Almenara Golf Club is located about an hours drive outside of Benalmada, just to the west of Marbella but just before Gilbatrar. This particular Spanish golf club is situated within the Urbanización de Sotogrande residential estate, which is found right on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, so you know that the views from a lot of the holes are going to be simply spectacular.

Almenara Golf

The Almenara golf course is a 27 hole par 72 championship golf course that is also the home of the Almenara Golf school of Excellence. The school of excellence has highly modernized golf practice facilities including a floodlit driving range. Almenara was designed by golf architect Dave Thomas and was opened to the public in 1998.

Almenara golf is a fantastic course that puts a premium on golfing intelligence and accuracy, with its tight undulating fairways, deep bunkers and plenty of water hazards. Thomas through his three different course layouts has created three very unique 18 hole courses that all warrant the time to be played and explored.The first 18 hole course is known for its heavily wooded fairways and lightening quick greens, the second set of 18 is much more open and heavily dominated by the beautiful lake in which it wraps around and finally the third 18 stretches some of the most impressive tees within Spain and compromises a series of huge lakes. You can rest assured that each set of 18 holes that you play will look and feel different due to the three different sets of 9.

One of the most noticeable features of this Costa del Sol golf retreat is the immaculate condition that the greens are always found in. They are kept so immaculate because of the way the club rotates the 18 holes that are in play at any one time. The only gripe we had with the greens was that they were quite small and very very quick – however this isn’t a problem as much as an annoyance given our golfing skill level!

Almenara golf club is located very closely to the award winning Valderamma golf course, we recommend that if you have the time and the inclination that you play both of these fantastic Costa del Sol golf courses. Your Costa del Sol golf holiday wont be the same without them.

Almenara Golf Course – Featured Holes

The Almenara Golf Course is one of the few golf courses that contain a huge amount of really thoughtful and challenging holes. Most visitors will agree that you cannot play a shot without thinking, this is because the course has been designed with doglegs, elevated tees, water hazards and many strategically placed bunkers.

The holes that we think will really challenge you…

The 5th hole is a whopping 420 meter long par 4 that plays more like a par five. It doglegs slightly to the right and you will need to be on top of your game to get the ball up the slight hill and onto the green in regulation.

The closing 18th hole has recently been shortened from a long unmanageable par 5 to a 338 meter par 4 which can definitely be reached in two. The view of the beuatiful club house as you come up the final hole and can virtually touch the Mediterranean Sea is a view to die for. Enjoy this final hole of your round, and soak what is Benalmadena golf at its finest all in.

How to Get to Almenara

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Accommodation Near Almenara

One of the most beautiful hotels in the entire Costa del Sol region is the Almenara Hotel Sotogrande. This hotel is not strictly located near Benalmadena however, it sits practically on top of the Almenara Golf Course and as such represents a fantastic place in which to stay to play this golf course. The hotel is a beautiful resort style hotel with swimming pools, airport shuttles, access to the golf course and is also pet friendly. For a more comprehensive review of the hotel read our Almenara Hotel Sotogrande review. Alternatively you can take a look at what our travel partners have to say about this fantastic hotel by following the search box found below.

Almenara Facilities

The Almenara golf course is a very modern golf club and as such offers its visitors the full range of services you would expect to see from a leading golf course.

• Pro Shop
• Restaurant
• Bar
• Floodlit Driving Range
• Putting Green
• Bunker Practice
• Video Swing Analysis
• Multi Lingual Golf Academy
• Rental Clubs
• Golf Carts

Almenara Course Overview

Other Costa del Sol Golf Courses

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