Spain, Costa del Sol
The greens are generous in size, but the fairways are slender on the front nine, while precise golf is required on the back nine to ensure you make a decent score.
Based on 2 sharing a twin or double room
Alcaidesa Golf Resort offers the very best views in the Costa del Sol with stunning vistas over the Mediterranean Sea, Gibraltar and Africa.
The 4-star Vik Gran Hotel is an excellent beachfront hotel in Mijas Costa. Ideally located for playing golf to the East of Marbella including La Cala and Santana.
The SO Sotogrande is an excellent 5 star resort with bungalow-style rooms with their own terrace, overlooking the hotel gardens, golf course and the coast.
The Hotel Encinar de Sotogrande is set in a privileged location near the beaches of the Costa del Sol, and some of the best golf courses in Spain such as Valderrama, home of the 1997 Ryder Cup, which is just 10 minutes away by car.
Los Lagos is the longer of the two courses at Mijas Golf, but has wide fairways, soft slopes, many bunkers and nine lakes, from which the course gets its name.
The third of three courses on the La Cala Resort, it is fair to say that the Europa layout is the friendliest of the trio.
Located just five minutes from Marbella city centre, this course runs alongside the Rio Real River, from which it takes its name and forms an integral part of the course.
Alcaidesa Heathland was designed by the renowned former Ryder Cup player and architect of numerous world renowned layouts, Dave Thomas.