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Rio Real Golf Course
The Rio Real golf course was designed by the legendary Javier Arana, considered to be the best Spanish designer of all time. Tee Times Golf Agency is delighted to offer special green fees and tee times for this spectacular golf course Located in the most prestigious area of Marbella, just 5 minutes from the city centre, this golf course opened in 1965. The golf course runs alongside the Rio Real River, from which it takes its name, and forms an integral part of the course, right up until it reaches the Mediterranean Sea. Its design makes it a spectacular golf course. With 18 holes (par 72) and more than 6,000 m in length, the Royal Spanish Golf Federation (Real Federación Española de Golf) considers it to be a prestigious golf course and one of the best in Spain, both for its layout, as well as it unique beauty. The golf course has a wide variety of different species of trees: Pine, Palm, Casuarinas, Olive, Cypress, etc. which make it the ideal place to play golf, both on foot and in golf buggies. Thanks to its Mediterranean climate, one can play all year around, with seafront holes and spectacular views. The Rio Real golf course is suitable for every player, thanks to its more elevated holes, which make them even more appealing as they require the use of various clubs. ...
Chaparral Golf Course
Chaparral Golf course is an 18-hole “Parkland Forest” course, surrounded by a Mediterranean forest. The protected area enhances the typical beauty of the region, where the mountains meet the sea. Chaparral Golf Club is situated in a privileged location, in the heart of Andalucía, in the Mijas Golf Valley. Being next to the sea and only 25 minutes’ drive from Malaga’s airport makes this a popular destination for golfers from all over Europe. Golfers visiting the Costa del Sol who wish to play at Chaparral can take advantage of a variety of deals, beginning with a free player for every seven paying guests (''Group Offer''), green fees that include buggies, either for a simple round of golf or a “Day Pass” that permits you to play more than 18 holes on the same day and with the same voucher. Chaparral also offers a twilight pricing, which, for the majority of the year, allows golfers to complete 18 holes. The Club is the perfect starting point of a combined holiday of golf and culture, with less than 20 minutes to the Old Town of Marbella and the famous luxury harbour “Puerto Banús”. The closest town is Fuengirola with a wide selection of restaurants and one of the largest promenades in Spain. To offer a high standard service and a pleasant experience to each client from the moment they arrive at the Club, is the fundamental objective of the Chaparral Golf Club team. Chaparral Golf Club offers the golf player what every golfer is looking for: an unforgettable experience. ...
La Cala America
La Cala Resort is one of the largest and most exclusive golf resorts in southern Europe with three 18 hole golf courses, the only David Leadbetter Golf Academy in Spain and a high standard Par 3 six hole golf course. The natural features of the La Cala terrain have been used to challenging effect by the renowned golf course architect, Cabell B. Robinson. The three courses are carefully maintained to ensure they are playable all year round. The North Course (now renamed Campo America) is perhaps more difficult than the shorter South (Campo Asia) but both demand great accuracy from the tee and careful club selection. Meanwhile, the third golf course, Campo Europa, uses the River Ojen in making the golf course distinctive. The layout allows for plenty of water hazards. All three offer different challenges to all levels of golfers and demand good course management in addition to a wide variety of shots. ...
Alferini Golf at Villa Padierna
Alferini Golf Club is a true challenge for any golfer. Situated next to the other course of our Resort, Alferini golf course has a long layout of 6.600 metres and is one of the few par 73s on the Coast with some of the fairways requiring pinpoint accuracy and large, generous greens. With four large lakes, water comes into play on several holes, and there is a minimum of five levels on each tee enabling Alferini golf course to be adapted to different playing levels and degrees of difficulty. Out on the course there is a feeling of peace and quiet, a welcome lack of noise, because Alferini Golf Club is truly in the midst of nature, a lush valley within the mountains of Benahavís. ...
