We have all visited a place that is a disappointment just because it is insufficient in some fundamental variable. For example, it is beautiful, but it is insecure. Or it's safe, but it's boring. That contaminates everything. These are the places where we don't want to go back and where we would never live. One of the greatest virtues of the Algarve is precisely that it doesn't force us to make choices. In that regard, the choices we already have to do in life are enough. In the Algarve, we don't have to choose between the beach or the countryside, between a 30-degree climate in August or a thermometer that even offers us 20 degrees in December, between the bustle of the sea or the calm of the mountains, between the cuisine or the landscape, between the joy that floods the days or the pleasure that defines the nights. Because the Algarve has all this to spare and with supreme quality. And Vale do Lobo, one of the three corners of the Lusitanian Golden Triangle, has all this in an exponential version.
But there's more: it's one of the best golf destinations in Europe. And it has some of the most beautiful houses in the world in these golf resorts. With the bonus that these properties are built next to the beach and benefit from a breathtaking sea view, which only the countries bordering the ocean provide. But not even in the real estate sector, does Portugal's sunniest region force us to make choices: apartments in Vilamoura or villas in Vilamoura? With swimming pool or garden? It's almost indifferent, if we consider that all the properties on this part of the Algarve coast, located in the municipality of Almancil, Portugal, have as a common denominator luxury, security, short distance between places - about five kilometres separate the villas in Vale do Lobo from the farms in Vilamoura and the villas in Quinta do Lago - and a number of characteristics associated with leisure that can only lead to happiness.
That's why it's often said that the Algarve is all qualities in one place. And that place is no longer a secret to anyone: it's in the south of Portugal and it's home to international awards every year. It's the place where everyone wants to spend their holidays, where most people want to come back and where more and more people want to live.
Elected several times as the best golf destination in the world by specialized publications, tour operators and international associations, not even in this sport does the Algarve force you to make choices: it is the place of choice for professionals and the place of perdition for beginners, since there are numerous academies of international reputation training those who are now taking their first steps. Besides, the mild climate makes it possible to practice golf all year round and the almost 50 courses with varying degrees of difficulty satisfy the different types of golfers. The golf resorts also stand out by their accessibility, by the quality of their infrastructure and by the fact that they are located in preserved areas that combine sea cliffs with lakes surrounded by trees and flowers.
If the most central area of the Algarve, between Vilamoura, Quinta do Lago and Vale do Lobo, is known to be one of the most equipped for the practice of golf, the Royal Golf Course, with its famous 16th hole, is the most prestigious and photographed course in Europe.
It is said that golf was invented in Scotland in the 15th century, but today it's in the south of Portugal that the lovers of the sport that seduced the world want to play. This relates to the fact that there are plot area for sale in the Algarve and plots in Vale do Lobo that ensure a unique quality of life for those who no longer want to leave this wonderful southern region, which is a cocktail of attributes hard to find in the same geography.
