Lisbon Sports Club is one of Portugal's oldest golf addresses, with golf added to the club's sporting activities in 1922. The course found its permanent home in the wooded Serra da Carregueira hills near Belas in 1964, a valley setting some twenty minutes from Lisbon, Sintra and Cascais alike.

Hawtree & Sons laid out a parkland course in the Scottish tradition, narrow and tree-lined, with a stream that shadows play across much of the round. The opening stretch sets the tone: woods to the left, water to the right, and bunkers on both sides of the 1st, followed immediately by a demanding par three before most golfers have found their rhythm. The layout stays rustic rather than manicured throughout, which is very much the point. The clubhouse, converted from the estate's original house, keeps its colonial-era character, and its terrace looks out over the 5th and 18th fairways.

Facilities include a driving range, a golf academy with a resident professional, and a clubhouse restaurant with its own on-site microbrewery, a rare find on a Portuguese golf course. Twenty minutes from Lisbon's airport, it suits a round either side of a flight as easily as a full day out. Book Lisbon Sports Club through Tee Times and add some proper old-club character to your Lisbon golf break.