PGA Aroeira No.2 (Challenge Golf Course)
PGA Aroeira No.2 is Donald Steel's other Herdade da Aroeira design, opened in 2000 as Aroeira Challenge and renamed in 2024 as part of the resort's relaunch as PGA Aroeira Lisboa, Portugal's first PGA National venue. A major renovation through 2025 has rebuilt tee boxes, bunkers, fairways and greens while keeping Steel's original layout and routing intact, timed to mark the course's 25th anniversary.
Where No.1 asks for accuracy through pine avenues, No.2 plays a different game. Greens run large, some over 700 square metres, and Scottish-style pot bunkers sit among more conventional traps across the fairways. Five lakes come into play throughout, most persistently on the back nine, and five tees per hole keep it accessible to a genuine range of abilities despite its European Tour-standard credentials. Post-renovation, greens and bunkers are already in excellent shape, with fairways settling in well as the work beds in.
One thing worth knowing before you book: a new hotel is under construction at this course, due in 2028, so reception and clubhouse facilities remain temporary for now, with a short shuttle over from the No.1 clubhouse. The golf itself is the real draw here, and freshly renovated. Book No.1 and No.2 together for the full PGA Aroeira Lisboa experience, and you'll get two genuinely different Donald Steel tests in one trip.
Reception: Everyday from 7:45am to 8:00pm
Golf Clubs: Callaway
Club House: With Restaurant and Snack bar, on Aroeira I
With driving range
With an Academy
Trolleys: Manual
Without locker room
Pro Shop: Everyday from 7:45am to 8:00pm
Golf Lessons: Resident professionals
Buggies: Without GPS
With putting green
Juniors: Up to 18 years oldPGA Aroeira No.2 (Challenge Golf Course) - latest comments and reviews
Joanne Lewis -Ryan
2026-05-14
Major developments going on here, a bit chaotic. Stunning houses as you go around the course.
Marc Eskenazi
2026-04-17
the course is not really finished, no clubhouse and no drinking water on the course so take yours. greens and bunkers are in a very good shape, the fairway is ok but not great, good value for money though
David Hudson
2026-04-16
Nice course and good customer service. Facilities at No 2 course temporary and exceedingly limited. Some initial confusion about pick up point for hire clubs and dispersement of facilities necessitted a couple of shuttle trips to pick up clubs and familiarise ourselves with them before our tee time
Victor Nordahl
2025-10-30
Nice course but the tee boxes were not great. There were also no club house or resturant. However, a free shuttle bus to Aroeira 1 and friendly staff.
Richard Collins
2025-10-16
Course is in good condition, slightly better design than #1.
Facilities are poor, portacabin for a clubhouse hidden away, you have to walk up the 18th hole to get to it after taking an age trying to find the spot.
The layout of the place was an afterthought.
Not sure I'd come back
Adam Wilson
2025-09-23
Newly opened & maybe needed a few more weeks to finish off the tees, otherwise had a great time with not so may people booked & beautiful course.
Nick Jones
2025-09-20
Very difficult to find the temporary starting point for this course. There are very few amenities there. Course its self is challenging, lots of water. Condition variable
Michael Werner Sutter
2025-05-19
Nice course with inadequate infrastucure
Jan Huysmans
2025-04-20
We had the impression that, due to the works on the Aroeira I course during the last 6 months, the course lacked some maintenance which resulted in poor tee-boxes and average fairways. On the other hand, the greens were in good condition (with a few diseases here and there) and a lot of work has been and continues to be done to clear the small and larger bushes between the trees to make the course more 'open' and receptive to a recovation.ery shot.
Rogier de Snoo
2025-02-27
The front 9 holes is prety boring, the back 9 was a bit better. Outside the fairways everything looked a bit messy/deteriorated. The clubhouse is a couple minutes drive.
Michael Rice
2024-10-09
The course itself was in very good condition but clubhouse facilities were disappointing before and after the golf.
Tom McKeon
2024-09-23
Really enjoyable golf course in a beautiful setting. Facilities a little sparse as the Challenge course is a long way from the main clubhouse. Staff extremely friendly & helpful.
Tecnicals
*Flat -
*Dogleg -
*Tree Lined -
*Water hazards -
*Parkland -
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