La Zagaleta New Course
Zagaleta is an exclusive residential country estate covering almost 900 hectares of beautiful natural hills and valleys, in a magnificent location overlooking the sea, just ten minutes from Marbella. Privacy, security and exceptional service underline our position as Europe’s finest residential resort. Owning a property here opens up a world of privilege and an unparalleled quality of living. Each luxury home is set in natural surroundings with its own special combination of views embrace spectacular mountains, our two verdant golf courses (Zagaleta Old Course - private & Zagaleta New Course) and the glittering turquoise waters of the Mediterranean. Relaxation is a way of life here, while elegant Clubhouses, first-class equestrian facilities and beautiful trails are always on hand to provide five-star recreation. And of course, the many wonders of the Costa del Sol are on your doorstep. Zagaleta New Course was inaugurated in 2005 and truly merges golf with nature thanks to designer Gaunt & Marnoch, who took great care to ensure the course blends in with in beautiful surroundings. This Par 70 is a playful 18 holes of wonderful obstacles and doglegs. Zagaleta New Course adds a new dimension to the course’s character and provides unforgettable sights along the way. The elegant and cosy Clubhouse offers magnificent views from the terrace to the Course and the spectacular lake. Additionally, it is possible to see the different avian species and the variety of fauna in the area. ...
El Paraiso Golf
El Paraiso Golf Course lies in the valley in the foothills of the Sierra Bermaja mountains. The fairways bordered by heavy rough include meandering streams and fauna such as oleander, jacaranda, and mimosas. The clubhouse is situated in the middle of the golf course and calls the 6th hole its ''Signature hole'' which has a dogleg left par 5 and needs the drive to avoid two bunkers on both sides and also a lake in the second shot. The club also offers a golf school with lessons for the beginner to the professional and in a wide variety of languages. It is also home to the GASP swing analyzing system. ...
Alhaurin Golf Resort
Alhaurin Golf allows you to use all the clubs in the bag ensuring a great day of golf where every hole is different.This beautiful 18-hole golf course has a wonderfull view for the Mijas Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea. Thegolf course is made up of 5 par fives, 5 par threes and 8 par fours providing a balanced game for low and high handicappers alike. Water only comes into play on three holes and greens are lightly guarded by bunkers in most cases. Hole number 6 is unique, starting with an impressive high position tee shot and continuing through a dogleg right fairway on a hill top. In Alhaurin Golf Hotel & Resort exists also 9 hole par 3 academy golf course. ...
Santa Maria Golf & Country Club
Santa Maria Golf & Country Club is located east of Marbella near Hotel Don Carlos at the Costa del Sol in Spain. Opened in 1991 Santa María Golf previously was a 9-hole golf course designed by Antonio García Garrido. After finishing the second nine, designed by it's own technical staff, 5 years later in 1996 the golf course is now sited in two valleys in the hills in a surrounding with beautiful views. The golf course is not too difficult to play with its wide fairways particularly on the back nine. Besides golf, the Santa María Resort offers other facilities like tennis courts, swimming pools and the Santa María Bowls Club, an official bowls club. ...
Top Selling Marbella Golf Courses
Mijas Golf - Los Olivos
Los Olivos is the second course of Mijas International. Los Olivos golf course is a 18-hole course with smaller undulating greens well protected by bunkers. ...
Mijas Golf - Los Lagos
Mijas Golf International offers two 18 holes golf courses: Los Lagos and Los Olivos. These particularly flat courses are one of the most visited on the Costa del Sol in Spain. Mijas Golf is located at the Costa del Sol 4 kilometres of the N340 towards Alhaurin el Grande close to Fuengirola. The Los Lagos golf course, designed by Robert Trent Jones, was founded in 1976. Although the wide fairways and light rough provide this course a friendly character at first sight, one should be aware of the large bunkers and multiple water hazards formed by eight lakes! The par five 5th hole, 564 m, is one of the longest holes at the Costa del Sol and Andalucía. The Los Olivos golf course, also designed by Robert Trent Jones, was inaugurated in 1984. This course is shorter than Los Lagos and water hazards are less in play. Nevertheless los Olivos is not easier to beat. The fairways and greens are smaller and there is more vegetation and undulation.The Mijas Golf Resort has an unique entrance, an American style wide road swirls through the fairways and greens towards the clubhouse and the reputable Hotel Byblos Andaluz. ...
Calanova Golf Course
Calanova Golf Club is a great par 72 new course located in Mijas, in the New Golf Valley in Malaga. The course with an exquisite and spectacular layout, enables the player to use the strategy during the whole round. The course reminds to a links in some holes, with the best views to the sea and to the mountains in the whole Costa del Sol. ...
