Belek packs 14 championship golf courses into a strip of pine forest you can drive end to end in about ten minutes. No other corner of Europe puts this much golf within one short transfer. The catch is that most groups only manage four rounds in a week,
Belek packs 14 championship golf courses into a strip of pine forest you can drive end to end in about ten minutes. No other corner of Europe puts this much golf within one short transfer. The catch is that most groups only manage four rounds in a week, so choosing well matters more here than almost anywhere else we book. Some of these courses reward power, some quietly punish it, and a couple are best left for another trip. These are the ten we would actually book for 2026.
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How We Ranked These Courses
Four criteria set the order: course conditioning, design quality, facilities, and guest feedback from our own clients across more than four decades of organising golf holidays. The last one carries the most weight. A course can look superb in photographs and still leave a group flat by Thursday, and our clients tell us the truth when they get home. Every course below has been played and assessed by our team.
1. Carya Golf Club — The Champion
Ranked #1 in Turkey by Golf Digest, Carya Golf Club is a heathland course in a region of parkland. Thomson Perrett & Lobb built it on sand and planted it with heather, so it plays firm and looks like Surrey lifted to the Mediterranean. The bunkering is bold and the conditioning holds up right through winter, which is when most of our Belek groups travel.
Carya was also Europe’s first full 18-hole championship course under floodlights. You can play 36 here in a day and finish the second round in the dark, which sounds like a gimmick until you try it. The course has hosted the Turkish Airlines Open on the DP World Tour, and if your week only stretches to one marquee round, we would put it here rather than at the Montgomerie.
- Par: 72 | Length: 7,086 yards | Designer: Thomson Perrett & Lobb
- Night golf: Yes, full 18 holes floodlit
- Our rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
- Stay at: Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort
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2. Montgomerie Maxx Royal — The Tournament Course
Designed by eight-time European Order of Merit winner Colin Montgomerie, the championship course at Maxx Royal Belek runs its front nine through sand dunes and dense pine before the back nine climbs and falls towards a proper grandstand finish. Water arrives exactly where it hurts.
Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose all competed here when the course held the Turkish Airlines Open from 2013 to 2015. Like Carya, it is fully floodlit for night golf.
- Par: 72 | Length: 6,957 yards | Designer: Colin Montgomerie
- Night golf: Yes, full 18 holes floodlit
- Our rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
- Stay at: Maxx Royal Belek Golf & Spa
3. Cornelia Faldo Course — The Strategic Masterclass
Sir Nick Faldo laid out this 27-hole complex at Cornelia Diamond Resort as three loops, the Kings, Queens and Prince nines, and each pairing plays differently. The philosophy is pure Faldo. Fairways generous enough to tempt an attack, then greens that punish anything short of precision.
The course appears regularly in Top 100 Golf Courses in Europe lists, and the practice ground and Golf Academy are among the best in Turkey. We would base most groups at Cornelia Diamond itself, from
- Par: 72 (any 18-hole combination) | Holes: 27 | Designer: Sir Nick Faldo
- Night golf: No
- Our rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
- Stay at: Cornelia Diamond Golf Resort & Spa
4. PGA Sultan Course, Antalya Golf Club — The Test
The Sultan is the sternest examination in Belek, co-designed by European Golf Design and former tour professional David Jones. The greens are contoured and well protected, the tree-lined fairways are mature, and raw power gets you nowhere without course management. Justin Rose won the 2012 Turkish Airlines World Golf Final on this course.
Its sister layout, the Pasha, is the gentler day. For the Sultan we would base you at Sirene Belek Hotel, from
- Par: 72 | Length: 7,159 yards | Designer: European Golf Design / David Jones
- Night golf: No
- Our rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.5/5)
5. National Golf Club — The Classic
National Golf Club is Belek’s original championship course and still one of its best. David Feherty and David Jones routed it through towering eucalyptus, with water appearing on several holes just as you start to relax. It has hosted Ladies European Tour events and gives golfers of all abilities a fair, enjoyable examination.
It is also the calmest of the top courses, noticeably quieter than the big resort venues. Pair it with a beach base such as Voyage Belek Golf and Spa, from
- Par: 72 | Length: 6,755 yards | Designer: David Feherty & David Jones
- Night golf: No
- Our rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.5/5)
6. Gloria Old Course — The Tournament Host
The flagship course at Gloria Golf Resort hosts the Turkish Airlines Challenge on the DP World Tour’s Challenge Tour. Michel Gayon threaded it through pine forest and around a series of lakes, and the putting surfaces are kept to a tournament standard.
