Five-star hotels on the edge of the golf course

Every year, golf gains followers. With 293,560 members According to the Royal Spanish Golf Federation (291,973 amateurs and 1,587 professionals), 2022 ended with a 3% increase in licenses compared to last year. And it’s been four consecutive yearstives of rises With more and more fans, golf courses in hotels are a great claim to seduce

Every year, golf gains followers. With 293,560 members According to the Royal Spanish Golf Federation (291,973 amateurs and 1,587 professionals), 2022 ended with a 3% increase in licenses compared to last year. And it’s been four consecutive yearstives of rises With more and more fans, golf courses in hotels are a great attraction to seduce a traveler who wants to combine tourism and sport in the same destination. A good excuse for many and not only for national golfers: with data from the report Golf as a catalyst for economic activity in SpainThis sport attracts 1.2 million foreign tourists a year, 98.6% Europeanwhich leave 11,183 million euros, according to this study by IE University.

More than half of the clients of the Castle Hotel Son Vida “They stay here to practice this sport, coming mainly from markets such as Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain and the United States, in that order,” reveals Stijn Oyen, general manager of the Marriott International hotel complex in Mallorca, also made up of Sheraton Arabella and St. Regis Mardavall Mallorca Resort, surrounded by the Arabella Golf Mallorca courses, with 63 holes. The guests of this possession 13th century adults only and views of the bay of Palma have transfer to get to the course, as well as special packages to perfect your handicap. With 24 golf courses and a first-class international airport (the third in number of travelers in the country, with almost 29 million in 2022, only behind Madrid and Barcelona), the island is one of the preferred enclaves for its practice “for years thanks to his courses, designed by some of the best professionals of the sector, the incredible natural landscapes that surround them and our pleasant climate, among other advantages”, points out Oyen.

An oasis for athletes

Located on the northeast coast of Mallorca, Cape Verde Grand Hotel is surrounded by fields Cinnamon, Capdepera, Anyway y Son Serve Golf. It is also a gastronomic destination, in its facilities is Voro, a two-Michelin-star restaurant run by chef Álvaro Sanz.

One hundred daily balls in three fields

The golf course are life (Palma de Mallorca) surrounds the Castillo Hotel Son Vida, a Luxury Collection Hotehe; those of Son Muntaner and Son Quint, the three belonging to Arabella GolfThey are two minutes away. The hotel’s ‘Unlimited Golf’ plan includes bed and breakfast, unlimited golf and 100 complimentary balls.

Work by architect Dave Thomas

Golf course architect Dave Thomas signs the Schloss Roxburghe Championship Golf Course (Scotland), with 18 holes -The Viaduct stands out- and par 74. Opened in 1997, it borders the luxury resort Schloss Roxburghe de Destination by Hyattwhich has 78 rooms and ‘suites’ and twelve ‘cottages’.

Property of the XVIII rehabilitated

An 18th century hunting lodge near Funchal (Madeira) on a 120-hectare estate with its own par 72 championship golf course, Palheiro Golfis today Palheiro Old Housea Relais & Châteaux member hotel with a ‘spa’, swimming pools, tea house and restaurants.

Host of the Spanish Open

Camiral Golf & Wellness (Girona), formerly PGA Catalunya, is a 138-room five-star hotel with a wellness center and championship courses Stadium Course -host of the Spanish Open and destination of the DP World Tour-, and Tour Course.

How Manuel Piñero likes it

Between the Sierra Blanca mountains and the Mediterranean, the hotel The Westin La Quinta Golf Resort and Spa, Benahavis, Marbellahas three professional fields, La Quinta Golf & Country Clubwith 9 holes designed by the three-time world champion Manuel Piñero.