Millennium Vilamoura

Where to Stay in Vilamoura: Dom Pedro Marina

Millennium Vilamoura Golf Course

The Millenium golf course Vilamoura, a par 72 course, opened in 2000, although the original back nine was formerly part of the 27-hole Laguna Course. Refurbishment to the existing nine holes commenced in May 1999 and included the complete rebuilding of the tees, greens, and bunkers, particularly for holes 8 and 9, the only ones on this loop with water hazards, to simplify the strategy of the course to make it more golfer-friendly.

The renovated nine holes were joined together with the new 9-hole loop to offer a layout of a different character, style, and playing quality. The work was undertaken by the well-established UK golf Architects Hawtree & Sons, culminating in the creation of the new, exciting 18-hole Millennium golf course in Vilamoura.

For many, this stretch resembles the fairways of The Old Course Golf Club and Pinhal Golf Course, where landing areas grow narrower, requiring more incredible accuracy. Several lakes, particularly interestingly on 17 and 18, enrich the remaining holes of the Millennium Golf Course, where a simple course strategy is always the best approach. This course is a great addition and recommended whilst on a golf break in Vilamoura.

The course is particularly open, although some holes (the 3rd to the 7th) wind between pine trees and are similar to the neighbouring fairways of The Old Course Vilamoura and Pinhal Golf Course. In this more wooded area, the fairways are narrower and require greater accuracy - while the rest of the course has a clear landscape enriched by lakes at the 4th, 17th, and 18th holes. The arrival of the Millennium course made Vilamoura in Southern Portugal's Algarve one of the main - if not the main - European golf destinations.

The Millennium golf course is located in Vilamoura in the Algarve, just 5 minutes from the Marina and four other courses.

Other courses available to combine into a Vilamoura golf package that our team can help you compose include Dom Pedro Laguna, Dom Pedro Pinhal, Dom Pedro Old Course, Dom Pedro Victoria and Vila Sol.