Our take

Close by Bordeaux Airport, Pessac tells you exactly how to use it: the first round after you land or the last one before you fly home.

• Higher handicapsFlat as a snooker table, with pines framing the holes rather than strangling them and just a touch of water on each nine to keep you honest. Few better places to find your swing at the start of a week.
• SocietiesThree par 36 loops mean a group can rotate the nines all day without repeating a hole, and the level ground suits mixed abilities. Handy for a final morning before afternoon flights.
• Serious golfersIt has matured well since the early 1990s and there are several good holes, but nobody crosses the Channel for Pessac alone. Use it as a bookend to the trip and it earns its keep.

Tell us who’s coming and how you like to play, and we’ll shape the right trip around you.

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