Vau and Praia del Rey

Due to our issues with our original rental car at Porto our current rental agreement was to return the car to Porto rather than Lisbon as planned. So that got us thinking. What could we do heading up to Porto that we haven’t seen or done so of course GOLF came to mind. For that reason we booked a round at Praia del Rey and an apartment in a village nearby. We were able to check in at 12pm before golf and as we got there early we hunted down a coffee. The cafe matched the town in saying that it had a bit of grunge but the coffee was good. So with a bit of trepidation we met Joao our host at the street front door. When he let us in we were amazed at what was behind the door. Joao had explained that it had been his grandmother’s home and during Covid he had renovated it by himself including most of the decorations and furnishings. There were four seperate apartments with a shared kitchen and a beautiful outdoor area including a pool. Anyway, enough about that . Onto the golf at Praia del Rey, rated one of the best courses in Europe. Collected our rental clubs and made our way to the first tee. We met our playing partners Gűnther and Miriam from Germany. Another group was ready to go after ours so a bit of an audience so I stepped up to the tee ready to smash one 230 metres but I topped it about 10 metres into the crap. Let’s just say we had a great day with Gűnther and Miriam, who were very good golfers, while Debbie and I struggled but loved the course. After a drink with our new friends, Google lead us to a local eatery down the road from our digs where we had a choice of steak and fritts or steak and fritts so that’s what we had. They were very happy to have us which was great.Read more