Alhaurin Golf Resort
Alhaurin Golf allows you to use all the clubs in the bag ensuring a great day of golf where every hole is different.This beautiful 18-hole golf course has a wonderfull view for the Mijas Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea. Thegolf course is made up of 5 par fives, 5 par threes and 8 par fours providing a balanced game for low and high handicappers alike. Water only comes into play on three holes and greens are lightly guarded by bunkers in most cases. Hole number 6 is unique, starting with an impressive high position tee shot and continuing through a dogleg right fairway on a hill top. In Alhaurin Golf Hotel & Resort exists also 9 hole par 3 academy golf course. ...
Atalaya Golf Old Course
Atalaya golf course owes much of its charm and beauty to the fact that it was created back in 1968, before the rash of golf urbanisation development that has seen golf courses spring up all over the Costa del Sol. It was a slower pace of life in those days, when the design of a golf course was the priority rather than packing in the apartments on the edge of every fairway. Skilled ground staff have not only maintained the quality of the golf courses over the years, but created a perfect ambience around the clubhouse with pretty fountains surrounded by richly-coloured beds of flowers.The fact that it is a members’ club open to green fee paying guests gives it a distinctive edge over its newer, flashier competitors. There’s always a convivial buzz around the clubhouse where members and guests alike are made welcome on the terrace or in the bar. Easy to find, on the road to Benahavis, its central location, close to the beach and within a short drive from some of the region’s most luxurious hotels, make it a favourite venue for visitors. Set against the stunning backdrop of the Sierra Blanca mountains, its two magnificent 18-hole courses - the Atalaya Old Course and the Atalaya New Course - are lined with mature eucalyptus trees, cactus and palms and pink and white azaleas that fill the air with an unforgettable and intoxicating scent. ...
Chaparral Golf Course
Chaparral Golf course is an 18-hole “Parkland Forest” course, surrounded by a Mediterranean forest. The protected area enhances the typical beauty of the region, where the mountains meet the sea. Chaparral Golf Club is situated in a privileged location, in the heart of Andalucía, in the Mijas Golf Valley. Being next to the sea and only 25 minutes’ drive from Malaga’s airport makes this a popular destination for golfers from all over Europe. Golfers visiting the Costa del Sol who wish to play at Chaparral can take advantage of a variety of deals, beginning with a free player for every seven paying guests (''Group Offer''), green fees that include buggies, either for a simple round of golf or a “Day Pass” that permits you to play more than 18 holes on the same day and with the same voucher. Chaparral also offers a twilight pricing, which, for the majority of the year, allows golfers to complete 18 holes. The Club is the perfect starting point of a combined holiday of golf and culture, with less than 20 minutes to the Old Town of Marbella and the famous luxury harbour “Puerto Banús”. The closest town is Fuengirola with a wide selection of restaurants and one of the largest promenades in Spain. To offer a high standard service and a pleasant experience to each client from the moment they arrive at the Club, is the fundamental objective of the Chaparral Golf Club team. Chaparral Golf Club offers the golf player what every golfer is looking for: an unforgettable experience. ...
Santana Golf Club
Santana Golf & Country Club is an 18 Hole golf course par 72 of approx. 6203 metres (just under 7000 yards) in length, set in 138 acres of picturesque parkland. The golf course, sympathetically laid out by the architect Cabell B. Robinson, is set in a former avocado plantation. The final result is a magnificent course with wide and well defined fairways on level terrain, hence easily walkable, where water features play an important albeit not excessive part in the overall design. Each hole has two championship tees and two tees for general play for both men and ladies– wide and well manicured putting greens surrounded by strategically placed bunkers, filled with sand produced from crushed marble. Buggy paths are provided throughout the golf course, beautifully integrated between the rows of fruit trees. Santana Golf course is technically speaking a demanding golf course as the unique design of each hole is intended to give a continuous challenge, even for the more experienced player. The layout of the greens, well protected by greenside bunkers, as well as the many water hazards spread throughout the golf course, will challenge every golfer and require good course management as well as the use of every golf club in the bag. It is difficult to speak of a signature hole at Santana Golf as they all have something special to offer. The long Par-4 18th is one of the most demanding finishing holes along the coast according to the designer, with the lake along the right hand side and a narrow approach to the green. The 4th hole can only be defined with one word: spectacular. The views from the tee are magnificent and the ‘Campillos’ stream provides a challenging approach to the green; or what about the 8th hole, with a length of 595 metre (650 yards) considered to be the longest hole of the Costa del Sol and favouring the longer hitter; not to forget the 12th Par 3, playing downhill, with a very large undulating green, many a golfer would be happy to walk away with a three here... One of the most outstanding features of Santana Golf is without a doubt the variety in design, as each and every hole is differentiated by its own characteristics. ...
