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The Almeria province is the most eastern part of Andalucia in Spain. It is well known for its desert like climate and cultivation of palm trees. With a growing number of golf courses, Almeria is becoming more and more popular among golfers as a destination for their golf holiday or golf breaks. The province of Almeria is a land of extreme contrasts where the desert lies side by side with some of the most fertile and productive farmlands in Europe. It offers over 200 km of coastline and, of course, some very nice golf courses, which attracts both professional golfers and amateur golfers from all over the world, indeed it boosts some of the best courses in Spain. Golf courses in the province of Almeria are concentrated in 2 areas. The area around the City of Almeria in the south of Almeria offers 3 courses: Almerimar Golf, Playa Serena Golf and La Envia Golf. The area around Mojocar in the Northern part of Almeria offers 4 courses: The Desert Springs Golf Course, The Valle del Este Golf Resort, Marina Golf and Cortijo Grande Golf. 
The courses themselves reflect the variety of the province's scenery, enabling their visitors to make the most of a trip to the beach in Vera or Mojacar to leave the greens enjoy the wildlife and countryside of Sierra de Vicar or Valle del Almanzora, change from the romantic setting of a fishing village to the bustle of a large town or city. Each course has its own unique character due to is surrounding scenery or its design. Desert Springs Golf Club in Cuevas del Almanzora, is the first desert golf course in Europe, built in the style of Arizona's courses with an arid vegetation which we can also see in La Envia Golf, Vicar, a course which gives magnificent views of the Mediterranean. Also close to the Mediterranean are the Cortijo Grande Golf Club in Turre and the Marina Golf in Mojacar. At Almerimar Golf, Almerimar, can you enjoy carefully tended vegetation, lakes and Sierra Nevadas snow, while in Turre, the area's native flora sets the scene for the Valle del Este Gold Resort. In Golf Club Playa Serena in Roquetas de Mar, nine lakes, seven of which are natural, test the accuracy of even the most proficient golfer. So it is only to choose the course and play. Below you will find an overview of all golf courses in Almeria. Click on the courses and maps to access more details.
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Designed
in 1976 by D. Gary Player, Almerimar is a mature flat
18 holes championship golf course, which is soon to
become 27 holes, is surrounded by beautiful landscapes
thanks to Sierra Nevada and the gardens and trees and
sea views scenery from the neighbouring Mediterranean
Ocean. Its included are six holes featuring water, the
most challenging being an attractive island green on
the 12th hole, giving a tee-shot over 100 metres of
water. The Course has wide and shaded fairways and surrounded
by the exuberant Complex vegetation adding difficulty
to approaching the wide greens. The Club has a splendid
bar and restaurant service, swimming pool, tennis courts
and buggies, clubs and carts to hire. 
This
9 hole course opened in 1976 and was designed by Poul
Jay Polonsky. Its situated between the towns of Turre
and Mojacar and 4 km from the beach, offers a mainly
flat design, freshly coloured by orange and lemon trees
along its fairways. Its mountains and trees create spots
of sigular beauty. This course does not have a club
house but a neary by bar-restaurant provides all services.
The
Indiana is the first and only desert Golf Course in
Europe and has been built to the full USGA specifications
and quality standards of the now famous desert courses
of Arizona and California. The fairways have been kept
generous to ensure that the less expert player can enjoy
and improve his game whilst absorbing the owesome landscape
and vies that encompass The Indiana. On the other hand,
every hole has features which can be brought into play,
the springs, watercourses, dry river beds, rock and
catus areas and bunkers are strategically located to
examine the skills of golf's leading players when playing
off the championship tees. 
La
Envia Golf Course lies at an altitude of 200 mts above
sea level is a natural estate of the same name. With
a length of 5.792 metres of play and hilly design, it
was adapted as much as possible to the natural elements
of its surroundings. To be able to address the green
properly, certain precision is required to stay within
the fairways. Additional technical knowledge is rewarded
fore strokes with large level differences. The rough
is reasonable permissive but the inevitable growth of
garden and trees surroundings the course, will soon
change this.
Marina
Golf is a golf course with its own personality. You
can play 9 holes next to the beach and in a flat but
moved land. The remaining 9 holes are situated to the
other side of a samll hill, with different sights and,
even a different climate. With sptectacular tees from
some holes, where the player will enjot the wonderful
difficulty of this sport. As Marina Golf Mojacar´s
slogan points out, it´s all here: The town of
Mojacar, the seafront, more than 17 km of beaches and
inlets, most of then still empty and unspoilt, a yacht
harbour, natural parks, a diverse and succulent gastronomy,
lovely countryside.
You
will find Playa Serena Golf Club situated right on the
coast, with its nine lakes seven of which are natural.
Home to a wide variety of exotic, migratory birds. The
eighteen holes of Playa Serena are very varied and enjoyable,
requiring shots of skill and precision. You can play
for sheer enjoyment, no day is ever the same.
The
18 Holes (Par 71) have been designed following the lastet
tendencies, achieving a perfect harmony between the
lanscape and the necesary environmental needs, to make
an unbeatable natural resort out of this golf course.
From the player's point of view, Valle del Este Golf
Resort will be a real challenge. You will really enjoy.