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This area of the Costa del Sol is renowned for its golf courses. Here are some of the finest courses in Europe. Enjoy your golf in the peace and natural beauty of Andalucia. Many have wonderful sea views. Whatever your level you should find a course to suit you.

The golf courses listed below all offer pay and play facilities and are a short drive from the apartment. These feature a range of requirements in terms of handicap, dress and unaccompanied children.

There are two excellent golf courses within walking distance of the apartment:
From 2009, Finca Cortesin Golf Course, the next development along from Casares del Sol, is the location of the Volvo World Match Play Championships and is within walking distance.

Even closer, just across the road from the apartment is Casares Golf Gardens less than five minutes' walk from the front door of the apartment to the club house.

Finca Cortesin Golf Course This golf course, which is the location of the Volvo World Match Play Championships from 2009, is three minutes' drive from the apartment. If you weren't worried about saving your energy for the golf you could walk. At almost 7,000 meters from the back tees, it is considered one of the longest courses in Europe . The natural environment and landscape of Cortesin are one of its most attractive features.
Casares Golf Gardens is less than five minutes' walk from the front door of the apartment to the club house and restaurant. It is surrounded by many different types of trees, including fruit trees such as pear, orange and avocado trees. It has no slopes which makes it ideal for walking as well as being entertaining for any golf player. Casares Costa Golf claims that its 7th hole, a par five, is one of the most difficult on the Costa del Sol. It has a narrow fairway and 150 metre lake protecting the green, making this hole a challenge for any player
Doña Julia
On the other side of the road to the Casares del Sol development, Dona Julia is also a very short drive or you could walk. Doña Julia has been designed and developed with the area in mind. It is a very enjoyable course which offers views of the Mediterranean and the surrounding mountains
Alcaidesa Links Golf
Over 18 holes, The Alcaidesa links-type golf course overlooks the Mediterranean with views of Gibraltar and the North African mountain range.
Rio Real Golf
Inaugurated in 1965 designer by Javier Arana, this magnificent 18-hole par 72 golf course is set in a beautiful sloping valley with challenging greens.
Aloha Golf
Aloha is not a long course, except for certain holes such as the 1st, 4th, 13th and 18th, but it needs precision and particularly on these holes also strength. It is an strategic course with very well placed obstacles and trees, a rough that also complicates things and fast and slightly uneven greens, definitely for skillful players
El Paraiso Golf Club
Situated between San Pedro de Alcántara and Estepona at Benavista. Everywhere you look the views are magnificent, from many holes you can see the blue of the mediterranean and there is always the backdrop of the dramatic mountains. Gary Player has used these natural resources brilliantly to create one of the best designed courses on the Costa del Sol.
Los Flamingos
The 18-hole, 5.714 meter, par-71 course, designed by the prestigious couse architect Antonio Garcia Garrido is characterised by its carefully conserved landscaping, with a large variety of trees and beautiful views of the Mediterranean.
The greens are generously sized whilst its fairways are somewhat narrower on the front nine, where more precision playing is required than on the back nine. The bunkers are white marmolina sand. The fairways are sown with Bermuda, except on certain holes where grass has been used, whilst the greens and tees have been sown with Pencross. 
Valderrama
Home to the Volvo Masters (1988-96), the Ryder Cup (1997) and the World Golf Championships (1999-2000), Valderrama enjoys a reputation as number 1 in Europe.
Estepona Golf
Estepona Golf, designed by José Luis López, is a challenging hilly course set against the Sierra Bermeja near Estepona at the Costa del sol. With plenty of water hazards and exotic trees, both the experienced and the holiday golfer will definitely enjoy their round of golf at Estepona Golf
Atalaya Golf
Atalaya golf & Country Club has two magnificent 18-holes places. The Old Course (Par 72) is a classical parkland course formed by a series of superb fairways of bermuda-grass, strategically-placed bunkers and elevated greens. The Atalaya New Course (Par 72) is according to the experts, a genuine test, as much for beginners as for established players.
Dama de Noche Golf
The Dame de Noche Golf course is indeed the Lady of the Night in the sense that it allows for playing golf 24 hours a day and nights under its floodlit grounds. The golfing enthusiast will also enjoy a better game at night since these floodlights have been so designed as to not cast a shadow, thus ensuring great visibility. You just cant get enough of golf here!
La Quinta Golf & Country Club
At our Golf Club you can enjoy the experience of playing golf in one of the best golf courses in the Costa del Sol. Situated in the heart of the Golf Valley, only 5 minutes from the centre of Marbella and with direct access from the A7 motorway. La Quinta Golf boasts three 9 hole courses integrated into the natural surroundings from which one can view the Mediterranean and the mountains that encircle Marbella whilst playing one of its 3 possible courses.
La Duquesa
18 holes and entertaining fairways will allow you to enjoy rounds of golf reserved for players who enjoy the sun and Mediterranean breezes. Spectacular tees from which you can see the African continent and neighbouring Marbella.

Monte Mayor Golf Club
Spectacularly located and captivatingly beautiful, it inspires the utmost respect and admiration in golfers from around the world.18 holes; 5.652 m course;
Handicap limits man - 28 and woman - 36; Facilities include pro-shop, club rental, putting green, locker room and showers.
La Cañada Golf
Set in the hills just north of the N340 close to Sotogrande in the cadiz part of the Costa del Sol, La Cañada is a municipal golf course that opened in 1982 especially for the people of near-by City Guadiaro. Now La Cañada is a full 18 holes golf course.
Marbella Golf
Marbella Golf has an overall playing length of 6000 meters and a par rating of 72. It was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. The 18 hole layout was imaginatively conceived and is designed to compliment the existing environment and provide a testing but enjoyable game for golfers of different abilities.
Los Arqueros Golf
T he first golf course to be designed by Severiano Ballesteros. As the designer himself says, Los Arqueros is a good course for players of all kinds - a reasonable challenge for the average golfer and a tough test for professionals.
Los Naranjos Golf
Los Naranjos is one of Spain’s best golf courses. World famous golf course architect Robert Trent Jones Sr. considered it one of his finest European designs and it is indeed a true Championship course. Measuring 6.500 meters from the professional tees it features wide fairways, strategically placed hazards and large undulating greens. Suitable for all levels of players, Los Naranjos is firmly established as one of Spain’s most popular golf courses, welcoming visitors all year round.
Green Life Golf
Indulge yourself in our golfing paradise, with our 9 hole par 3 golf course, driving range and short game practice area where you can receive golf coaching of exceptional standards.