Gloria is Turkey’s only 45-hole golf complex (Old, New and Verde), so a week here means a different layout every day without leaving the resort. Stay at Gloria Golf Resort, from
- Par: 72 | Length: 6,948 yards | Designer: Michel Gayon
- Our rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
- Stay at: Gloria Golf Resort or Gloria Serenity
7. Lykia Links — The One-of-a-Kind
Lykia Links is the only true links in Turkey. Perry Dye ran it along the coastline with firm, fast fairways, pot bunkers and fescue rough, and the sea breeze asks for every low shot you own. Golfers raised on Scottish or Irish links feel at home within three holes, just with rather better weather.
A word of caution, though. Lykia sits outside the main Belek strip, so allow a longer transfer than the ten minutes you get used to between the other courses, and on a breezy spring day it is a genuinely hard round. We would still send confident ball-strikers here without hesitation.
- Par: 72 | Length: 6,924 yards | Designer: Perry Dye
- Our rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
8. Sueno Pines Course — The Challenge
The Pines Course is generally reckoned the toughest test in Belek. Dave Thomas used 19 lakes and tight pine corridors, so accuracy decides everything and higher handicappers should pack spare balls. The par threes over water are the holes your group will still be arguing about at dinner.
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- Par: 72 | Length: 6,878 yards | Designer: Dave Thomas
- Our rating: ⭐⭐⭐½ (3.5/5)
- Stay at: Sueno Hotels Deluxe Belek
9. Sueno Dunes Course — The Scenic Alternative
The Pines’ sister course, the Dunes Course, is more open and links-influenced, with rolling fairways, fewer trees and an island green that has become one of the most photographed holes in Belek. It is the kinder of the two Sueno layouts and the better pick for a mixed-ability group.
- Par: 72 | Length: 6,861 yards | Designer: Dave Thomas
- Our rating: ⭐⭐⭐½ (3.5/5)
- Stay at: Sueno Hotels Deluxe Belek
10. Gloria New Course — The All-Rounder
The New Course at Gloria is the friendliest round on this list. Michel Gayon gave it generous fairways and honest, well-contoured greens that reward good iron play without punishing everything else. We often slot it in as a group’s first morning, a warm-up before Carya and the Sultan later in the week.
- Par: 72 | Length: 6,717 yards | Designer: Michel Gayon
- Our rating: ⭐⭐⭐ (3.5/5)
- Stay at: Gloria Golf Resort
Every golf course in Belek: all 14 compared
Our top 10 are ranked above. For completeness, here is every golf course in Belek, all fourteen of them, with the four that sit just outside our top 10 listed beneath.
| Rank | Course | Par | Designer | Night Golf? | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carya Golf Club | 72 | Thomson Perrett | ✅ Yes | 5/5 |
| 2 | Montgomerie Maxx Royal | 72 | Colin Montgomerie | ✅ Yes | 5/5 |
| 3 | Cornelia Faldo Course | 72 | Sir Nick Faldo | ❌ No | 5/5 |
| 4 | PGA Sultan (Antalya GC) | 72 | EGD / David Jones | ❌ No | 4.5/5 |
| 5 | National Golf Club | 72 | Feherty / Jones | ❌ No | 4.5/5 |
| 6 | Gloria Old Course | 72 | Michel Gayon | ❌ No | 4/5 |
| 7 | Lykia Links | 72 | Perry Dye | ❌ No | 4/5 |
| 8 | Sueno Pines | 72 | Dave Thomas | ❌ No | 3.5/5 |
| 9 | Sueno Dunes | 72 | Dave Thomas | ❌ No | 3.5/5 |
| 10 | Gloria New Course | 72 | Michel Gayon | ❌ No | 3.5/5 |
| – | Pasha Course (Antalya GC) | 72 | European Golf Design | – | Also in Belek |
| – | Gloria Verde Course | 72 | Michel Gayon | – | Also in Belek |
| – | Kaya Palazzo Golf Club | 72 | – | – | Also in Belek |
| – | Robinson Nobilis Golf Club | 72 | Dave Thomas | – | Also in Belek |
How many golf courses does Belek have?
Belek has 14 championship golf courses within roughly a ten-minute radius, the densest concentration of golf in Europe. They are: Carya; Montgomerie Maxx Royal; the Cornelia Faldo course; the two Antalya Golf Club courses (PGA Sultan and Pasha); National; the three Gloria layouts (Old, New and Verde); the two Sueno courses (Pines and Dunes); Kaya Palazzo; Robinson Nobilis; and Lykia Links. If you want one polished base in the middle of the strip while you play across several clubs, Titanic Deluxe Golf Resort, from
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Frequently asked questions
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Flights can be added as an ATOL-protected option, or you book your own and we handle everything on the ground — private transfers, tee times and buggies.
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Yes. Every booking is financially protected through Protected Trust Services (PTS) — your money is held safely in trust until you have travelled. Flight-inclusive trips are also ATOL protected.
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