Quinta da Ria Golf Course
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Description:
Quinta da Ria sits inside the Ria Formosa Natural Park, on a stretch of the eastern Algarve where no villa or apartment block is allowed to interrupt the view. It is a rare thing in this region: a course with nothing around it but wetland, olive trees, and the sea. Designed by Rocky Roquemore and opened in 2002, it rewards patience over power, and the courses's own guests will tell you it's worth the drive east.
Five lakes work their way through the round, most notably guarding the 10th green, and the back nine edges close enough to the Atlantic that the sea breeze becomes a permanent playing partner. The par-3 17th is the hole most golfers remember: its green sits beside a small island that doubles as a bird sanctuary, a genuinely rare sight mid-round. Thick rough and flat, deceptively tricky bunkers punish anything sprayed off line, and the wind means club selection here is never quite as simple as the scorecard suggests.
Facilities include a driving range, a resident academy, and a clubhouse restaurant serving Portuguese food with a view back over the course. Quinta da Ria pairs naturally with its sister course, Quinta de Cima, next door, for golfers looking to spend a full trip on this quieter side of the Algarve. For anyone tired of playing the same handful of famous names, this is the detour worth making.
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Details
18
72
6053 m / 6658 yd
5910 m / 6501 yd
4980 m / 5478 yd
Bent Crenshaw
Bent Crenshaw
Bent Crenshaw
Gents < 36 | Ladies < 36
Facilities
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William Roquemore Jr.
Quinta da Ria - Empreendimentos do Algarve, S.A.
Rosario Alpalhao
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Paulo Dias
Information
Everyday from 7:00am to 8:00pm
Everyday from 7:00am to 8:00pm
Yes
Yes
Yes
With Restaurant and Snack bar
n/a
Manual and Electric
Men & Ladies - full or half set
On request
Yes
Up to 17 years old
Tecnical
yes
Long rolling slopes.
Only on Par 5's . Nearly all Par 4's are straight
Some Olives lining the Par 4's
Quite exposed especially around the coastline holes.
Fairly flat course
Predominate on 5 holes, with lateral ditches on many other holes
Only 2 / 3 holes
Most the course on 15 / 16 holes
10th
Very thick rough around the greens and flat bunkers
Directions:
Heading to Spain in the 125 National Road, at Km 142 shortly after Tavira, turn right and follow the sandy municipal road. 800m ahead, you will find the entrance through the green gate on your right hand side.
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