Alto Course Notes - PORTUGAL - NEILS TRAVEL WEB

Situated near the village of Alvor, 45 minutes drive from Faro, 20 minutes drive from Lagos toward Faro. This was the last course designed by Sir Henry Cotton, the triple winner of the British Open. It embodies his belief that a golf course should test players with low handicaps, but also provides a pleasant game for golfers of only average level. The course, with the beautiful Monchique mountains as its back-drop, runs through two valleys and offers winding fairways and gently undulating greens. Apart from the notorious par 4, tenth, the most talked about hole is definitely the sixteenth measuring 604m from the tiger tee. Is one of the longest par-5s in Europe. Make sure you play a good 18th hole as it leads up to a basin right in front of the lovely (new in 2003) club house that affords an excellent ‘gallery’ view. Coupled with a nice bar that does light meals and snacks, and a smart restaurant all adds the finishing touch to a course that must be on your list to play in the Algarve.
2007 Update:
The course continues to be well kept as you would expect and there is rumour of another 9 holes being added in the near future.
Directions: Turn off the EN 125 towards Alvor. On the Portimão - Alvor road, turn right at the turn for Praia de Rocha.