A mere 20 minutes’ drive to the inland side of the luxurious Marbella Club Hotel, the Golf Resort and Riding Stables are located in the hills of Benahavís which is where both horse and golfers are able to enjoy stunning panoramas of the Sierra as well as Marbella Costa as well as the North African coastline as they take part in their sports activities.
The oldest course in the Marbella area, Rio Real was built on a compact site back in 1965 when Javier Arana laid out an 18-hole course on the banks of the Real River where it enters the Mediterranean Sea. The Rio Real golf course was designed as an annex to the Los Monteros hotel, the hotel had established itself as one of the grandest destinations for high-end tourists on the Costa del Sol, a magnet for film stars, aristocrats and other figures who dragged the paparazzi in their wake.
Santana Golf & Country Club is located a bit away from the Mediterranean coast, between Mijas as well as Fuengirola. The property is surrounded by 140 acres of avocados and oranges groves - a part of the land was an avocado plantation - and with the backdrop of the magnificent Mijas Mountains, Santana really is an amazing natural beauty.