As the beautiful Portugese and Spainish landscapes continue to be swept aside with new golf courses appearing by the day, it was interesting to read Mark Sellman’s article on the Times Online website

The owners of the Plano do resort are not even advertising tennis courts as part of their marketing. Instead, you can read about their 72-acre shrine to golf in the Algarve.

Sellman says “That says much about the priorities for the management at the five-star complex in Portugal’s booming tourist destination.”