{"id":14486,"date":"2016-10-03T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T08:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/benahavis-hotspot-picturesque-mountain-haven\/"},"modified":"2016-10-03T08:50:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T08:50:00","slug":"benahavis-hotspot-picturesque-mountain-haven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/benahavis-hotspot-picturesque-mountain-haven\/","title":{"rendered":"Benahav\u00eds Hotspot: Picturesque Mountain Haven"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Benahav\u00eds is a scenic rustic municipality greatly admired for its gastronomy, natural attractions and excellent golfing credentials. With a resident population of just over 5,000, Benahav\u00eds has the highest proportion of golf courses per capita in Spain: 10 superb layouts harmoniously integrated into the hilly surroundings, plus a first-class golfing academy. The municipality extends from near the coast (bordering Marbella and Estepona, and with convenient proximity to other major beachside areas) high into the mountains as far as La Zagaleta, one of Europe\u2019s most ultra-select residential estates. Popularly known as the \u201cdining room of the Costa del Sol\u201d due to its exquisite array of restaurants, tapas bars and caf\u00e9s (as well as a Mediterranean Hispano-Arab culinary arts school), the tranquil village charm of Benahav\u00eds is encapsulated in its classic Andalucian \u201cpueblo\u201d houses, cobbled streets and verdant parkland. The municipality\u2019s 10 courses include three at Villa Padierna (Flamingos, Tramores and Alferini), two at the La Zagaleta urbanisation (La Zagaleta and Los Barrancos), one of the two at Atalaya Golf & Country Club (the New Course \u2013 the Old is located in Estepona municipality), La Quinta, Los Arqueros, Marbella Club Golf Resort and El Higueral. In total, 180 holes for golf enthusiasts to enjoy. (There are short to medium-term plans to re-open Montemayor, which has been inactive for several years). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Benahav\u00eds is a scenic rustic municipality greatly admired for its gastronomy, natural attractions and excellent golfing credentials. With a resident population of just over 5,000, Benahav\u00eds has the highest proportion of golf courses per capita in Spain: 10 superb layouts harmoniously integrated into the hilly surroundings, plus a first-class golfing academy. The municipality extends from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[142,138,133],"class_list":["post-14486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destinations","tag-andalucia-en","tag-benahavis-en","tag-costa-del-sol-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}