Pestana Vila Sol Golf & Resort

Nice Hotel friendly staff. The chalet room was noisy presumably from the AirCon unit next to the room. Could do with a few more lights on the walkways to the chalet rooms at night! A little dark for an older person as the walkway sets were very uneven and could easily trip up! The buffet food in the Hotel restaurant was good but the even menu was limited and food was average. Too salty and vegetables limited. The buffet evening meals have been good in the past but the last 4 visits the buffet was not available in the evening.

Beautiful location and grounds, lovely large rooms, excellent facilities and very quiet in January

Hi for golf only at Vila sol ok Our room in the chalet was in darkness all the time we had to pull sun beds from the pool area to our front door! We paid 45euro each for the Christmas dinner which they have on Christmas Eve and again this was very disappointing, we expected to be served a three course meal for that price but no, same as other evening meals, serve yourself and not very hot at that! Breakfasts were just ok the guy making the ommellettes took about 5 minutes for each one nothing to do with a queue just he was useless Staff were quite good and bar staff helpful Certainly nowhere near a five star hotel and I have stayed in hotels all over the world! Overall we quite enjoyed the stay because of the weather Unfortunately I was not aware of how far away the other golf courses were, nearly an hours drive each day! In fact we gave up the last venue Silves and changed to play again the Vila sol course on the Monday horrendous... we were of course a two ball sqeezed in beyeeen four balls especially the group in front despite my protestations looking for lost ball for about 10 minutes refused to let us through. Fortunately our day at Gramacjo was great as we met and played with a lovely couple from Germany Alto was ok but the rough was so long difficult to find a ball just off fairway However all transfers were spot on.

It was a very nice hotel with excellent facilities and a very helpful and co-operative staff.

Most of the staff very friendly, breakfast ok, Recommend the continental as it is far better than the hot buffet! Rooms a little bit dated and a bit of walk from main hotel but not a problem as we had huge lockers for our golf kit by the reception area. The hotel is situated is quite far from the other golf courses, some at least 40 minutes drive. Seems that the other courses are close together and villa sol hotel situated a little out of the the way on its own. Overall the hotel was nice. We didn’t try the pool as we stayed in November for the golf.

Excellent rooms, fantastic pool and outdoor areas. The breakfast offered something for everyone and the quality was very good and plenty of it!!

hotel is good but way over priced for drink and food 5.50euro can of beer guinness 4.50 less than a pint of super bock 7.50euo there own brand of baileys 45euro for golf buggy I could go on and on. would not return way better value in malaga tenerife

We stayed in rooms in the main building, most rooms or villas are situated in grounds. Rooms were comfortable with large balconies overlooking the driving range

We booked only the day before travel. Organisation, attention to detail (including most cost effective transfer to and from Airport) excellent. Our grateful thanks to Steve Smith at 'Your golf travel'. Whilst hotel was a bit dated, facilities, service and buffet breakfasts excellent.

Great hotel and lovely location. Staff were VERY helpful and accommodating. I would definitely recommend it and stay again.

Very poor not enough staff waiting far to long for service food etc

Pleasant hotel let down by expensive bar prices!

Just delightful, everything to hand and great staff. Breakfast superb and golf course on the ball.

Great experience , we stayed in the apartments and they were great would definitely stay there again.

we stayed in the Villas around the hotel 2 minutes from main hotel. really comfortable rooms with everything you'd expect apart from tea making facilities.

Perfect for golf break, hotel is clean , staff are extremely helpful, great food and drink

I was amazed at the quality of my room I don't know why we did not go there before. 2 minutes walk to the restaurant/bar and 5 minutes to the clubhouse. Got me a lot of brownie points from all the lads. Well done YGT. I will be talking to you soon!!!

The hotel was very comfortable but they are in the middle of refurbishing a lot of the areas the food on the first night was very poor and a lot of guests complained food was cold and portions small the clubhouse was better at lunchtime after our round

It was a lot of building work going on, half of the hotel was closed so that there was no out side bar's or inside bar's apart from a very small bar at the restaurant, so we felt uncomfortable to use the bar during meal times

Great location and a great place for an early break. Greens in very good condition. Very enjoyable 3 days

All staff very slow, selective hearing. Getting hot drinks at breakfast very tiresome

A little tired in places but overall a great hotel in a great spot. The rooms we had were the Garden View ones and could do with a little updating. The staff were great in every part of the hotel.