Cabopino Golf Club
Cabopino Golf course with 5.170 metres; and par 71 has three par 3’s, two par 5’s and the rest par 4’s. Amongst the many spectacular holes, the par 4, 3rd hole would be the signature hole at Cabopino golf course. The tee box perched on the side of the cliff presents you with a tee shot that has a drop of nearly 80 metres to the fairway, then you face an elevated green protected by a large bunker. Holes 13 and 15 at Cabopino golf course are also attractive, with streams and lakes. The tenth tee provides a magnificent view of the back nine and the Mediterranean Sea. A beautiful part of the Costa de Sol, in Spain. Cabopino Golf course allows all categories of handicap golfers to enjoy a day out ...
If you're planning a golfing adventure abroad, look no further than Marbella, a crown jewel nestled within the golf paradise known as Costa del Sol featuring some of the best golf courses found globally. This picturesque part of the Spanish region of Andalusia is a must-visit for any serious golfer.
Marbella Golf & Country Club
First on our list is the Marbella Golf & Country Club. Crafted by Robert Trent Jones Senior, this splendid course offers a challenging yet rewarding 18-hole play that will test even the most skilled golfers. As you navigate your way across this lush, 6,000-meter long course, you'll get to enjoy a majestic view of the Mediterranean, providing a perfect backdrop for your golfing experience. Truly a gem among the "golf Costa del Sol" circuit!
Santana Golf Club
The Santana Golf Club offers another sublime golfing experience. Designed by Cabell Robinson, this course showcases the authentic Andalusian countryside, filled with avocado and orange groves. Tee off every 10 minutes and enjoy a variety of green fee options, making it both a flexible and friendly course for your golf break.
El Paraiso Golf
Immerse yourself in the tranquillity of the El Paraiso Golf course. Designed in 1973 by Gary Player, this is one of the most established courses on the Costa del Sol. The peaceful El Paraiso valley provides a majestic backdrop, flanked by the towering 'La Concha' mountain to the north and the sparkling Mediterranean to the south. The club not only boasts a top-notch championship course layout but also has a reputation for being the friendliest international club too.
Calanova Golf Course
The Calanova Golf Course is a dream come true for golfers who love a good challenge. Each hole offers a unique challenge thanks to the clever use of the hilly topography, giving you an opportunity to truly test your skills. Plus, with the sweeping views of the "Marbella" coastline, every round becomes an unforgettable experience.
Mijas Golf - Los Lagos
Lastly, we have the Mijas Golf - Los Lagos. Another masterpiece by Robert Trent Jones, this vast golf course is well-known for its wide fairways and large greens, providing an enjoyable game for players of all abilities. In the heart of "golf Malaga," Mijas Golf - Los Lagos is a classic that every golfer must experience.
Golf in Marbella: Conclusion
Marbella is not just a golfer's paradise, it's also an enchanting town filled with charming Moorish history, superb local cuisine, and vibrant nightlife. It’s the epitome of a Mediterranean idyll and a golfing haven rolled into one. The best part? It’s all just a short flight away!
All you need to do now is start packing your clubs and get ready for the golf holiday of a lifetime. Whether you're in for the challenging fairways, the captivating beauty of the courses, or the sheer joy of experiencing golf in a different culture, Marbella promises to be an unforgettable adventure.
When planning your golf adventure here, remember to book tee times in advance. Given the popularity of Marbella's top-tier golf courses, securing your desired tee times can be competitive, particularly during peak seasons.
Another critical aspect to consider is the green fees. They can vary significantly across different courses, often reflecting the amenities and services provided, as well as the course's prestige. Always ensure to check for the best deals. These can often be found when booking in advance or during off-peak times and can include benefits like discounted green fees or bundled rounds.
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