Practice Your Golf In The Notorious Golf Valley -Mijas Golf Resort
The Mijas Golf Resort is located just half an hours drive from San Juan airport. Take the Fuengirola Coin turn off from the motorway and follow the road named Camino Viejo de Coin. The course is about 3 and a half kilometers from the motorway.
Mijas Golf Resort has made a great effort to fill the needs of its many users who desires to play golf in Malaga on the Costa del Sol, and to that end, the course includes all amenities. There is a practice area, buggy rental, manual and electric trolleys, putting green, bar-cafeteria, restaurant, shop, changing rooms, showers and parking facilities. Furthermore, running throughout the grounds, there are places to buy water and other drinks plus toilets. There is also the opportunity to participate in golf technique tuition.
Mijas Golf Resort offers two Golf Courses:
Los Olivos created 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. Even though both are the work of the same designer, there is beyond doubt interesting differences 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 the course caters for 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 9 lakes, from which the course gets its name and which easily trap the ball. It is a course with soft movement and large greens. It could be said that the American designer wanted to present a course especially for amateurs, but simultaneously, it can present a challenge for the best golfers. One of "Los Lagos" most characteristic and challenging holes is the par five thirteenth. Seen from elevated tees it looks 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 insignificant incline up the 18th hole.
There is an excellent choice of restaurants and bars within the resort, and the nearby town of Fuengirola also offers a range of restaurants, along with a cinema and a variety of shops.
The delightful white village of Mijas, famous for its donkey-drawn taxis, is placed high on the top of the mountains offering breathtaking views of the Mediterranean coastline and a number of towns of the Costa del Sol below. Within just a ten minute drive you will find some of the best blue flag golden beaches imaginable, offering you the ideal setting for peace and relaxation.
In between playing you don't have to be bored as the area offers more activities than you can possibly manage & your Mijas Golf Villa offer pleasurable relaxation by the pool.