Sam Tremlett takes on all three courses and more at Quinta do Lago, one of the most heralded resorts in Portugal’s golf-rich Algarve

From world-renowned links to beautiful parkland treats and less-heralded layouts, we pick out the courses that have the edge in ten different categories

Last autumn we embarked on a campervan adventure through Portugal, a country largely unknown to us, despite spending several winters touring its neighbour, Spain. There is free movement between them n

This month we turn our attention to five less well-known but great-value and highly enjoyable courses that have all doubled in size within living memory

Hunting in Portugal is as thrilling now as it was for the Duke of Wellington and his officers during the Peninsular War

After spending two months bubling around southern Spain, you join the ride at Valor, in the Sierra Nevada mountains of Andalusia. We were contemplating our return route north to Santander and the ferr