Wintersun - Costa Navarino

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YOU' REGETTING WARM
certainly deliver
Need a dose of winter sun? Thesesix destinations will
there anything better than playing golf
under a warm sun? Wearing a t-shirt
means you can swing easier The ball goes
further Courses look greener water looks
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We' re all die-hard golfers here so we love
a game at any time of the year But as the
autumn draws on we' regetting withdrawal
bluer..
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great golf We' ve hand-picked six destinations
where the mercury rarely drops too low
they' re packed with cracking courses and are
all served by numerous airlines from several
UK airports All you' ve got to do is choose
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symptoms from the warmth.
Thankfully just a couple ofhours away
you' ll find plenty of sun along with some
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COSTA NAVARINO GREECE
Greece boasts a wonderful year-round
climate and Costa Navarino is one of Europe' s
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finest new venues More of a destination than
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resort it has it all in the Greek region of
Messinia in the south west Peloponnese It
features luxury hotels and residences spas
and a wide range of year-round activities
including some outstanding golf in the form
of two stunning but contrasting layouts - the
Bernhard Langer-designed Dunes and Robert
Trent Jones' Bay course ( pictured Both are
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set within one of the most unspoilt
Mediterranean landscapes.
More info www.costanavarino.com EI
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Travel Winter sun
Las
Colinas blends
naturally into
the surrounding
landscape.
Donnafugata has
helped put Sicily
on the golf map.
Palmeraie is one
of Morocco' s most
established courses.
SICILY ITALY
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golf has come a long way since
Picciolo GC the first 18-hole course on the
island and set in a natural amphitheatre on
the northern slopes of Mount Etna ( the holes
are plotted among the dark lava rock left by
the eruption of 1960 ).
Donnafugata is the new rising starof Italian
golf It opened in 2010 and less than a year
later staged the Sicily Open It' s the complete
resort with two contrasting and challenging
18-hole courses ( Links & Parkland a new
Darren Clarke Centre of Excellence and an
array of other five-star facilities all set within
a natural reserve and famous tourist
destination with several historic UNESCO
World Heritage attractions nearby The resort
itself has 202 rooms an award-winning spa
and health club swimming pools and three
restaurants and should benefit from easyJet
now flying twice weekly from Manchester into
Catania airport.
Verdura is one of the most-talked about
resorts in Europe and though not the easiest
to get to it' s well worth taking the time and
trouble You' ll encounter two classy Kyle
Phillips-designed links layouts ( East and
West overlooked by the 14th century Torre
Verdura which serves as the clubhouse.
Sicilian
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MARRAKECH MOROCCO
You' ll have a ball on and off the course The
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ALICANTE SPAIN
Spain has an abundance of outstanding
coastal cities / resorts and sun-drenched
Alicante is right up there among the best.
Beyond the Med and the seemingly
neverending plethora of bars cafes and clubs
there' s plenty of quality golf to be found.
The main attraction is Las Colinas Golf &
Country Club Located just south of Alicante
amid stunning woodland the Cabell
Robinson-designed layout is consistently
ranked among continental Europe' s Top 100
courses and is always in immaculate
condition It blends naturally into the
surrounding landscape running through
valleys between the hills while off-course
you' ll be equally impressed with the
worldclass practice facilities Another must-play
is Alicante Golf the handiwork of Seve
Ballesteros and the only 18-hole par-72
course on the Iberian Peninsula with six
par 3s six par 4s and six par 5s Though
relatively flat and easy-walking it' s a serious
challenge with five lakes meaning water
comes into play on 12 holes.
More into www.aworldapart.es
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North African country isdoing its best to
follow in Turkey' s footstep with all-inclusive
resorts quality courses and great value.
Marrakech has it all including culture easy
accessibility fun food favourable prices and
lots of golf The nightlife is pretty lively too.
Over the past few years courses have
sprouted up all around the city and like
Belek you don' need to travel farto find one.
They' re class acts too with Robert Trent
Jones Jack Nicklaus Kyle Phillips Colin
Montgomerie and Cabell Robinson among
the designers One of the best known and
most established is Trent Jones' Palmeraie ,
which opened in 1992 and like most of its
newer counterparts is set against the Atlas
mountains Another must-play is historic
Royal GC Marrakech which has been around
since the 1920s and is a very different test to
the modern creations - it' s short and tight
with the fairways flanked by a variety of trees.
Latest on the scene is L Oasis de Noria a
family resort featuring a recently-opened
Steve Forrest-designed layout.
More info www.morocco4golf.com / marrakech
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GRAN CANARIA
A worthy winner of the Association of Golf
Tour Operator' s 2013 European Destination
of the Year award thanks to average
temperatures of around 24 degrees and a
variety of excellent courses handily located
within easy reach of each other.
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The main attraction is the stunning
Sheraton Salobre GolfResort & Spa which
opened in 2000 andis the only 36-hole golf
complex in the Canaries The five-star venue
boasts outstanding facilities on and off the
course with its first-class practice area and
newclub-fitting and performance centre
complementing two 18-hole desert-style
courses ( Old & New The hotel opened in
2006 and has 313 rooms four restaurants
two bars a state-of-the-art spa and seven
outdoor pools plus a free shuttle bus to the
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private beach.
It' s a short drive to the coastal courses of
Maspalomas a former European Tour venue
and Meloneras a Ron Kirkby design which
opened in 2006.
Also worth playing are Real Las Palmas
Mackenzie Ross
a charming quirky par-71
layout laid out next to an extinct volcano and
El Cortijo Country Club just five minutes
from capital Las Palmas.
More info www.sheratonsalobre.com
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in the
Canaries.
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regarded by golfers from all over the world as
a golfing paradise It' s even harder to fathom
that the transformation has taken place in a
little over two decades Yes just over 20 years
ago this area was marshy wasteland with an
abundance of umbrellapines today it has
become one of the top destinations for
Mediterranean' s golfing hotspots Incredibly
there are 11 venues - five with 18 holes four
with 27 and two with 36 - withina four-mile
inland strip One of the star attractions is the
Montgomerie Maxx Royal which will host The
Turkish Airlines Open on November 13-16.
Monty' sstunning layout is plotted within104
sun-seeking golfers.
Many of the world s top course architects
have strutted their stuff over this terrain
producing a great variety of challenges
culminating in arguably the pick of the
hectares of picturesque pine forest among
sandy ridges close to the Mediterranean.
More info www.bilyanagolf.com
www.montgomeriemaxxroyal.com
www.maxxroyal.com www.voyagehotel.com
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unknown area of Belekis now widely
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