Hotel El Puerto Fuengirola

For a Fuengirola golf break with the beach close at hand, Hotel El Puerto by Pierre & Vacances puts you on Paseo Marítimo, with the sand only 0.02 miles away. Santana Golf, Chaparral Golf and Mijas Golf can each be reached within 30 minutes, giving the stay an easy rhythm of morning tee times and afternoons by the Mediterranean. Modern air-conditioned rooms sleep two or three and have been refreshed in a light colour scheme. After golf, the rooftop pool and sun loungers make a relaxed place to recover before heading out along the promenade.

Santana Golf offers a straightforward but thoughtful 18 holes from Cabell Robinson, with generous fairways leading towards greens that are clearly defined by their shaping. Water comes into play often enough to reward sensible club selection. Chaparral brings a very different test, its six par-threes, six par-fours and six par-fives ensuring no section of the card feels repetitive. Pepe Gancedo’s routing uses rolling parkland and native pines, with several holes looking towards the sea. At Mijas Golf, Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed two 18-hole courses where lakes provide the principal threat, while the relative lack of woodland lets you see the lines required from the tee.

Further rounds can be arranged at Alhaurín Golf, where pines and hazards make course management central to the day, or at Cabopino Golf above the marina, where accurate approaches are important around the umbrella pines. Calanova Golf is a par-72 parkland course in the Mijas Sierra, played across open ground with sea views and hazards visible ahead of you. Back at the hotel, ByCosmos Sky Bar sits beside the rooftop pool on Torre Sancho, serving fresh fruit cocktails, smoothies and evening food until 1.00am, with live music from June. Le Bon Buffet provides daily buffet dining with sea views. Malaga Airport is less than 30 minutes away.