Oitavos Dunes lies within the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park. It is set among pine woods and reforested dunes in an area of great natural beauty. Being a seaside golf course, the ocean view is present all the time, although some of the more fantastic scenery come from the Sintra mountains and Cabo da Roca, the Europe\\\’s most western point in Europe, seen from the 9, 10, 11 and 14 holes. The layout has been carefully crafted by one of the greatest golf architects of out times, ex-president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects, Arthur Hills. Hills has maintaned and preserved the unique characteristics of the land, creating a 6303 meter, par 71 golf course. The environmental certification was done in cooperation with Aubudon Intenational, an American environmental association. The sustainability of the resources is the prior objective, and because of that the flora and fauna peculiar to the region are strictly protected.
