Turkey is an extraordinarily beautiful country. Effectively straddling two continents, Europe and Asia, it offers a fascinating blend of Eastern and Western cultural traditions. A democratic republic with a political system that was established following the fall of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War, it is edging closer to the West whilst at the same time fostering closer links with the Eastern world. All this, of course, need not concern the visiting golfer, but an understanding of a country's extraordinary history, culture and tradition can only enhance a holiday.
For the past 15 years the Turkish tourist board has been using their best efforts to market and promote the country's fantastic resources to golf course developers. The tourist board has put aside the need for the country to align itself with the East, and has embraced the economic and social values that attracting golf holiday makers can attract. Turkey has now become a premier golf destination of any standard of golfer and their family.
They have been hugely helped by the fact that the relevant parts of the country are blessed with a perfect climate for golf. For a host of perfectly sound reasons, principally the presence of suitable terrain, a plethora of quality hotels and the close proximity of Antalya airport, Belek has been the focus for most of the golf activity. Take the land for example, originally swampy, pine trees have now been planted on the sandy soil to create ideal golfing terrain not unlike Surrey heathland or the forests around Pinehurst, North Carolina. It also has the benefit of a water table little more than a deep divot below the surface which supplies an attractive sprinkling of water features.
The hotels , especially the larger ones, are simply amazing and contain everything you could possibly want, including numerous and massive swimming pools, an almost bewildering range of restaurants, spa and sports facilities, live entertainment and, of course, extensive sandy beaches. Clean comfortable and well organised, Antalya airport is about four hours from the UK and only about 18 miles from the resort. Belek has witnessed a veritable explosion in the provision of magnificent courses so that today it can legitimately be compared with any top golf destination in Europe or, for that matter, anywhere in the world.
From the beginning the courses that have been designed around the hotels in Turkey are quite extraordinary. The biggest names in course design have been employed to produce some fantastic tracks, which when combined with a very competitive price for both the golf and the hotel then you can be sure that you will be getting a great holiday for your money. Turks are not as keen on their golfing as they are on the football so despite the nature of the courses you can be sure that there will always be enough tee times for all your party.
With several new resorts on the drawing board to be situated in Ankara, Mugla and Istanbul there is only going to become a greater amount of options for the golfing holiday maker looking for a golf holiday in Turkey. More competition is going to lead for better deals for the golfer and the domestic competition is going to create some fantastic golfing opportunities in Turkey.
Currently the Papillion golf resort is one of the most popular in the country. The Montgomerie designed course is one in a string of courses that are just inland from the beach at Belek. As part of a $100m complex you can expect the best use of the terrain that is around. With undulating holes waving their way through the pine trees and water features on the front nine the back nine isn't half bag either. There are testing tee shots over sandy wastelands the Colin Montgomerie and his European Design team have put in place to create some of the most popular designs around. The Sultan and the Pasha courses along with the floodlit driving range, academy course and practise facilities make the Papillion one of the best of Belek's golf destinations.
For the past 15 years the Turkish tourist board has been using their best efforts to market and promote the country's fantastic resources to golf course developers. The tourist board has put aside the need for the country to align itself with the East, and has embraced the economic and social values that attracting golf holiday makers can attract. Turkey has now become a premier golf destination of any standard of golfer and their family.
They have been hugely helped by the fact that the relevant parts of the country are blessed with a perfect climate for golf. For a host of perfectly sound reasons, principally the presence of suitable terrain, a plethora of quality hotels and the close proximity of Antalya airport, Belek has been the focus for most of the golf activity. Take the land for example, originally swampy, pine trees have now been planted on the sandy soil to create ideal golfing terrain not unlike Surrey heathland or the forests around Pinehurst, North Carolina. It also has the benefit of a water table little more than a deep divot below the surface which supplies an attractive sprinkling of water features.
The hotels , especially the larger ones, are simply amazing and contain everything you could possibly want, including numerous and massive swimming pools, an almost bewildering range of restaurants, spa and sports facilities, live entertainment and, of course, extensive sandy beaches. Clean comfortable and well organised, Antalya airport is about four hours from the UK and only about 18 miles from the resort. Belek has witnessed a veritable explosion in the provision of magnificent courses so that today it can legitimately be compared with any top golf destination in Europe or, for that matter, anywhere in the world.
From the beginning the courses that have been designed around the hotels in Turkey are quite extraordinary. The biggest names in course design have been employed to produce some fantastic tracks, which when combined with a very competitive price for both the golf and the hotel then you can be sure that you will be getting a great holiday for your money. Turks are not as keen on their golfing as they are on the football so despite the nature of the courses you can be sure that there will always be enough tee times for all your party.
With several new resorts on the drawing board to be situated in Ankara, Mugla and Istanbul there is only going to become a greater amount of options for the golfing holiday maker looking for a golf holiday in Turkey. More competition is going to lead for better deals for the golfer and the domestic competition is going to create some fantastic golfing opportunities in Turkey.
Currently the Papillion golf resort is one of the most popular in the country. The Montgomerie designed course is one in a string of courses that are just inland from the beach at Belek. As part of a $100m complex you can expect the best use of the terrain that is around. With undulating holes waving their way through the pine trees and water features on the front nine the back nine isn't half bag either. There are testing tee shots over sandy wastelands the Colin Montgomerie and his European Design team have put in place to create some of the most popular designs around. The Sultan and the Pasha courses along with the floodlit driving range, academy course and practise facilities make the Papillion one of the best of Belek's golf destinations.
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