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Hotels For Golfer - Discount Golf Accommodation ItalyClick here for Featured Golf Hotels ItalyItaly isn't a place that immediately springs to mind when one thinks of great, global golf destinations. When most Americans think of Italy, they probably conjure images of the Roman Empire, wine, pizza, beautiful olive-skinned women and great loafers, not necessarily in that order. more...Golf MilanCastello di Tolcinasco Golf & Country Club, Pieve Emanuele Hotels near Castello di Tolcinasco Golf & Country Club Golf Hotels Rome Flaminio Village Bungalow ParkA few minutes away from the city centre, this property in situated in the Vejo Natural Park, close to the new Parco della Musica Auditorium, the Olympic Stadium and the River Tiber.… More hotels near Parco di Roma Golf Club Golf Hotels TuscanyFor golf courses Tuscany click here
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Golf Hotels Sardinia - SardegnaPlaying golf in Sardinia, surrounded by deep nature, lost in a horizon of a long sandy beach interrupt only every now and again by the unmistakable shape of the Mediterrean macchia. Immerge yourself in this paradise of silence, warmed up from our sun that keeps us company nearly every single day of the year.For golf courses on Sardinia - Sardegna click here
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UmbriaGolf is a fast-growing sport in Italy and Umbria is an unexpected Golfers
paradise. Near Perugia there are three golf clubs of note. • PERUGIA GOLF CLUB - Located in Ellera Umbra by Santa Sabina Percorso. 18 holes for mt. 5735, Par 72, Also driving range, putting green, pitching green, 3 executive holes pro-shop, eqipment hire. Closed Mondays. • ANTOGNOLLA GOLF – Located in Antognolla by San Giovanni del Pantano. 18 championship holes for mt. 6228. Par 71. Club house, swimming pool, driving range, pitching green, putting green, pro-shop. Closed Tuesdays. • LAMBORGHINI GOLF CLUB - Located in Panicale by Soderi. 9 holes. Par 72. Driving range, putting green, pitching green, golf school, pro-shop, club house. All are close enough to each other to be played on consecutive days.
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The Italian government is hoping to make a small dent in that mentality,
trying to lure golfers, as have other countries recently bent on attracting
the type of American and European tourists who spend money, rather than
free-loading backpackers.
The country does have excellent - if not world-renowned - golf, with courses designed by Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Robert Trent Jones, Pete Dye and Robert von Hagge, to name a few. Club Roma "Acquasanta" is the oldest, built in 1903, and some of the layouts have dramatic, historical backdrops, like Roman aqueducts and ancient villas. Northern Italians speak of their fellow countrymen to the south in sympathetic, but slightly condescending terms: they are poor and we don't mind helping them out, but come on, enough is enough. That extends to golf, especially in the northern regions of Tuscany, Piedmont, Lombardia, Emilia Romagna and Veneto, where well-conditioned 18-hole courses are within short drives of one another. Italian tourism officials are now highlighting the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, at the far end of northeast Italy, hoping to get the region a piece of the action. It is, indeed, a very scenic region, with snow-covered mountains to the north, the Tagliamento River to the south and the coast of the Adriatic Sea to the east. Like most of northern Italy, the region is exceptionally clean, with great roads and well-marked signs. The countryside is rolling, with vast corn fields and vineyards. The region is famous for its wines (and curiously, ham) and even your normal, everyday Italian is likely to have a small vineyard in his back yard. You drive through small towns that reek with history - the little town of Cividale was founded by Julius Caesar, for Christ's sake - and names like Charlemagne and Napolean jump out at you. The Visigoths and Huns have come through here on various rape-and-plunder vacations and a number of Roman monuments still exist in Trieste, the sprawling, beautiful seaport town. And yes, that huge building that looks like a castle you see as you're careening down one of the highways is what it appears. They seem to pop out of regular neighborhoods from time to time and some still have royalty living in them. For people living in a country barely more than 200 years old, eating in a castle - they're sometimes opened to special events like formal dinners - can be an extraordinary event. And then there is the crown jewel: Venice. Although tourism officials are purposefully excluding Venice from their marketing campaign - like Venice needs marketing - it's only an hour's train ride from Udine, located roughly in the center of the region. A visit to Venice is an other-worldly affair. "A realist in Venice would become a romantic, by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him," said the Welsh poet Arthur Symons, and it's true. From the Bridge of Sighs to the Piazza San Marco, you walk through narrow streets with the art and architecture of centuries towering over you and encasing you like a bee entombed in honey. You do, indeed, sigh. Still, it must be said Friuli Venezia Giulia isn't exactly a golf hotbed. The courses are hours apart and the drives, even through a countryside this beautiful can be wearing, excluding Venice, which could never become wearing. So, come for Venice and the rest of the beautiful countryside and maybe get in a little golf while you're here. There are some good courses. |
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