Alameda do Aqueduto,
Belas, Lisboa Region 2605-641
Office
+351 219 626 640Fax
+351 219 626 641Website
Visit websiteGolf pro
Keith BarrettThe Course:
18 holes. Open parkland. Hilly - several slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Residential and rural countryside.
Designer:
Rocky Roquemore
38.808304
-9.273866
13 km NW of Lisbon
There are several routes to Belas Golf, taking either the A5 and A9 from Lisbon (exit at Belas), or the IC19 from Sintra and Cascais. The key is to get on the N117 between Belas and Pero Pinheiro. From the town of Belas, the Club is approximately 2.5 km and will be on your right, just o.3 km beyond the turning for Lisbon Sports Club (on your left).
Belas Clube de Campo is home to a course that serves up something of a mixed bag scenically. Its first four holes are played through tranquil and very natural countryside, before the course moves into its "partnership" with the prodigious housing and apartment developments of the Belas Clube de Campo complex.
Throughout there is a clear sense that the golf holes are well designed, with water and significant bunkering all playing their part. Upkeep is also of a generally good standard. The real estate tends to overshadow some lovely views to be found from the course (see if you can spot the stunning hilltop castle at Sintra).
Unless you are feeling particularly fit, and enjoy long, uphill green to tee walks, it really is advisable to take a buggy.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance. Maximum handicap: men 28; women 36.
Soft spikes only. Golf carts available for hire.
Good
Portugal's 41st best course (Golf World, 2022).
Apartado 1095, 2781-801 Paco de Arcos, nr Lisbon
+351 214 468 300
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Belas; Lisbon Sports Club; Estoril; Quinta da Marinha; Oitavos; Penha Longa; Beloura.
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Penha Longa; Beloura
Estoril; Oitavos; Quinta da Marinha; Belas; Lisbon Sports Club.
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