Practice Your Golf In Malaga -Mijas Golf Villas

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The Mijas Golf Resort is placed just half an hours drive from San Juan airport. Take the Fuengirola Coin turn off from the motorway and follow the road called Camino Viejo de Coin. The course is about 3 and a half kilometers from the highway.

Mijas Golf has made a great effort to answer the needs of its numerous players who desires to play golf in Malaga on the Costa del Sol, and to that end, the course comes with all conveniences. There is a practice area, buggy hire, manual and electric trolleys, putting green, bar-cafeteria, restaurant, shop, changing rooms, bathing facilities and parking. Furthermore, running throughout the grounds, there are places to buy water and other drinks plus toilets. There is also the opportunity to take part in golf technique lessons.

Mijas Golf Resort offers two Golf Courses:

Los Olivos founded in 1983/84 & Los Lagos founded in 1976. Both courses are designed by Robert Trent Senior. The main feature which distinguishes Los Olivos from Los Lagos is the amount of trees - hence the name - and its smaller size, as well as fewer water hazards. The greens are smaller, undulating and well defended. Despite the fact that both are the work of the same designer, there is no doubt there are interesting contrasts between the two courses: if Los Lagos are based on challenges of water and sand, Los Olivos is strategic narrow tree lined fairways and elevated greens. Generally speaking the course favors the precision golfer rather than the big hitter.

Los Lagos is a ground course with wide fairways and quite a few trees hazards, but is defended by many bunkers and nine lakes, from which the course gets its name and which easily trap the ball. It is a course with soft movement and large greens. You could say that the American designer wanted to present a course especially for beginners, but likewise, it can present a challenge for the best players. One of "Los Lagos" most characteristic and challenging holes is the par 5 thirteenth. Seen from elevated tees it appears deceptively easy but at the approach to the green there is water left and right, also beware of the hill as even a well hit shot is in danger of sending the ball into the water. The 5th a 571 meter monster, is also "interesting". The course is almost free of rough and is practically flat except for a sparse incline up the 18th hole.

There is an amazing choice of restaurants and bars within the golf resort, and the nearby town of Fuengirola also offers a range of restaurants, along with a cinema and various shops.

The delightful white pueblo of Mijas, famous for its donkey-drawn taxis, is placed high atop the mountains offering breathtaking views of the Mediterranean Sea and a number of municipalities of the Costa del Sol below. Within just a ten minute drive you will find some of the best rated beaches you can imagine, offering you the supreme setting for peace and relaxation.

When you are not golfing you don't have to be bored as the area provides more sightseeing than you can possibly manage & your Mijas Golf Villa offer pleasurable relaxation by the pool.

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