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Tucked into the native maritime forest, you will find the sanctuary of Bahia Beach Resort  and Golf Club. Bahia Beach Resort and Golf Club, Puerto Rico located on Puerto Rico’s northeastern coast where the Atlantic Ocean blends with the azure waters of the Caribbean Sea. The community will boast a magnificent two-mile crescent of Sandy Beach.

139 magnificent rooms, where private terraces lead to spectacular ocean views.

The pool is beautiful.
 

It’s unique location in the salt flats of Cabo Rojo, also offers tourists the opportunity to bike, go scuba diving, boating, kayaking, deep sea fishing, jogging, trekking, even golfing.
18-hole championship golf course – with spectacular holes along the ocean, scenic lakes, undulating fairways and gentle ocean breezes.

The resort is home to a variety of animal inhabitants including snook and tarpon, frigate birds, pelicans, palm trees, golden leather ferns, whistling ducks, iguanas and many species of songbirds.

Trilogy Golf Club at La Quinta is located at the base of the Santa Rosa Mountains in La Quinta, California. Trilogy has a beautiful clubhouse, fitness center and tennis facility and offers low cost golf.

Trilogy Golf Club, opened in 2002 in La Quinta and, is designed by Gary Panks. The awesome 18 hole Golf Course established with the state of art facilities. 6,883 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72 . The course rating is 72.7 and it has a slope rating of 127 on Bermuda grass. This medium-length layout features 5 sets of tee-boxes for the enjoyment of golfers of all skill levels.

The Club has a large pool, gym, restaurant and several other resort amenities members to enjoy.

Surrounded by natural desert vistas and complimented by crystal lakes and flowing greens, the Trilogy is championship design that was created for the fun and challenge.

The LTI Beach Resort is one of several all-inclusive mega-hotels located on the gorgeous white-sand beaches of the Dominican Republic. Discover this new paradise for water sports fans in the Dominican Republic. 25 minutes from Punta Cana airport. This beautiful beachfront resort offers 447 rooms in several 3-storey buildings.

Standard Room: 1 King or 2 Queen or 2 Single beds, Air-conditioned, Satellite, TV In-room safe, Mini-bar, Bathroom with tub, shower and hairdryer.  Family suites: 20 (bedroom, small additional room with sofa bed. Furnished balcony, 110 V, adapter required for other voltages. Cayena Beach Club junior suite.

Amenities: “El Mirador” -the best restaurant, Massage, Children’s playground, Spa Wellness and Fitness Center, Medical services, Internet services and  Car and bicycle rental on site.

The two level restaurants built in a typical tropical style offers breakfast, lunch, and light snacks during the day. On the beachfront and has a capacity for approx.

Activities:  Billiards; Golf course on premises, Horseback riding,  Playground; Swimming pools, Tennis courts – 2, Water sports- Sailing, windsurfing, kayaks, boogie boards, water bikes and snorkeling.

The hotel is located right alongside Varadero beach and within the new Varadero golf course. Just 35 km from the airport and only 8 from downtown Varadero, Hotel Melia Las Americas. Here you will find a list of more than 160 locations.

340 rooms: 220 Doubles, 12 Duplex, 14 Suites, 2 Gran Suites and 2 Presidential’s Suites with hydro-massages and 90 Bungalows. The Junior Suites are located outside the main building and surrounded by the lush tropical vegetation. Guests may also make use of Internet access, a laundry service, room service and a car park.

Good taste, functionality and modernity are the elements that compose the design and decoration of these rooms. American breakfast in the room (on request). 

The hotel’s three restaurants offer the very best, most varied and exquisite of international cuisine.Barbecue Restaurant on the beach, specialized in Spanish paellas. Lobby bar and Piano bar.

Melia Las Americas boasts a swimming pool with a waterfall set in lush tropical gardens, a children’s pool, jacuzzi, fitness center, watersports center, activities program and boutiques. Convention Hall with natural light for up to 200 guests.

Melia Las Americas, a great resort for avid golfers.
 

Leichenberg Life Medicine is a wellness retreat that marries hospitality and medicine, bringing together service industry standards, old-school European spa culture, modern diagnostic and therapeutic technologies. The center is something between traditional five-star luxury hotel and high-tech medical treatment.

