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The La Costa Hotel and Golf Beach Resort is located at Pals in the heart of the Costa Brava, 50 metres from the beach and direct access to Platja de Pals Golf Course. It's 45 minutes from Girona international airport, and 11/2 hrs from Barcelona Airport, and 1 hour from Perpignan Airport.
Address: Av. Arenales de Mar, 3 17256 Platja de Pals, Girona Costa Brava, Spain.
Tel: 0034 972 667 740
Fax: 0034 972 667 736
E-mail: Comercial@LaCosta
Web: LaCosta Hotel
Hotel Aigua Blava, Platja de Fornells, 17255 Begur, Girona, Spain.
Tel: 0034 972 622058 and 00 34 972 624562
Fax: 0034 972 622112
E-mail: Hotel Aigua Blava
Web: Aigua Blava
Golf Platja de Pals, 17256 Pals, Girona, Spain.
Tel: 00 34 972 667 739
Fax: 0034 972 636 799
E-mail: Platja de Pals
Web: Platja de Pals
Golf Serres de Pals, 17256 Pals, Girona, Spain.
Tel: 0034 972 637 375
Fax: 0034 972 667 447
Email: Golf Serres de Pals
Web: Golf Serres de Pals
Emporda Golf, Ctra. Palafrugell-Torroelia de Montgri, 17257 Gualta, Girona, Spain.
Tel: 0034 972 760 450
Fax: 0034 972 757 100
E-mail: Info@Emporda Golf
Web: Emporda Golf
Contact any of the courses or the La Costa Hotel for details of the Golf Pack.
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Ask anyone about golf in Spain and the chances are they will talk about the Costa del Sol...but there is an alternative costa and it's one the discerning golfer would do well to consider. Rising prices, awkward tee times, packed courses, more and more costly hotels is making it imperative those who are looking for their golfing holiday in the sun explore the alternatives And the Costa Brava is certainly one of those alternatives and, I suggest, a real rival to the parts of Spain believed to be more accessible. The advent of the cut-price airlines has made many more regions and areas easier to get to and while there are some direct flights to Girona from Newcastle and Durham Tees Valley, making your way to Catalonia is pretty easy through Barcelona - flying from Newcastle (easyjet) and Leeds/Bradford (Jet2). Alternatively, you can fly to Girona, Barcelona or nearby Perpignan in France from Stansted. Just 45 minutes from Girona and a little further from Barcelona, three of Catalonia's finest courses - Platja de Pals, Serres de Pals and Emporda, which has two excellent courses - have got together to offer a real value Golf Pack with three green fees for 130 euros or five rounds for 220 euros. There is a natural beauty to the Costa Brava. There are a myriad of wonderful coves and inlets along coastline and almost without fail they boast magnificent hotels and quiet beaches. There are at least 10 golf courses open all year round, blessed with a Mediterranean climate and pleasant temperatures that help keep fairways designed by the likes of Robert von Hagge, F W Hawtree, or Ramon Espinosa, in great condition. Pals, Emporda and Perelada have been venues for the PGA European Tour Qualifying School for the past six years and European Tour events like the Spanish Open and the Catalan Open have been held there. Serres de Pals has three distinct areas with gentle, pine groves and fairway lakes and it's an ideal course for all handicaps while the Emporda course consists of two 18s and is a real cracker with some excellent holes. Platja de Pals opened in 1966 and is the oldest golf course in Costa Brava and it's reckoned to be a typical British design - whatever that is - but it does have a par 73 and is fairly flat but needing a precise game. Pines line the fairways and although the first few holes are not especially long, from the 12 on the course is very, very good and it does have direct access to La Costa Hotel Golf and Beach Resort - well worth it four star rating - and where we were based for for our stay. With 120 air-conditioned rooms, including 54 junior suites, all with balconies or terraces, mini-bar, colour television, touchtone telephones with international direct dialling, you want for nothing, and the food is good too. The hotel owns Platja de Pals and Serres de Pals and offers a 50 per cent discount for residents with special prices on green fees in Club de Golf Costa Brava, Emporda, PGA Golf Catalunya, Torremirona, Peralada, Club de Golf d'Aro and Club de Golf Girona - and greens fees compare very favourably with all sorts of deals. There are many good hotels in the area, all offering golf deals, ranging from the three star Hotel LLafranc to the excellent four-star Aigua Blava with its stunning views and marvellous restaurant. The Golf Pack can also include accommodation at various hotels for five and seven nights ranging from 306 Euros to 1,130 Euros in various packages with the option of car hire as well. | 
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