Salgados Golf Course

Salgados is the closest thing the Algarve has to a true links course, laid out across low-lying ground between the lagoons and wetlands of the Salgados nature reserve and the Atlantic shoreline west of Albufeira. The terrain is flat and open, the wind a constant factor, and the birdlife around the lagoons extraordinary. Holes regularly cross or run alongside water features that are as much ecological habitat as hazard. The course rewards course management and straight play over raw distance, and the exposure to the elements gives it a character quite unlike anything else in the region. For golfers tired of pine-lined corridors, Salgados offers a compelling change of pace.