Alicante Golf Course is a striking as well as challenging golf course in Costa Blanca, Spain. This Severiano Ballesteros designed course is very near the Alicante airport. It is only a 20 minute drive from the El Altet international airport and is ideally located for a weekend golfing vacation.
Spain is the place for a relaxed golf holiday and with more than 300 golf courses you will find it difficult to decide where you want to play. Costa Blanca region is no doubt a paradise for golfers of all skill levels. Costa Blanca has around fifteen, regular 18 hole golf courses within 2 hour driving distance from Alicante. You just have to add Alicante Golf Club into your holiday itinerary and enjoy the pleasant sunshine and spectacular panorama to make you golf holiday memorable.
Alicante has a 6,270 metre golf course which opened for play in 1998. It is an 18 hole par 72 course on an excellent location. It is designed on the periphery of Alicante, a cosmopolitan city and just 800 meter from San Juan beach or Playa de San Juan. Whether you want a day off from the daily routine or an organised golfing holiday, Alicante is an ideal destination to enjoy excellent golf. It is a contemporary golf course which integrates artificial water bodies and lakes in the design. This has led to increased difficulty level of the course. The visibility of the course is very good due to the flatness and you can see the greens on every hole.
Severiano Ballesteros has taken the liberty on the 9th hole where he has designed an artificial lake in the form of the letter S, which gently curves about the greens. Golfers can enjoy a clear view on the 14th hole, where a Roman ruin has been re-created. The entire course is dotted with spectacular parks and impressive lakes. Golf here includes extensive greens and long tees along with tactically placed bunkers. There are several water hazards on the course and you end up with many OB, which makes Alicante a golf course for golfers who are more cautious in their game.
Alicante Golf has a wonderful commercial district close by, known as the Ronda Shopping Centre which has a number of restaurants, stores and cafes of different sizes, which have been laid out like a distinctive Adalusian village. This place is more for the pedestrians and is a positive feature for the course as well as the residential area. Alicante also has a 156 rooms deluxe Hesperia Golf Spa Hotel. This is a five star hotel which is elegantly decorated and offers all the most modern facilities of a luxurious hotel. There is a wide variety of beauty and specialist treatments available here.
Costa Blanca region offers golf courses of different styles and terrains, including eye-catching coastline to craggy mountains with different levels of difficulty. Alicante Golf course is one of the best amongst the many impressive golf courses in the region.