I would like to thank Nick Bishop at Your Golf Travel for organising my latest coaching trip to Vila Sol in Portugal. From putting the package together initially through to the completion of the trip, Nick and his team were helpful, professional and adaptable as changes to the itinerary became necessary.

We stayed at the Vila Sol resort for 3 nights and as well as using their academy to do the coaching sessions we also played the 9 hole course on the Friday and the 18 hole championship course on the Monday. Sandwiched between these were 18 hole rounds at the beautiful Vale Do Lobo Royal and the Qunita Do Logo North course.

The organisation of the trip was first class, all the different transfers were always on time and even when I needed some changes made they were done seamlessly. My customers were really impressed with how smoothly everything went, from when they arrived at Faro airport to when they returned there, they had to think of nothing as it had all been taken care of.

Having used Vila Sol several times now for these golf coaching trips, the service they gave was also outstanding. They upgraded all the guests rooms to suites and allowed us all to have a late check out on the final day meaning that we could play the Vila Sol course, return to our rooms and shower and change before heading off to the airport, a service that really helped make the customers experience special.

I would thoroughly recommend both Your Golf Travel, and in particular Nick Bishop, and the Vila Sol resort and area for a golf break, you will not be disappointed.

A big thank you to yourgolftravel for another well organised and enjoyable golf trip, from which I think we have all just about recovered from!

Everything went really smoothly from our collection at the airport to checking in at the hotel and then the 3 rounds of golf. We played in what can only be described as superb conditions with the sun shining constantly.

We played 19-27 and 1-9 and hardly had a delay. Course is tree-lined and has a very English feel to it so errant shots are punished. We were going straight to the airport after our round and were very happy to find showers and towels available for all.

Tougher course but great fun

Vila Sol is a great test of golf off the white Tees but only players who drive the ball 250 - 300 yards should play off the back. The yellow tees give normal single figure players an opportunity to play mid and short irons to greens. The greens were in excellent condition but the fairways appear compacted and a lot of work is required to bring them back to a good condition. Many fairways were bald and muddy with little growth despite warm temperatures and reasonable rainfall. 3 great 9's however and always enjoy the challenge! John

We found the course in excellent condition, very busy but well managed so we were not held up ( other than by some idiots playing 2 balls each! )so not the course staffs fault. As a very average golfer I found some holes challenging but great fun. Plenty of water which was not always avoided ! I haves described the course as hard but to a better golfer probably average in difficulty.

Course appears overplayed. Multiple bare patches on the fairways and almost 6 hours for a round of golf. A lack of course Marshall meant a few groups who lacked ability and etiquette held the field up.

Nice course but fairways not always in the best condition

Fairways poor greens good play slow at times very slow!!

The courses had an attractive and interesting range of holes over thee nine hole arrangements. We enjoyed all the three different nines with the only criticism being the fairways which were somewhat worn. We would certainly go back to this venue.

Even though the course looked very busy we were started on the 19th hole (not the bar!!) and we had an amazing round. No hold ups even though we were only a 2 ball. Nice course, fairly flat and easily played with a pull trolley. Good condition considering so much rain in the few days before and on the morning we played. Would recommend.

Lots of noise, building/construction work going on around the course. Cranes and builders making noises too. Didn’t have the same feel to it as the other courses we played on although was very nice I wouldn’t rate it as good as Gramacho or Pinta. We played it on a rainy day and a sunny day and got to experience it in both conditions.

Too many players on the course with no marshalling to keep slow groups moving .Some great holes

Tight off the tee with trees hugging the edges of the fairways. It’s pretty flat throughout but the holes generally shape one way or another. The condition of the fairways and greens was excellent and I would definitely play it again !!

