Carvoeiro is surrounded by championship golf courses. There are three in the town which include two 18 hole courses on the Pestana resort and a 9 hole par 3 course at Vale do Milho. More than half of the Algarve’s thirty five golf courses are within a half hour drive away. www.pestanagolf.com Besides the extensive golf there are many other activities including boat rides through the sea caves to the grottoes and secret beaches, tennis, horse riding, water parks, activity parks, shopping centres, trips to the Monchique Mountains, Lagos Zoo, Diving (a diving school is just a few hundred metres from the Villa).