Vale do Lobo is home to two golf courses, the Royal and the Ocean both supposedly based on concepts from Sir Henry Cotton and redeveloped by American architect Rocky Roquemore. The Royal Course features the world-famous 16th hole, a par three than runs right along the edge of the Algarve coastline - the hole part of the original Vale do Lobo course that Cotton designed in 1968.

Sadly despite potential, the golf available throughout Vale do Lobo is rather tame and there isn't much to recommend beyond sampling the marvelous 16th hole for yourself.