It is certainly one of the most picturesque layouts you'll enjoy on a golf holiday to Europe. Set in extensive grounds of pine forest and undulating dunes with spectacular views over the Atlantic and the Berlenga Islands beyond, this is a truly amazing place to play on your golf holiday. The course is visually stunning and tremendously exciting to play and because of the endless variations of the terrain you’ll never play it the same way twice. Praia D’El Rey, rated 13th best course in Europe by Golf World magazine, has become one of the major golfing destinations in Europe and has now become a favourite destination for golf holidays.

Hole 3

A simple looking hole that can cause many a problem. The tee shot can be anything from a wedge to a fairway wood, a generous “bail out” area is left of the very long green, with dunes and thick rough to the right. The correct distance is the key to this hole as even hitting your ball on the green may mean you may still have to negotiate one if not both of the big rollers that add teeth to the green.

Hole 4

A great natural looking hole, with the raised green, large waste sand bunker to the left of it and rolling fairway with its large fairway bunker to the right. The secret here is to hit a tee shot into the big space towards the left, not being tempted down the right. Your approach to the green needs to be of the correct distance, if not it will leave you one of the fastest putts to be found on the whole course.

Hole 10

A truly fantastic looking hole with its elevated tee, giving you a panoramic view. Out of bounds down the entire left side is helped by plenty of space to the right. A long drive gives you the option to go for the green, but be aware of the lake on the right of the green, cutting in front of it as well. The safer option is to hit a mid iron to the wide landing area about 70m short of the green and following it with a wedge shot that has good distance control due to the green’s long length.