{"id":14493,"date":"2016-10-05T11:05:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T11:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/costa-del-sol-incomparable-golf-and-much-more\/"},"modified":"2016-10-05T11:05:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T11:05:00","slug":"costa-del-sol-incomparable-golf-and-much-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/costa-del-sol-incomparable-golf-and-much-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa del Sol: Incomparable Golf&#8230; and Much More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-6068\" src=\"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/images_Destinos2016_Marbella-Club-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"854\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/images_Destinos2016_Marbella-Club-1.jpg 854w, https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/images_Destinos2016_Marbella-Club-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/images_Destinos2016_Marbella-Club-1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The renowned Costa del Sol (aka &#8220;Costa del Golf&#8221;) extends along more than 100 kilometers of picturesque coastline and verdant mountain hinterland.<\/p>\n<p>It covers the whole of M\u00e1laga province &#8211; from Nerja in the east to Manilva in the west, and all the way up to Ronda and Antequera (the latter Andaluc\u00eda&#8217;s geographic centre) &#8211; and the Mediterranean end of C\u00e1diz province.<\/p>\n<p>The Coast is home to more golf courses (78 &#8211; including nine-hole and par-three layouts) than any other area in Spain, and around two-thirds of Andaluc\u00eda&#8217;s total. Ample reason, therefore, why it is recognised as Europe&#8217;s premier golfing destination&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>Within this diverse coastal, and inland, expanse, several municipalities stand out as key hotspots for holiday visitors and residential tourists, offering not only international-quality golf amenities but also an exceptional diversity of restaurants, beach clubs, nightlife, boutique shopping, cultural and historic attractions, and amusement and adventure parks.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the courses are located in Marbella, Estepona, Benahav\u00eds, Sotogrande and Mijas, but the sport can also be enjoyed in many other Costa del Sol areas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Away from the Coast&#8217;s &#8220;hotspots&#8221;, golfers can enjoy a round &#8211; and classic &#8220;19th hole&#8221; pleasures and attractions &#8211; at an exceptional diversity of courses on the coast and inland.<\/p>\n<p>Inland&#8230; Antequera (the geographic centre of Andaluc\u00eda), Alhaurin el Grande and Alhaur\u00edn de la Torre (conveniently located close to M\u00e1laga&#8217;s international airport &#8211; although not under its main flight path!) and Casares (including Finca Cortes\u00edn, three times the venue for the World Match Play Championship).<\/p>\n<p>On the coast&#8230; Manilva (home to the Robert Trent Jones-designed La Duquesa).<\/p>\n<p>And east of M\u00e1laga, in the Axarqu\u00eda area&#8230; A\u00f1oreta and Baviera.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The renowned Costa del Sol (aka &#8220;Costa del Golf&#8221;) extends along more than 100 kilometers of picturesque coastline and verdant mountain hinterland. It covers the whole of M\u00e1laga province &#8211; from Nerja in the east to Manilva in the west, and all the way up to Ronda and Antequera (the latter Andaluc\u00eda&#8217;s geographic centre) &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[142,133],"class_list":["post-14493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destinations","tag-andalucia-en","tag-costa-del-sol-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14493","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=14493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}