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Golf Courses in Porto
Porto does not announce its golf the way the Algarve does. It offers it up quietly, folded between granite river valleys, Atlantic headlands, and the vineyard terraces of the Douro, and it rewards the golfer who goes looking for it. This is a region of contrasts: seaside links a short drive from a UNESCO city centre, palace-hotel parkland an hour inland, and courses old enough to have their own local legends.
Eight courses make up the Tee Times Golf Holidays portfolio here, each one a different read on what northern Portugal golf can be. Browse the full list below, and let us build the itinerary around the courses that suit your game and your appetite for port wine afterwards.
Oporto Golf Club
Portugal's oldest golf club, founded in 1890 by British port wine traders and still home to the Skeffington Cup, the world's longest continuously played golf competition. This is a walking-only links course into the prevailing north wind, built for golfers who want a genuine piece of the game's history rather than just another round on the coast. ...
Estela Golf Club
A genuine links course on the Minho dunes north of Porto, where narrow fairways and Atlantic winds do the defending instead of bunkers. Play it calm and it's a fair test; play it blowing and it becomes an entirely different, much harder course — either way, this is the real thing, not a coastal course borrowing the name. ...
Montebelo Golf Course
A 27-hole mountain course near Viseu, framed by the Serra da Estrela and Serra do Caramulo, with three distinct nines to mix and match. The par-3 12th, dropping downhill to a lake-guarded green, is reason enough on its own — pair it with the region's quiet, uncrowded fairways for genuine inland Portugal golf away from the coastal crowds. ...
Ponte de Lima Golf Club
Two very different nines in the Minho hills: a hilly, tree-lined front through old cork and chestnut woodland with sweeping valley views, followed by a gentler run through vineyards and orchards on the back nine. Bring a buggy for the climbs, and you'll come away having played one of northern Portugal's most genuinely varied rounds. ...
Vidago Palace Golf
A 1936 course by Philip Mackenzie Ross, extended in 2010 within the grounds of the historic Vidago Palace hotel in Portugal's northern mountains. The granite-set tees and mature tree-lined fairways of the original front nine give way to a tougher, hillier back nine — an old-school test in a genuinely special setting, far from the usual coastal Portugal itinerary. ...
Amarante Golf Club
A mountain course at 600 metres above sea level near the town of Amarante, with steep elevation change on nearly every hole and views over the Tâmega valley and the Marão mountains. It plays short but demands real shot-making, and a buggy is well worth having for the climbs — this is scenic, characterful golf a world away from the Algarve coast. ...
Club Golf Miramar
One of Portugal's oldest golf clubs, a traditional nine-hole links course on the dunes between Espinho and Porto, played twice for a full round. The par-4 9th and the 7th green are the standout holes, and with the ocean a constant backdrop, this is a genuine piece of the region's golfing history worth adding to a northern Portugal trip. ...
Vale Pisão Golf Club
A nine-hole course at Água Longa, just north of Porto, built to follow the natural slopes and vegetation of the land rather than override them. Play it twice for a full round of real variety, from strategic short holes to more demanding tests — a convenient, characterful option close to the city for anyone building a Porto golf break. ...
Amarante Golf Course
Set among the hills above the Tâmega river, Amarante trades sea views for something quieter: pine-lined fairways and a clubhouse that feels more country retreat than resort. A course for golfers who want the Douro region's calm to follow them onto every hole.
Estela Golf Club
Estela sits where the pine forest meets the Atlantic, and the wind off the ocean is as much a feature as the layout itself. Links-style golf, minutes from Porto, for anyone who wants their round to smell of salt as well as cut grass.
Ponte de Lima Golf Course
Portugal's oldest town gives its name to one of the north's most scenic courses, laid out along the Lima river with the Vinho Verde hills as a permanent backdrop. Gentle terrain, generous fairways, and a post-round glass of the local white that needs no introduction.
Vidago Palace Golf
Attached to one of Portugal's grand belle-époque hotels, Vidago Palace plays through mature parkland with the kind of unhurried elegance the address promises. Book the course, and the hotel's thermal spa becomes a very reasonable excuse to stay an extra night.
Club Golf Miramar
A short, characterful nine-hole links on the cliffs above Espinho, Club Golf Miramar has been testing golfers' nerve since the 1930s. Compact enough for a quick round, exposed enough to keep you honest, and a genuine slice of Porto Coast history.
Oporto Golf Club
The oldest golf club on the Iberian Peninsula, founded by the British port wine families who shaped this coast, Oporto Golf Club is pine-forest golf with a genuine sense of occasion. A round here is as much a history lesson as a golf outing, and a better one for it.
Vale Pisão Golf Course
Closest of the group to Porto city itself, Vale Pisão is the practical choice for golfers building a city break around their golf rather than the other way round. Well maintained, well drained, and never more than twenty minutes from a proper Francesinha.
Montebelo Golf Course
Furthest south of the Porto region courses, Montebelo sits in Viseu's rolling countryside and rewards golfers willing to venture a little further inland. Long, strategic, and quiet enough that you will likely have the fairways largely to yourself.
For an excellent golfing holiday or golf break on the Oporto, we handpick the best hotels and provide the most attractive rates on golf-inclusive accommodation packages for you.