Alenda sits at the foot of the Sierra de las Águilas, a short drive inland from Alicante, where Roland Favrat built the course in 1999 with a deliberately light touch on the land. He kept the native pine, carob and olive trees in place and worked the fairways around them rather than through them, giving the course a settled, natural feel that has only grown with age.

The front nine is the friendly half: wide, palm-lined fairways that let you find a rhythm early. The back nine changes the terms entirely, asking for precision over power as the holes tighten and the greens demand a properly read line. The closing stretch saves its sharpest test for last, so a good card here has to be earned right to the eighteenth. At 6,257 metres and par 72, there is plenty of course to work with across the round.

A well-equipped practice area, gym and clubhouse restaurant round out the visit, making Alenda an easy course to build a full day around. Book a round here for a course that rewards a considered game from tee to green.