‘Golf Course Review Villaitana’
Introduction
Formerly known as Real de Faula this complex has two courses with the par 72 Levante championship course of 6,388 metres (7,027 yards) from the white tees has excellent views over the Mediterranean sea and Sierra de Finestrat mountains. Featuring rolling fairways, deep bunkers with large and undulating greens to test all standards of golfer and the par 62 Poniente course of only 3,691 metres (4,060 yards) from the white tees being ideal to sharpen those short game skills.
Contact Details and Address
Alcalde Eduardo Zaplana Hernandez Soro, 7, Benidorm, Alicante, 03502
Telephone: 966 813 013 or e-mail:caddymaster@villaitanagolf.es
Web-site: www.villaitana.com
Directions
Travelling from either the North or the South via the A7/AP7 motorway or the N332 coast road follow directions for Benidorm and then Terra Mitica and road signs will direct you to the golf courses.
Course and Clubhouse Facilities and Services
The clubhouse is excellent with a large open terrace overlooking the courses and with superb sea and mountain views. The pro shop is small but well appointed and the changing and shower rooms are excellent. The practise facilities consist of a very good chipping and putting green and the driving range is located next to the clubhouse and car park. The buggies are fitted with a ‘stopping devise’ which ‘kicks in’ if you get with 10 metres of the green.
Prices
Levante Public Low Season Green Fee (18 Holes) = €65*.
Poniente Public Low Season Green Fee & Buggy (18 holes) = €49*
*Discounted green fees of up to 45% are available from Costa Blanca Green Fee Services
Course Reviews
The Levante is very much a true golfer’s course which is a genuine par 72 championship layout and the course designer has incorporated water hazards, dog-legs and undulating fairways and greens in his plans which ensure that you do not just ‘grip it and rip it’ but need to plot your way around this course. Typical of ‘Nicklaus’ designed courses the greens are large and undulating but with strategically placed ‘run-off ’areas making the actual ‘landing’ area much smaller than at first appears.
The Poniente is a little ‘gem and while only a par 62 made up of par 3 and par 4 holes relatively short on length with numerous birdie opportunities BUT stray off line and you have a card wrecker on your hands.
If you are visiting the region and looking for a challenging game of golf then pay this excellent complex a visit.