Best course from selection. Tight off some tees but great holes. Fantastic bar but driving range is like playing out of bunkers. X3 9 holes mixed to make 18. All very challenging.

golf was ok

Vila Sol was in poor condition unfortunately, some fairways were heavily sanded and the surface on some was poor. This course can be frustrating as you can hit the middle of a fairway and still end up under a tree.

Our first game teeing of at lunchtime was on the slow side, other games were just over 4 hours

Greens a bit slow and lots of trees

This course is too greedy and crammed to many people onto it, shame really as it's a spectacular course

Beautiful course, however, a lot of fir trees in middle of fairways which was challenging! Expensive buggy hire (45 Euros) which exclusive of green fee. No bottled water supplied either.

good course but most difficult course we played

What a great course Vila Sol is. You have to pick you way around the tree lined fairways and the various sand and water obstacles that come your way. The greens are great and the course will maintained. The staff were very friendly and cheerful. I would definitely recommend playing this course.

Really nice challenging course you need to hit a good tee shot otherwise it makes your 2nd shot impossible to get to the green as fairways are narrow and tree lined but wasn't rushed pace of play was really good and greens were good

Golf course was very good greens very poor

Older more traditional Portugese course. Loved it & well worth the 45 mins drive to get there.

Great course good challenge

Excellent so good we went back again

This was our 2nd favourite course, similar to the Old Course in terms of character. Some great tree lined holes and some amazing views as well as challenging holes. The round itself was slow, but that is more to do with peoples lack of respect for the game and other people around them, in terms of slow play. That is not the golf courses fault though. Would highly recommend this course and yourgolftravel did a wonderful job in picking 3 top quality courses.

Well maintained course

We played twice. Was disappointed that the first 9 was shut for maintenance.

One nine hole closed so rounds were slow but this was a holiday so, weather great and company fantastic!

Fantastic golf course with 27 holes which I would say was championship standard very tree lined but a great challenge.

Very disappointed with a few aspects of the course:- - No buggies available on Sat 11th, although people from a wedding party were driving a number of these around the course, & limited number available on 12th. - At the half-way point, the hut was very limited in what it had to offer, no sandwiches or ciders. - The buggy selling drinks was not in operation on either days, & we were told there was a staff shortage. Considering the weather it would have been helpful to get some drinks during the back 9 especially. - The kitchen closed at 6pm. Considering there was still at least 10-20 groups still out on the course, this again was very disappointing that we couldn’t get food after this time.

Fairways were not great and the whole place feels as though it needs upgrading

This is a very busy golf course with 27 holes but exceptionally well organised, we did not have to wait at the 10 where we started or have any difficulty cutting in on the 19th. A difficult challenge with water and trees in abundance. Slick greens that required great care on both the approach and putting out. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Some tight fairways. Great condition. Perfect greens and scenery will definitely be returning

a great course , good layout, very good greens, very fast, hard to read. very well kept. we would play there again. I know its expensive to keep a good course up to scratch, but the green fees a rather high.

For a high handicapper I rated this course 5* although several holes were tight/long but very enjoyable will definitely be back next year.!!!

Lovely course in good condition enjoyed the level of challenge played it on arrival and again on our last day

Very good enjoyable

Excellent but difficult

Range facilities are ok. Balls,basket and dispenser need attention. Practicing of the grass is good but not much grass to hit off. Greens very good.

Played here before was a bit disappointed in the condition of the course

We have all played it several times and will keep coming back as it is a greta course.

We have played it many times but it was looking tired and not as good as when we first played it several years ago.

played the 2nd and 1st nines. Had argument with members after we finished 1st nine six 2 balls (members) standing on the 1st tee with no starter. Complained to the pro shop. This ruined the round

Great course and never any pressure to hurry up

Always a decent day at Vilasol

Enjoyed

Lots of trees to hit into. Some really tight fairways so you need to be straight off the tee. Holes 1-18 are lovely but 19-27 not so much. Great club house and range though.

Very enjoyable Golf Course. Very tricky with a lot of cork trees, but beautiful and in really good condition A nice variety of holes. We would all play it again

Golf slow . Very tight tree lined . Three 9 holes . Last 9 been Jamed a bit.