In addition to the two golf courses on your doorstep at Costa Esuri, there are several other courses within a 30 minute drive of the house.
Islantilla Golf was inaugurated in 1992 and since then it has become one of the best and most well-known Spanish golf courses in Europe.
In 1995 it was the venue for the Turespaña Masters as well as various Challenge Tour tournaments, including the APG of Spain. This has given a great status and reputation to Islantilla, which in the year 2000 was placed among the top 100 golf courses in Europe by the prestigious magazine Golf Digest.
There are 27 holes on three different courses that are surrounded by leafy vegetation and impressive sea-views. The careful design of its Pencross greens and Agrostis Fairways give the course great quality and variety. The smooth slopes, the water, its landscape, its climate, turn golf into a real pleasure for all type of players and handicaps.
El Rompido Golf Club opened mid 2003 to fantastic reviews throughout Europe. The original El Rompido South Course is a challenging and beautiful course, and with the recent addition of the fabulous El Rompido North Course the reputation of this superb facility can only grow. The El Rompido South Course itself sprawls across an intriguing mix of parkland and marshland and offers some amazing views – the walk from the 8th green to the 9th tee takes you across a 650ft pontoon right across the protected marshland where you can see freshwater crabs and an abundance of bird life. The North Course is the latest addition to the growing golf offering available on the Costa de la Luz golf coast. The El Rompido - North course opened in June 2006 and is designed by the famous Spanish golf course designer Alvaro Arana. El Rompido - North is a great sister course to the renowned El Rompido Golf Club - South.
Isla Canela golf course has been carefully integrated with surrounding coastal features; winding through an area of tidal salt marsh, you will find the course not only an enjoyable golfing challenge, but also an interesting walk. It is a challenging course with small slopes formed from natural dunes and water features on ten of the holes.
A magnificent parkland golf course characterised by wide fairways and fast, smooth greens. With gentle slopes and dog legs the course provides a challenge for all standards of golfer. There are splendid views of the Huelva coastline from many of the tees and fairways, with extensive sand dune beaches, Atlantic Ocean and a forest of pine and junipers providing a fantastic backdrop. A superb club house complements this well-established course and boasts facilities such as a full spa for after-game pampering and relaxation, swimming pool, club-cleaning service and well-appointed changing rooms.
Monte Rei is a new luxury golf and country club on Portugal’s spectacular eastern Algarve. Located between Vila Real de Santo António and Tavira, and set against the mountainous backdrop of the Serra do Caldeirão, the Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Courses offer breathtaking views of the Atlantic Ocean. The first course is due to open in June 2007.
The hilly Atlantic Course at Castro Marim just over the Portuguese border from Spain has views of the Algarvian Mountains, the Atlantic Ocean, the Guadiana River and the Castro Marim nature reserve. Perched high on a hillside, the course has been cleverly designed and it has a fantastic new club house to relax in after your round.
This spectacular 18 hole golf course is in the Ria Formosa Natural Park and spreads along an gently undulating piece of prime golfing land down to the Ria Formosa itself and with a stunning view of the sea. It is a par 72, comprising two loops of 9 holes with each loop having 2 par 5's, five par 4's and two par 3's. The total length is 6016 metres. Five lakes were strategically built around the course, near greens 5, 10 and 14. Hole 16, a par 5, is played between the two biggest lakes. The green of the par 3 17th also brings one the lakes into play and also has an island where local bird-life nests.
Eighteen holes skilfully scattered by an area of 620.000 m2, the Cima Course show themselves very competitive with dog-legs to the right and to the left and greens well protected by sand hazards and lakes, particularly holes 16, 17 and 18. A stream with dams and permanent flowing water crosses holes 4, 5, 6 and 13. The course is bordered to the north by the National Road 125 and spreads to the south, where its limits are a municipal road that leads to the Ria Course.
In addition to the two golf courses on your doorstep at Costa Esuri, there are several other courses within a 30 minute drive of the house.
Islantilla Golf was inaugurated in 1992 and since then it has become one of the best and most well-known Spanish golf courses in Europe.
In 1995 it was the venue for the Turespaña Masters as well as various Challenge Tour tournaments, including the APG of Spain. This has given a great status and reputation to Islantilla, which in the year 2000 was placed among the top 100 golf courses in Europe by the prestigious magazine Golf Digest.
There are 27 holes on three different courses that are surrounded by leafy vegetation and impressive sea-views. The careful design of its Pencross greens and Agrostis Fairways give the course great quality and variety. The smooth slopes, the water, its landscape, its climate, turn golf into a real pleasure for all type of players and handicaps.
El Rompido Golf Club opened mid 2003 to fantastic reviews throughout Europe. The original El Rompido South Course is a challenging and beautiful course, and with the recent addition of the fabulous El Rompido North Course the reputation of this superb facility can only grow. The El Rompido South Course itself sprawls across an intriguing mix of parkland and marshland and offers some amazing views – the walk from the 8th green to the 9th tee takes you across a 650ft pontoon right across the protected marshland where you can see freshwater crabs and an abundance of bird life. The North Course is the latest addition to the growing golf offering available on the Costa de la Luz golf coast. The El Rompido - North course opened in June 2006 and is designed by the famous Spanish golf course designer Alvaro Arana. El Rompido - North is a great sister course to the renowned El Rompido Golf Club - South.
Isla Canela golf course has been carefully integrated with surrounding coastal features; winding through an area of tidal salt marsh, you will find the course not only an enjoyable golfing challenge, but also an interesting walk. It is a challenging course with small slopes formed from natural dunes and water features on ten of the holes.
A magnificent parkland golf course characterised by wide fairways and fast, smooth greens. With gentle slopes and dog legs the course provides a challenge for all standards of golfer. There are splendid views of the Huelva coastline from many of the tees and fairways, with extensive sand dune beaches, Atlantic Ocean and a forest of pine and junipers providing a fantastic backdrop. A superb club house complements this well-established course and boasts facilities such as a full spa for after-game pampering and relaxation, swimming pool, club-cleaning service and well-appointed changing rooms.
Monte Rei is a new luxury golf and country club on Portugal’s spectacular eastern Algarve. Located between Vila Real de Santo António and Tavira, and set against the mountainous backdrop of the Serra do Caldeirão, the Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Courses offer breathtaking views of the Atlantic Ocean. The first course is due to open in June 2007.
The hilly Atlantic Course at Castro Marim just over the Portuguese border from Spain has views of the Algarvian Mountains, the Atlantic Ocean, the Guadiana River and the Castro Marim nature reserve. Perched high on a hillside, the course has been cleverly designed and it has a fantastic new club house to relax in after your round.
This spectacular 18 hole golf course is in the Ria Formosa Natural Park and spreads along an gently undulating piece of prime golfing land down to the Ria Formosa itself and with a stunning view of the sea. It is a par 72, comprising two loops of 9 holes with each loop having 2 par 5's, five par 4's and two par 3's. The total length is 6016 metres. Five lakes were strategically built around the course, near greens 5, 10 and 14. Hole 16, a par 5, is played between the two biggest lakes. The green of the par 3 17th also brings one the lakes into play and also has an island where local bird-life nests.
Eighteen holes skilfully scattered by an area of 620.000 m2, the Cima Course show themselves very competitive with dog-legs to the right and to the left and greens well protected by sand hazards and lakes, particularly holes 16, 17 and 18. A stream with dams and permanent flowing water crosses holes 4, 5, 6 and 13. The course is bordered to the north by the National Road 125 and spreads to the south, where its limits are a municipal road that leads to the Ria Course.
