Santo Estêvão was designed by British architect Donald Steel, opened in 2004 across 72 hectares of the fertile Ribatejo countryside near Benavente, about forty minutes east of Lisbon and close to the Ribagolfe complex. The course takes its lead from the landscape it sits in rather than reshaping it.

Wide fairways and gently undulating ground make for an easy, pleasant walk, with old cork oaks and golden natural grasses framing the rough. Water shapes two of the round's defining moments: a lake carry off the tee at the 3rd, and a second lake guarding the approach at the 7th. The 11th is the course's signature hole, opening onto the resort's largest lake and offering both the finest view on the course and its sternest test.

Facilities include a driving range, a golf academy, resident golf professionals, and a clubhouse restaurant and snack bar. Pair it with neighbouring Ribagolfe for a quieter, inland stretch of golf away from the coast, and book through Tee Times.