Tourists visiting France who bring along their clubs will not be disappointed or have to face the challenges of arranging tee times as they typically do when visiting Scotland and Ireland. In France there are 280,000 registered golfers for 340 courses. This means lots of available tee times and no crowds on a course.
A great holiday golf destination needs the following; good accommodation at a fairly decent price, plenty of bars and restaurants for your evening entertainment. This region has been providing a temporary home for golfers from England for the past few years.
One of the Loire Valley’s chief attractions is that usually an impressive, majestic castle overlooks the golf castle. There is a choice of golf castle are available to rent.
It is a visually striking region and one that definitely deserves special attention for any budding photographers out there.
France, the size of Texas, is the largest country in Western Europe. Its cultural and geographical diversity is a tourism magnet that calls to be explored time and time again. The Loire Valley offers such a variety of outstanding sites where reputed golf courses are set alongside some 40 surreal historical castles and historical sites.
Here history combined with spiritual and cultural ways of life have mingled to produce the great Loire Royal Valley. The Loire is a superb region for a superb golfing vacation - just 3 hours drive from Calais and other northern ports.
Regal castles spot the hillsides. Vineyards roll through copses of trees. French gastronomy is a veritable paradise. One which you should try at least once during your lifetime. Amongst wine cellars, food specialities, son et lumiere (laser fireworks shows) are a selection of reputed golf courses: Les Bordes, Chateau Sept Tours, Ardree & Touraine, Cheverny, Orleans Donnery, Les Aisses, Sully-sur-Loire, Limere, Ganay.
The Les Bordes Resort not far from Chateau Chambord is undoubtedly the most remarkable of all the resorts in terms of exclusivity and quality challenging golf - designed by Robert Von Hagge see Seignosse. Les Bordes is consistently ranked amongst the top 100 courses in Europe and one of France’s top 5. Water features on 12 of the 18 holes on this course and it really is a challenge even for low handicappers. Expect to enjoy this spectacular course, but scoring well may prove to be more difficult.
The peacefulness and scenery here in the Loire Valley make a golfing vacation a truly relaxing experience.
You can add to the enjoyment of your holiday exploring the legendary Loire Valley by staying at one or more of the taking a rental castle available.
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