Boavista Golf & Spa

Up to the 9th tee, down to the lakes.

Boavista sits on the hill behind Lagos, a few minutes from the town and the beaches at Porto de Mós and Praia da Luz. The front nine climbs to the highest point of the estate, and the club calls the 9th tee a compulsory stop for the view. The course looks east over the Bay of Lagos and north to the Serra de Monchique. The back nine then drops to lakes, streams and small bridges among gardens. Around the course is a five-star tourist village of villas with a spa, so a group can stay, eat and play without moving the car. The resort also publishes a full, current price list.

Boavista Golf & Spa green fees and tee times.

Book online through Boavista’s Golfmanager tee sheet, linked from the resort website, or through golf reception on +351 282 000 111 or golf.reception@boavistaresort.pt. Tee times run at 10-minute intervals, and the club may group players into four-balls. The tariff page sets maximum handicaps of 27 for men and 34 for ladies, and you must show a certificate when you check in. Soft-spiked golf shoes are compulsory, and shoes can be hired for €15. The dress code rules out denim, tracksuits, sports shorts, T-shirts and swimwear, and socks must be worn. Each player needs their own bag and set of clubs. If you plan several rounds, the multi-round cards are cheaper per round: three rounds within seven days cost €233 to €340 from November 2026.

The round, in perspective.

Howard Swan designed the course, which opened in 2002 and follows the natural contours of the hillside. The card is par 71: 6,167 metres from the championship tees, 5,747 from the competition tees, 5,265 from the men’s tees and 4,728 from the ladies’. The front nine is par 35 and the back nine par 36. Holes 6 and 8 ask you to drive over a ravine. At the 6th the ravine is a no-play zone with a drop zone on the far side, and buggies cross it on a viaduct. The opening hole is a winding uphill par 4 between subtropical planting and houses. The inward half is the longer, at 3,301 metres from the back, and plays through the resort’s water and garden areas. The club expects 18 holes in four and a half hours, and wants groups on the 10th tee within 2 hours 10 minutes.

Know before you go.

Handicap

Men 27, ladies 34; certificate at check-in

Shoes

Soft spikes compulsory

Dress

No denim, T-shirts or sports shorts; socks on

Buggies

Two players maximum; drivers 18+

Pace of play

4 hours 30 minutes for 18 holes

Rain check

18-hole voucher if under 5 holes played

Make the trip work.

The driving range is closed for repair work at the time of writing, so warm up on the short-game area, which has three greens: one for putting, one for chipping and one ringed by bunkers. Buggies cost €45, electric trolleys €20 and pull trolleys €7. The front nine climbs steadily to the 9th tee, so weigh that up before choosing to walk. Showers and changing cabins are available at the clubhouse. If the course closes for weather after you start, you get an 18-hole rain check for fewer than five holes played, or a nine-hole voucher after that. Juniors under 17 pay less than the adult rate.

Faro airport is about an hour east by the A22 motorway. The resort is at Quinta da Boavista on the western edge of Lagos, on the side of town towards Praia da Luz. Lagos railway station, at the western end of the Algarve line from Faro, is a short taxi ride away, but a car is easier for golf elsewhere in the west.

Where it is.

Nearby: 1. Espiche Golf (5 km) · 2. Palmares Ocean Living & Golf (7 km) · 3. Pestana Carvoeiro: Vale da Pinta & Gramacho (20 km) · 4. Amendoeira Golf Resort: Faldo Course (31 km) · 5. Salgados Golf Club (34 km) · 6. The Old Course, Vilamoura (53 km) · Compare all The Algarve tee times

Somewhere to settle in.

Bela Colina Holidays, the resort’s five-star tourist village, rents two-bedroom standard villas and three-bedroom premium villas around the course. Guests share two outdoor pools, a health club with an indoor pool and the Essential Fitness & Spa. Le Clubhouse restaurant serves a signature dinner menu from 19:00, Monday to Saturday, and La Bistro is the second restaurant on site. For more choice, Lagos old town and marina are a few minutes’ drive east, and Praia da Luz, to the west, is a quieter beach village with apartments and small hotels.

Make a trip of it.

Espiche Golf is about ten minutes west and Palmares, across the bay at Meia Praia, about fifteen minutes east, so the three make an easy western Algarve rotation; all three host rounds of the West Algarve Golf Trophy. Penina and Alto Golf, near Portimão and Alvor, are within half an hour. Off the course, boat trips from Lagos marina explore the sea caves and rock arches of Ponta da Piedade, and the old town’s walls and fort sit right by the water.

Find your season.

Boavista’s price bands show the busy months: March, April and October are high season, February, May, September and November mid season, and summer and midwinter cheapest. The course closes for flooded greens, lightning or dangerous conditions, and players booked on a closed day are offered another day or a rain check. Boavista is one of the three venues for the 8th West Algarve Golf Trophy, 25 to 27 November 2026, as listed by the organiser, teetimes.pt.