Vila Nova de Santo Estevao CCI 19,
Santo Estevão, Santarém Region 2130-127
Office
+351 263 949 492Pro shop
+351 263 949 492Fax
+351 263 949 497Website
Visit websiteThe Course:
18 holes. Open parkland. Gently undulating terrain - easy to walk.
Surroundings:
Rural countryside and residential.
Designer:
Donald Steel
38.907169
-8.736953
47 km E of Lisbon
FROM THE A13 motorway take exit 3 (Montijo / Coruche N119). After toll booth, at main road, turn right onto the N119 direction Coruche / Santo Estevao. After 5.3 km turn left at restaurant and golf sign. After 6.4 km turn right into Santo Estevao golf.
FROM THE A12 motorway take exit 1 onto IC3 direction Alcochete and continue on the N119 direction Infantado / Coruche. After 22 km at roundabout with the N10, go straight over, direction Coruche. After 5.8 km turn left at restaurant and golf sign. After 6.4 km turn right into Santo Estevao golf.
Santo Estevão Golfe: It is early days for the Vila Nova de Santo Estevao project, but its owners have made the perfect start by putting in place a very good calibre golf course - the luxury hotel and further housing will follow. Eventually, largish villas will line the course's perimeter, but never too closely to interfere with your shots, however wide they might be.
Inside this expansive and very gently undulating layout, there is a real feeling of natural openness, with several cork-oaks dotted around and water hazards coming into play on only a couple of holes. Beyond the generous width fairways and semi-rough lie large areas of grassy deep rough, teeming with wild flowers of many types and best avoided with the golf ball if possible.
The excellent bunkering is not excessive but strategically placed to require good shot-making, especially into the large and sloping greens. Santo Estevao is certain to establish an excellent reputation, while adding to the golfing attractions of the Ribatejo region, located just half an hour or so east of Lisbon.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance. Maximum handicap: men 28; women 36.
Soft spikes only. Players generally walk this course. Golf carts available for hire.
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Estrada de Santo Estevão km 9.4, Santo Estevão, 2130 Benavente.
+351 932 551 049
Visit websiteLocated close to the Santo Estêvão Golf Course, this equestrian sports farm offers 10 air-conditioned rooms, as well as an outdoor swimming pool.
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Santo Estevao; Ribagolfe I & II.
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Estrada Nacional 1, 2600-009 Vila Franca de Xira
+351 263 276 670
Visit websiteThe Leziria Parque Hotel offers contemporary accommodation just outside Vila Franca de Xira, 1 km from the scenic estuary of the Tagus River. It features excellent links with Lisbon, thanks to the hotel's proximity to the A1 motorway.
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Ribagolfe I & II (30 km); Santo Estevao (35-40 km).
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