play thirty-six holes a day can. No other resort in the catalogue does that, and it's the reason a week here delivers far more than the brochure says. The course for that first round is the Championship, which Sir Henry Cotton built in 1966 over former rice paddies, planting the eucalyptus trees one by one to give relief to a plain that had none. It was the Algarve's first 18-hole course and has hosted the Portuguese Open ten times, more than any other course in the country. Next door is the Resort Course, shorter and gentler, for that second round or for the day your legs ask for a truce. Around it, Alvor is still a fishing village with a working harbour, three kilometres of beach and boardwalks over the estuary. This is the most Portuguese, least expensive stretch of the Algarve, and it shows in the price of these three stays.
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from €485
Two rounds on the Championship and one on the Resort, plus as many free same-day second rounds as you want to play. Three nights at a five-star hotel, for what a weekend costs anywhere else. And an afternoon at Morgado do Quintão, a quarter-hour from the hotel: play in the morning, taste at four, and be back before dinner. It's the closest winery to the hotel in our entire catalogue.
from €795
Three on the Championship and two on the Resort: a round a day, no rest days, and never getting in a car. With the free second rounds, anyone who wants can finish the week with ten rounds played. And this is where the free second round really pays off: by doubling up on one day, you free up an entire day, and that day is spent at the long table of Morgado do Quintão — three courses, three estate wines and the vines right in front of you — fifteen minutes from your room.
from €1,130
Four on the Championship and three on the Resort, with the seventh round on arrival or departure day depending on your flight. It also includes a complimentary dinner at the Sagres, the Sir Henry Cotton Club, or L'Arlecchino. And both sides of the winery, which here sit side by side: the afternoon tasting after a round, and the lunch among the vines on the day you double up.
Per person in a Mountain View double room, bed and breakfast · low season · minimum stay of three nights.
Morgado do Quintão is a quarter of an hour from here — practically neighbours — between Silves and Lagoa. The same family has worked that estate since 1810: vines, olives and almonds, with a thousand-year-old olive tree among the vines and a long table set beneath it. No tasting room, no counter; you eat and drink where it's grown. And because it's so close, the four o'clock tasting doesn't need a free day: play in the morning, eat, and by four you're among the vines. It's included in the price of all three stays.
These stays are the skeleton, not the whole trip. On top of them we build whatever you want to experience, booked and quoted firm: Alvor and its working fishing harbour, the boardwalks over the estuary and three and a half kilometres of beach; Portimão and Lagos; the Sagres coast; the resort's own spa; and, fifteen minutes away, everything Morgado do Quintão does besides tastings — the long table under the olive tree, oysters at sunset, or a cooking class with their chef. Tell us who's travelling and what they feel like. Designing your bespoke trip costs nothing: the initial proposal and one revision. From the third version onward, finalising the itinerary costs €100, fully deducted from your trip's price if you book it with us.
From €485 per person
Depending on the stay chosen: from €485 (Championship, 3 nights), from €795 (Alvor, 5 nights), or from €1,130 (Cotton Week, 7 nights). Per person in a double room, low season, minimum stay of three nights.
Handicap certificate required. The free same-day second round is booked on the course itself after check-in, subject to availability. The winery experience is booked together with the stay, is conducted in English, and the estate is not fully adapted for reduced mobility: if anyone in your group needs this, let us know when booking and we'll check before confirming anything.
A 30% deposit is due on confirmation, non-refundable, with the rest due 45 days before arrival. Cancellation fees: 30% up to 45 days out, 50% from 45 to 31 days, and 100% from 30 days out, for no-shows or early departures. Cancelling within 14 days of booking, with more than 60 days still to go before arrival, refunds everything paid, deposit included. We recommend taking out cancellation insurance. Full conditions at ophirtravel.com/politicas_condiciones/condiciones.
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