{"id":14488,"date":"2016-10-03T08:52:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T08:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/sotogrande-hotspot-discreet-sophistication\/"},"modified":"2016-10-03T08:52:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T08:52:00","slug":"sotogrande-hotspot-discreet-sophistication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/sotogrande-hotspot-discreet-sophistication\/","title":{"rendered":"Sotogrande Hotspot: Discreet Sophistication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-6048\" src=\"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/images_Destinos2016_Valderrama-hoyo-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"874\" height=\"583\"><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s more glitzy cousin down the road might dominate most of the glamour headlines but Sotogrande arguably leads the way against Marbella when it comes to ultra-refined living. This renowned macro-urbanisation extends from the luxurious surroundings of a picturesque marina \u2013 the first Mediterranean port-of-call for yachts and other ocean-going vessels entering through the Straits of Gibraltar \u2013 through tree-lined avenues resplendent with palatial mansions partly concealed behind imposing gates, and inland to cutting-edge contemporary homes in the nature-embraced heights of the residential estate. Located at the eastern end of C\u00e1diz province, in San Roque municipality, Sotogrande is \u2013 apart from a popular holiday area for the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me of Spanish society as well as visiting global aristocracy and A-list celebrities \u2013 home to some of Europe\u2019s finest golfing amenities. Valderrama is the showpiece course, as host of the 1997 Ryder Cup and numerous other major international championships over the past three decades, but golfers have a wealth of top options at other championship clubs in the area: Royal Sotogrande, San Roque Club Old and New, Alcaidesa Links and Alcaidesa Heathland, La Ca\u00f1ada (Spain\u2019s premier public, or municipal, club), Almenara and La Reserva de Sotogrande.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s more glitzy cousin down the road might dominate most of the glamour headlines but Sotogrande arguably leads the way against Marbella when it comes to ultra-refined living. This renowned macro-urbanisation extends from the luxurious surroundings of a picturesque marina \u2013 the first Mediterranean port-of-call for yachts and other ocean-going vessels entering through the Straits [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[142,133,220],"class_list":["post-14488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destinations","tag-andalucia-en","tag-costa-del-sol-en","tag-sotogrande-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14488","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=14488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}