Golf Courses Around Puerto Banus
For Europeans seeking the best golf holidays, Costa del Sol is always an excellent choice. With its beautiful beaches, welcoming people, and award winning golf courses, this is a popular tourist destination for those who love golf. One area to consider basing your stay in Costa del Sol is Puerto Banus. This luxury tourist destination has plenty to keep visitors busy. A working port, Puerto Banus is an excellent location from which to enjoy water sports, boating, and fishing. A thriving nightlife around Marbella welcomes the partygoers, and luxury shopping centers are scattered around the piers of the port. Of course, golf is prevalent here as it is anywhere in Costa del Sol. There are two excellent golf courses located near Puerto Banus for golfers to experience.
Los Naranjos
In 2008 Los Naranjos was voted the “Golf Club of the Year.” This award-winning course is host to several prestigious European tournaments throughout the year. It is a Robert Trent Jones designed course that measures 6,500 meters. The par 72 course features 18 challenging holes with wide fairways and large greens. Players of all ability levels will find this course enjoyable, because it is forgiving on beginners but offers plenty of challenge for seasoned players as well.
Of course, while the golf course is the primary draw for visitors who come to Los Naranjos, it also has excellent facilities. The Massage and Wellness facility gives guests, whether or not they are golfers, the chance to enjoy a relaxing massage. Massages can be enjoyed outside underneath the palm trees or in the privacy of an indoor facility. Wellness classes, such as pilates and yoga, are available in outdoor venues that offer spectacular views of the mountains, and aromatherapy is also utilized to help visitors relax. Los Naranjos also has a hairdresser, so the ladies in the group can enjoy some pampering while the men are on the greens. The Restaurant has food to please all tastes, and is known for the Grand Sunday Buffet each weekend, which offers food so good it even appeals to the locals.
Golf la Dama de Noche
La Dama de Noche is another popular golf course near Puerto Banus. This is the first golf course in Europe to use strategically placed lighting so that golfers can literally play any time of the day or night. The true golf enthusiast will no longer have to put the clubs away when the sun goes down. The special design and placement of the lighting ensures that there are few glares and dim spots on t he course. In fact, many golfers leave stating that they feel as though they just played in the daylight, while they in fact were playing late into the night.
La Dama was designed by Enrique Canales and is just 9 holes long. It is rated at par 36 and requires strategic play on each hole. The course is named for the La Dama de Noche plant, and these are planted throughout the course. They provide an added benefit, because they become quite fragrant at night, and the fragrance is a deterrent to mosquitoes.
Both of these courses offer something unique for the golfer to enjoy, and are located near the glitz and glamour of the Puerto Banus region. If you are looking for a luxury golf experience with some of the best nightlife in and around Marbella, consider this port location to base your trip from.