Penha Longa Golf Club

The Penha Longa Golf Club is located at the Penha Longa Resort near the village of Linhó in the middle of the nature preserve Sintra-Cascais. It can be reached from the castle town of Sintra via the N9 and N249 in ten minutes and from Lisbon via the A5 in half an hour. Founded in 1992, the Penha Longa Golf Club hosts a 27-hole golf course that was designed by the golf course architect Robert Trent Jones Jr. The course is comprised of an 18-hole Atlantic championship course, type parkland with par 72, and the 9-hole Atlantic north course, type parkland with par 35. The 6,313-meter long Atlantic championship course was voted in the top 30 golf courses in continental Europe was chosen for the Portuguese Open. It is counted among the best golf courses in Portugal and demands high athleticism from players. The holes 1-3 and 16-18 are surrounded by pine trees and granite boulders in a valley. Holes 6-13, however, wind through a hill and offer a great view of the surround landscape of Sintra-Cascais. The Atlantic north course at Penha Longa Golf Club is 2,588-meters long and less hilly. However, fast greens and narrow fairways make it athletically challenging. Hole 4 traverses near an old monastery of St. Hieronymus, while hole 9 offers a view of the Palacio Penha Longa.