From this course set in the hills behind the Miraflores resort you can enjoy terrific views of the countryside down to the sea. It was designed by Folco Nardi and has many interesting and challenging holes: tee shots from both the 5th and 6th must…

Opened in 2003, this nine-hole par-33 course combines precise holes as well as others encouraging bigger hitting. La Noria is completely flat and includes four bridges connecting tees, greens and fairways. Shots to the green are a real challenge, as they are well defended by…

The nine-hole La Siesta course in Calahonda is a private club although visiting golfers are always welcome. Enrique Canales designed this layout in which the distances from tee to green vary widely. The 7th hole may even require a wood to reach the green. After…

El Soto Golf Club is a nine-hole par-three course, short and enjoyable for beginners who want to hit their first shots from tee to green, yet also challenging for more expert players keen to fine-tune their short game. With holes averaging 60 metres, and steep…

Open since April 2001 and perched among umbrella pines above the marina of the same name, Cabopino Golf is Marbella's 12th golf course. Short but sweet is the way to describe Cabopino, which offers three par-3s, two par-5s and 13 par-4s in its 5,170-metre layout.…

Greenlife Golf Club is a nine-hole par-3 course of 1,142 metres. With narrow, well prepared fairways, the holes run from the shortest at 89 metres to the longest at 169 metres. The greens are large and offer a considerable variety of pin placings. The course…

Santa María Golf & Country Club”, as the name suggests, is far more than a Golf Club. Based around an 18th century “cortijo” which currently forms the Club House, the grounds boast stunning gardens and fine leisure facilities including tennis, swimming and lawn bowling. “Santa…

The long-awaited Santa Clara opened for play in the early summer of 2001. For months motorists had stared longingly at its green expanses as they sped past on the N-340 just outside Marbella opposite the Los Monteros hotel. But Enrique Canales, the course designer, and…

Adjacent to its new neighbour Santa Clara, Marbella Golf & Country Club is a typical Robert Trent Jones design, with its sweeping fairways, abundant bunkers and large undulating greens. The first few holes require accurate and brave tee shots to get across the ravines and…

Golf Río Real, three kilometres east of Marbella, was designed by the foremost Spanish golf architect Javier Arana and opened in 1965. A basically flat course sloping gradually down towards the sea, it is very picturesque. Large trees offer plenty of shade and the fairways…