{"id":14494,"date":"2016-10-05T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/andalusia-europes-golfing-paradise\/"},"modified":"2016-10-05T11:55:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T11:55:00","slug":"andalusia-europes-golfing-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/andalusia-europes-golfing-paradise\/","title":{"rendered":"Andalusia: Europe’s Golfing Paradise"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Andaluc\u00eda\u2019s lure as a premier global tourist destination is well documented. There are multiple reasons why millions of visitors travel to Spain\u2019s southern Mediterranean region every year: highlighted by the classic attractions of exceptional climate, pristine beaches, deluxe hotel infrastructure and diverse leisure activities but also by excellent air, road and rail communications, modern marinas, venerable history, enthralling cultural patrimony, exquisite gastronomy, flamboyant flamenco\u2026 and, of course, golf. <\/p>\n

Andaluc\u00eda has more golf courses than any other Spanish region (120, or around 22 per cent of the national total), including the continent\u2019s most renowned club (Valderrama) and numerous others that have hosted major international events over the past half a century and are also rated among the best in Europe.<\/p>\n

Visitors can enjoy sun-blessed weather and top golf in Andaluc\u00eda throughout the year, a sublime pleasure that is not possible at home for millions of golfers living in central and northern Europe. More than 450,000 tourists travel to the region every year specifically (albeit not exclusively) to play golf. <\/p>\n

The region\u2019s magnificent golf amenities are open all year-round\u2026 and the welcome is always warm, cordial and professional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andaluc\u00eda\u2019s lure as a premier global tourist destination is well documented. There are multiple reasons why millions of visitors travel to Spain\u2019s southern Mediterranean region every year: highlighted by the classic attractions of exceptional climate, pristine beaches, deluxe hotel infrastructure and diverse leisure activities but also by excellent air, road and rail communications, modern marinas, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[142],"class_list":["post-14494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destinations","tag-andalucia-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14494","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=14494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}