Millennium Golf Course, Vilamoura

Half old, half new, with a watery finish.

Millennium opened in 2000, and it was not built from scratch: nine new holes were joined to a refurbished nine that had been part of the original 27-hole Laguna layout. The result is the most open of the resort’s courses, with a tight wooded spell in the middle and lakes at the end. It suits mixed-ability groups and works well as a first round after a morning flight.

Millennium Golf Course, Vilamoura green fees and tee times.

Book through Vilamoura Golf, which manages Millennium with Laguna, Pinhal and the Old Course. The reservation details the resort still lists are booking@dompedrogolf.com and +351 289 310 333. The operator’s own vilamouragolf.com site was not reachable when we checked in November 2026. Expect to show a handicap certificate; the limit for Millennium is not published on any page we could open, so ask when you book. Package operators sell Millennium widely, often as part of a Vilamoura multi-round deal.

The round, in perspective.

The resort sums it up as a more open layout than its neighbours, apart from holes 3 to 7, which wind between pine trees with narrow landing areas. That stretch is where accuracy matters most. The remaining holes have several lakes, and the 17th and 18th are the ones the club singles out: lakes and bunkers frame both, and the resort’s advice is to keep strategy simple. Martin Hawtree is credited with the new holes and the refurbishment. Compared with Laguna, Millennium has more trees and more variety in shape; compared with Pinhal, it is gentler off the tee outside the pine stretch.

Make the trip work.

If you are flying in, Millennium is a sensible arrival-day round: it is about half an hour from Faro and the open holes are forgiving after a travel morning. The reseller lists twilight rates through the year, from €86 in December to €132 in spring 2027, which suit a late landing. Leave the tighter Old Course for later in the week. Take extra balls for the 17th and 18th if water makes you nervous.

From Faro airport, allow 25 to 30 minutes west on the A22 or the coastal EN125 to Vilamoura. Millennium is on the western side of the resort, near Laguna and a short drive north of the marina. There is no rail link to Vilamoura, so use a taxi or hire car; Loulé station is the nearest.

Where it is.

Nearby: 1. Laguna Golf Course, Vilamoura (1 km) · 2. The Old Course, Vilamoura (1 km) · 3. Pinhal Golf Course, Vilamoura (3 km) · 4. Pestana Vila Sol (3 km) · 5. Pine Cliffs Golf Course (4 km) · 6. Vale do Lobo (8 km)

Somewhere to settle in.

Golfers usually base themselves in Vilamoura itself. The Hilton Vilamoura As Cascatas Golf Resort & Spa sits among the golf courses, and the Tivoli Marina Vilamoura and Dom Pedro Marina are on the harbour. Apartments around the marina suit groups who want to walk to dinner, and several package operators bundle Millennium rounds with marina hotel stays. If you hire a car, villas on the western edge of Vilamoura put Millennium and Laguna within five minutes. Quarteira’s seafront is cheaper, and Albufeira is about 20 minutes west if you want a livelier town.

Make a trip of it.

Laguna, its former other half, is the natural pair, and the two share the same reseller price bands. Pinhal and the Old Course are a few minutes east, and Pestana Vila Sol lies just outside the resort. Pine Cliffs’ nine clifftop holes near Albufeira make a short extra round. Away from golf, Vilamoura’s beaches either side of the marina are close by, and Loulé’s Saturday market is about 15 minutes inland.

Find your season.

Playable all year, with the busiest tee sheets from February to May and in October. Summer rates fall to €135 on the reseller’s list for July and August 2027, but the heat makes early starts wise. Winter brings occasional Atlantic storms and the lowest prices.