Kennemer Golf & Country Club
Zandvoort, Netherlands

A brisk sea breeze is part of the game on these classical, challenging Harry Holt-designed links; beautiful greenery and shrubbery blanket the fairways; blind shots are plentiful. The Par-3 15th hole is majestic- but beware of the cavernous bunker below the hole! Course is impeccably maintained; private club with some guest access; lovely clubhouse; welcoming members. The only downside are the views of the less than panoramic apartment complexes that border the course.

www.kennemergolf.nl
info@kennemergolf.nl
+31 23 571 2836

El Saler, Campo De Golf
Parador Nacional Luis Vives
El Saler, Valencia, Spain

Highly challenging, loved by connoisseurs, Javier Arana’s par-72 (6355-yard) design has subtle bunkering and a marvellous mixture of wooded and links holes running between dunes and marshy woods near Valencia.

www.parador.es
reservas@parador.es
+34 96 161 0384

Druids Glen Golf Club
New Town Mount Kennedy
Wicklow, Ireland

One of Europe’s finest parkland courses (highly praised by Seve Ballesteros), opened in 1995, spread over 400 acres between the sea and hills near Dublin; great mix of challenging holes; glorious clubhouse in the original mansion, Woodstock House.

www.druidsglen.ie
info@druidsglen.ie
+353 1 287 3600

Ballybunion Golf Club
Ballybunion, Co. Kerry, Ireland

The Mecca of Irish links golf, founded in 1893; Tom Watson rates the Old Course one of the world’s top six; many players stop here en route to the British Open to hone their games on the spectacular Atlantic coast dunes; very welcoming.

www.ballybuniongolfclub.ie
bbgolfc@iol.ie
+353 68 27 146

Access Adventure Travel
U.S based

I came across this group who offer a wide range of unique instructional adventure tours. Their mission is to help you develop and improve in your favorite pastime coupled with varied and exciting itineraries - love it! They offer snowboarding, skiing, surfing, mountain biking, sea kayaking, whitewater kayaking and rock climbing tours in twenty-three countries. What better way to spend your vacation if you are energy charged?

www.accesstrips.com/sports
info@accesstrips.com
+1 888 580 8747
+1 604 879 1159 (outside N. America)

Sperone, Golf de
Bonifacio, Corsica

www.sperone.net
immobilier@sperone.net
+33 4 95 73 17 13

Body & Soul Adventure
Ilha Grande, Brazil

If you need to be quickly whipped into shape (Brazilian style) this is the thing for you. The Body & Soul Adventure on the paradise-like island of Ilha Grande is an intense week long program that makes you eat healthy, hike through a rainforest, and ocean kayak, promising to tone and trim that bod. Daily yoga and massage sessions thrown in helping you find the serenity you’ve been looking for all year. “A goal-minded getaway: kick old habits, test physical limits and get a beach-ready bod, all while soaking in the Brazilian rain forest.” (InStyle, February 2006)

www.bodysouladventures.com
info@bodysouladventures.com
+ 020 3002 0936-UK
+1 877 627 8431-US

Royal Park Evian
Evian-les-Bains, France

Beautifully maintained course; gorgeous setting between Lake Geneva and the mountains; venue of Evian Masters (Ladies’ European Tour) but think pleasurable golf, not major challenge; old-fashioned spa and hotel with beautiful infinity pool

www.royalparcevian.com
+33 4 50 26 85 00