You want the same week to do two jobs at once. Mornings on a course you have read about for years — the cork oaks of Valderrama, the salt air rolling in off the links at La Hacienda — and afternoons that belong to both of you: aBy Simon Crawley · Golf travel specialist at […]
You want the same week to do two jobs at once. Mornings on a course you have read about for years — the cork oaks of Valderrama, the salt air rolling in off the links at La Hacienda — and afternoons that belong to both of you: a
You want the same week to do two jobs at once. Mornings on a course you have read about for years — the cork oaks of Valderrama, the salt air rolling in off the links at La Hacienda — and afternoons that belong to both of you: a spa terrace, a long lunch by the water, a bottle of something Andalucian as the light goes gold over the Mediterranean. The Costa del Sol is one of the few places that gives you all of it inside an hour’s drive, which is why it works so well for couples where one of you lives for the golf and the other simply wants to be somewhere beautiful and unhurried.
Golf Planet Holidays has been arranging trips exactly like this since 1981. We are a tailor-made specialist, not a booking site — you tell us what the two of you actually want and we build the week around it, from
Golf for one, a holiday for two
The trick to a couples golf trip is geography: the right base puts the courses and the good life close enough together that neither of you compromises. On the Costa del Sol that base is the Sotogrande and Alcaidesa stretch, where the most celebrated golf in mainland Europe sits a short transfer from the beach.
The golfer wakes up to a serious list. Valderrama — a Robert Trent Jones masterpiece and one of the most revered courses on the continent — is on the doorstep. So is Real Club de Golf de Sotogrande, the elegant elder statesman of the area, alongside Almenara, The San Roque Club and the breezy, sea-edged La Hacienda Links at Alcaidesa. You can play a different character of course every day without ever moving hotel.
Meanwhile the rest of the week belongs to both of you. Spa mornings, a slow lunch by the marina, an afternoon in Marbella, a drive into the hills for Andalucian wine as the sun drops. One of you plays; both of you are on holiday.
Where to stay: three bases that suit couples
We tailor every trip, but these are the resorts couples come back to time and again, each chosen because it solves the golf-and-everything-else balance differently.
SO/ Sotogrande Spa & Golf Resort is the romantic all-rounder — a restored cortijo estate with a destination spa, fine dining and Almenara’s fairways on site, so the golfer barely has to travel and the spa is steps from your room. Fairmont La Hacienda, Alcaidesa is the new beachside flagship, where La Hacienda Links runs down to the sea and the hotel itself feels like the holiday — pools, beach, the lot — for the partner who wants sun and water more than tee times. And for couples who want town life on the doorstep, Amare Beach Hotel, Marbella is an adults-only base on the front in Marbella, with the old town, restaurants and beach clubs within strolling distance and the Sotogrande courses an easy drive away.
Tell us which of those three sounds most like the two of you and we will build the week around it.
Where our specialists would stay in Costa Del Sol
How we put it together — and why it is effortless
You enquire, we listen, we build. There is no shopping cart and no guesswork: we ask how many of you play, which courses matter to the golfer, what the other half wants from the days off, and your dates. Then we come back with one clear quote in pounds covering hotel, golf, tee times and transfers — the whole week, costed honestly.
For couples flying in from the US, the value reads even better against the dollar, and we can arrange flights as an ATOL-protected add-on so the entire trip sits under one roof and one bill. If you would rather not organise it alone, we also run hosted and escorted group tours through the season — a sociable way to play the great Sotogrande courses with company, while still keeping your evenings your own.
Whichever way you travel, the protection is the same: ATOL cover and your money held in trust with PTS until you have travelled. From
Our specialists’ favourite stays in Costa Del Sol
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Frequently asked questions
What is the from-price for a Costa del Sol couples golf holiday?
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Which courses can we play around Sotogrande and Alcaidesa?
The area is home to some of mainland Europe’s finest golf: Valderrama, Real Club de Golf de Sotogrande, Almenara, The San Roque Club and the sea-edged La Hacienda Links at Alcaidesa. We can mix several across the week so the golfer plays a different challenge each day.
What if only one of us plays golf?
That is exactly who these trips are designed for. We base you somewhere — SO/ Sotogrande Spa & Golf Resort, Fairmont La Hacienda or Amare Beach Hotel in Marbella — where one of you can play a championship course while the other has the spa, the beach or the town, and you spend your evenings together.
Is my money protected?
Yes. Every Golf Planet Holidays trip is ATOL Protected, and your money is held in trust with PTS until you have travelled. We have arranged golf holidays this way since 1981.
Come and play with us
Wherever you're travelling from, you're welcome on a Golf Planet hosted tour — a small group, a host with you from the first tee to the last, and every round, transfer and dinner taken care of. You just bring the clubs.
