Golf Travel
I come to golf as a traveller rather than a player, and I admire it for what it asks of a place: hand-crafted beauty laid into remarkable country. A fine course is a reason to travel, a sign of a property built with ambition, and a quiet setting where people who notice things can make the decisions that should never be made in a hurry.
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Santa Claus Golf: Snow and Midnight Sun
Snow golf in Rovaniemi, summer fairways through the pines, and the verdict that put Santa Claus Golf on my list for a different kind of Finnish holiday.
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Adora Luxury Hotel: A Villa on Lake Bled
We chose Adora for Lake Bled and its island. A small villa, a balcony view and an autumn day on the water made this a stay worth travelling…
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One&Only Palmilla
A birthday at One&Only Palmilla: remarkable personal care, the force of the Sea of Cortez, and time for Baja wine, the spa and the water beyond the resort.
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Casa Colonial Beach & Spa, Puerto Plata
The hotel we choose in Puerto Plata: a small seaside house on Playa Dorada, with a rooftop pool above the Atlantic and restaurants we have come to rely…
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Tortuga Bay: The Beach They Kept
Thirteen beachfront villas, Oscar de la Renta’s design heritage, and the freedom to enjoy Puntacana’s golf courses, spa and seaside restaurants.
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Gondwana Game Reserve: A Safari Within Reach of Cape Town
How a four-hour drive from Cape Town took us to dawn and dusk game drives, a private fynbos villa and nights among South Africa’s wildlife.
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Vintage House: Napa Valley’s Gourmet Capital on Foot
Napa’s celebrated wines, Yountville’s great tables and a room close enough to enjoy both: why I chose Vintage House.
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Golf in Egypt: The Long Wait for Mena House
Mena House’s promised revival, NEWGIZA’s quarry and Somabay’s Red Sea holes: golf in Egypt through its landscapes, history and the players’ verdicts.
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Golf in Dubai and Abu Dhabi: Views and Verdicts
The critics have their favourites. My interest lies in sand golf, nights under the lights and a golf holiday more deeply rooted in the Emirates.
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Atamisque Lodge: Where Tranquility Is Part of the Landscape
A stay at Atamisque Lodge, on a working winery and trout farm in Mendoza’s Uco Valley: Serbal wines, cherries from the saddle, a wood fire and the Andes…