The Elba Costa Ballena is located on the beachfront of the Cadiz municipality of Rota, in the renowned Costa Ballena urbanization. Inaugurated in March 2008 and designed with a Mediterranean architectural style, it is conceived to enjoy its facilities all year round. For golf enthusiasts, it is the perfect accommodation, as the hotel has a 27-hole course (18+9) designed by José María Olazábal.
The hotel’s complete thalassotherapy center, which also has a convention center with capacity for up to 700 people, paddle tennis courts, mini-club and children’s area with a wide variety of games and swings, swimming pools and gymnasium, apart from other facilities and services typical of a four-star establishment, is also worth mentioning. Another advantage is its location, since Costa Ballena is very close to emblematic places such as the cities of Rota, Sanlúcar, Chipiona, Jerez or Puerto de Santa María, while Jerez airport is only 35 kilometers away.
The hotel has a total of 234 spacious rooms, all with private terrace or balcony and magnificent views of the sea, golf course and splendid gardens. The 213 double rooms are 30 square meters and have a private terrace or balcony of 5.10 m2 while the 12 junior suites, of 39 m2, have an integrated living room and private terrace or balcony of 21 m2. There are also 8 suites of 40 m2 located in the best areas of the building and on the top floor. They have a living room completely separate from the bedroom, which guarantees total privacy, and large 22 m2 terraces with unbeatable views.
There is also a presidential suite on the top floor (fourth) of the building. It has a large terrace with magnificent views of the Atlantic Ocean, and has a separate living room and two bedrooms with full bathrooms.
The hotel’s gastronomic offer is perfectly covered by two restaurants and two bars.
If in addition to golf, sun and beach, what you are looking for is a health and beauty center, nothing better than dropping by its Thalassotherapy Center, consisting of a large and complete circuit of sea water, swimming pool, hamman, sauna, Roman bath, igloo, Vichy showers …. It also has fourteen cabins, where experts will provide the client with a wide range of treatments aimed at both relaxation and therapeutic programs, using water extracted directly from the sea, algae, and all kinds of natural products to enhance the beauty and relaxation that every client seeks in a center of these characteristics.
Golf lovers will be able to enjoy this sport to the fullest, as the Costa Ballena urbanization has a 27-hole course and another 9-hole par three course. The hotel has a golf department for the organization of golf days and events, management of green fee reservations and transfers to the course.
An added advantage is that within an area of only 30 kilometers, just a few minutes’ drive away, are ten other golf courses where the hotel can offer golf packages tailored to its guests for all levels of the game.
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