Marriott's Praia D'El Rey Golf & Beach Resort is located about an hour north of Lisbon on the shores of the Atlantic in southern Portugal. The setting is second to none and the stretch from the 12th to the 15th is as visually stunning as you'll see on any golf course - as long as you keep your eyes left.
Sadly, the course has pimped itself out to plenty of housing, and construction lurks at every turn. It's good business for Marriott, no doubt, but it does leave golfers feeling a little bit cheated. This is still a very good upscale resort golf course but it could be so much more.
The seaside "money shots" come on the back nine; until then the course plays through trees and subdivisions, very tightly, with heather or hazards lining most fairways thanks to side-by-side holes.
Praia D'El Rey
The front nine of Praia D'El Rey plays through subdivisions and trees.
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Praia D'El Rey
The Praia D'El Rey course was designed by American architect Cabell Robinson.
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Praia D'El Rey
The course features some stunning Atlantic Ocean views ...
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Praia D'El Rey
... when the ever-present construction cranes don't intrude.
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Praia D'El Rey
Marriott's Praia D'El Rey Golf & Beach Resort near Lisbon, Portugal
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Praia D'El Rey
The shoreside house was once a lookout point for authorities to catch drug smugglers.
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Praia D'El Rey
Marriott's Praia D'El Rey Golf & Beach Resort near Lisbon, Portugal
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Praia D'El Rey
Marriott's Praia D'El Rey Golf & Beach Resort near Lisbon, Portugal
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Praia D'El Rey
Marriott's Praia D'El Rey Golf & Beach Resort near Lisbon, Portugal
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Praia D'El Rey
Marriott's Praia D'El Rey Golf & Beach Resort near Lisbon, Portugal
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Praia D'El Rey
Marriott's Praia D'El Rey Golf & Beach Resort near Lisbon, Portugal
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Praia D'El Rey
Marriott's Praia D'El Rey Golf & Beach Resort near Lisbon, Portugal
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Praia D'El Rey
Marriott's Praia D'El Rey Golf & Beach Resort near Lisbon, Portugal
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Praia D'El Rey
The par-5 10th is where the ocean comes into the picture at Praia D'El Rey.
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Praia D'El Rey
Marriott's Praia D'El Rey Golf & Beach Resort near Lisbon, Portugal
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Praia D'El Rey
Marriott's Praia D'El Rey Golf & Beach Resort near Lisbon, Portugal
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Praia D'El Rey
Marriott's Praia D'El Rey Golf & Beach Resort near Lisbon, Portugal
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Praia D'El Rey
Marriott's Praia D'El Rey Golf & Beach Resort near Lisbon, Portugal
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Praia D'El Rey
Marriott's Praia D'El Rey Golf & Beach Resort near Lisbon, Portugal
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Praia D'El Rey
Marriott's Praia D'El Rey Golf & Beach Resort near Lisbon, Portugal
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Praia D'El Rey
Marriott's Praia D'El Rey Golf & Beach Resort near Lisbon, Portugal
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Praia D'El Rey
Marriott's Praia D'El Rey Golf & Beach Resort near Lisbon, Portugal
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