Monte Rei Tee Times and Booking

The short answer

Tee times at Monte Rei North are booked directly with the club or through approved Algarve golf booking platforms, and you should reserve well ahead because the club deliberately limits the number of groups on the course each day. That cap is the point of the place: the gaps between tee times are generous, so you rarely wait, and the green fee includes a shared buggy and an hour on the practice facilities. Caddies and an on course refreshment service complete a premium, unhurried round on a Jack Nicklaus Signature layout that opened in 2007 and is consistently rated among the finest in Portugal and Europe.

There is one essential caveat for 2026: Monte Rei has scheduled a temporary closure of the North Course from around 13 April to 14 September 2026 for major improvement works, including irrigation upgrades, reconstruction of greens and bunkers, restoration of areas affected by recent fires, and practice facility improvements. That removes much of the high summer from the calendar, so plan a 2026 trip for the early spring before the closure or after the reopening, and check the dates before you commit. On cost, green fees start from around 175 euros per person and rise in peak season. Everything here was checked in June 2026 and is indicative, so always confirm the current pricing, closure dates and availability directly before booking.

How the booking works

Because Monte Rei caps daily play, the booking is less about racing a queue and more about reserving early and matching your dates to the club's calendar. You book direct or through an approved platform, the buggy and practice time come with the fee, and you can add caddies and the on course service that make a Monte Rei round feel like a private members day. The generous tee gaps mean groups are not stacked on top of one another, which is exactly why discerning visitors come back. The trade is that prime slots, especially in the cooler high season months that bracket the 2026 closure, go quickly.

For 2026 the closure is the planning fact that overrides everything else. With the North Course out from mid April to mid September, the sensible windows are the late winter and early spring before it shuts and the autumn after it reopens, when the eastern Algarve is at its best for golf in any case. Our concierge can confirm the live reopening date, secure the tee times around it, and build Monte Rei into a wider Algarve trip with the other strong courses along the coast. For the full cost picture, see our guide to Monte Rei green fees.

When to play, and what to expect

The North Course is a Jack Nicklaus Signature design set against the hills of the eastern Algarve, away from the busier central resorts, with wide, immaculately conditioned fairways, large contoured greens and water in play on several holes. It is a course that rewards thoughtful position play and gives back generously to those who keep it in front of them, and the conditioning is a large part of its reputation. The setting is calm and rural, a contrast to the strip of golf further west, and the service ethos extends from the first tee to the halfway house.

The best golf months in this corner of Portugal are the spring and autumn, with mild, settled weather and firm turf, and the deep summer is hot, which is part of why the improvement works are scheduled across it in 2026. Pair Monte Rei with the strong courses of the central and western Algarve over several days, and base yourself for easy drives along the coast. For where it sits among the country's best and how to build a trip, see our guides to the best golf courses in Portugal, golf in Portugal and Portugal golf holidays.