Guests can come in the resort for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation or just a simple relaxation. Situated in Bad Gleichenberg, Austria, life medicine benefits from a mild local climate, idyllic landscape and two mineral-rich water sources, thermal springs.

The resort offers all the traditional wellness services which are thermal baths, sauna and a wide range of face and body treatments. It also offers an impressive array of diagnostic services, including lab testing, allergy profiles, metabolic panels and ultrasounds, to name a few.

The philosophy of the hotel strikes a healthy balance between culinary indulgence and responsible consumption. Meals at the main restaurant, spa bistro and lounge cafe are very low in calories but high in taste, rich in ingredients from local farmers and producers.

The resort’s focus is nature, as reflected in the extensive use of larch wood, glass and natural stone as well as the pervasive browns, reds and greens that blend perfectly with the surrounding landscape.

The 107 rooms, three suites and various conference areas are similarly outfitted, full of light woods and soft hints of natural colours. The resort was built around an existing park, thus incorporating several centuries-old trees and an ancient brook. Local activities include hiking, golfing, stargazing and visits to nearby castles and imperial villas.

On a pristine golden beach, on Mexico’s Pacific Coast. Fairmont Acapulco Princess Hotel has an area of nearly 195 hectares of beautiful nature shows. Fairmont Princess, offers exquisite accommodations and the finest services and amenities.

Guests are offered a choice of 1,017 luxurious and spacious guest rooms that are tastefully appointed with all the contemporary amenities to make your stay a enjoyable. Each room is with a private bath, marble floors, satellite television, telephone, private balcony and a view of either the Pacific Ocean.

Water is everywhere, in soothing waterfalls and pools surrounding the resort.

 The Fairmont Acapulco offers 8 tennis courts, 5 swimming pools a health spa and18-hole golf course.

Several activities take place on the beach and it has its own discotheque.

Set in India’s capitol city, the Oberoi Hotel reflects traditional Indian culture. The Oberoi is a modern  hotel, the best of its kind in India. It is centrally located and overlooks the prestigious Delhi Golf Club. The best hotel in New Delhi Annual Travel Award 2000.

Hotel offers 300 rooms and suites. All of the guest rooms are furnished in a quietly elegant contemporary Indian style. The Presidential Suites provide a velvety stay and are named after famous historic personalities.

Amenities: AC, Safe, Mini bar, 2 Line telephone, Data-port for Internet, Electronic door lock, work desk, DVD Player, Non-smoking floor, Shopping Arcade, Swimming Pool. The health club offers Swedish and Thai massage as well as aromatherapy.

The Oberoi has five exclusive restaurants: La Rochelle and Wine Bar, Szechuan cuisine. Travertino’ surmounts in the classical Italian cuisine, ‘Taipan’ on the other hand masters in the Chinese delicacy with charming rooftop.

Boca Grande is a small community on Gasparilla Island, southwest Florida. There are no gas stations, no movie theaters, no big supermarkets and almost no tourist traffic.

The sun shines every day in the Boca Grande Heaven. The island is protected by state legislation of Gasparilla Island Conservation.

Golfers are enjoying their game on Pete Dye Signature 18-hole Championship Course at the Gasparilla Inn & Club.

The florist shop, Native Gardens.

At Boca Grande there is virtually no night life, because of the village streets, which are usually crowded by 9 p.m. !The photograph shows a fisherman head back to share as the sun goes down.

Suenos Marriott beach and golf resort is located near Jaco in Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Suenos Marriott have an impressive colonial design with a 200 slip yacht marina and 18 hole championship golf course, Marriott five star resort, Marina Village shops, restaurants, bakery, and european hair salon. Los Suenos offers incredible views of Herradura bay from the slopes on the east side of the resort.

The rooms are also very comfortable. The doors are made from distressed wood and other elements of the room design convey the feeling of tropical luxury. Amenities include international cable TV, in-room pay movies, mini bar, hair dryer, coffee maker Garden and mountain view rooms are also available at this luxury Costa Rica resort hotel.

191 rooms, 10 suites In-room: safe,  5 restaurants, golf course, room service, tennis courts, bars, children’s programs (ages 5–15), pool, gym, spa, laundry service, beachfront, Internet terminal, no-smoking rooms.

The Royal Plantation, located on the northern coast of  Jamaica, indeed at top Caribbean luxury resort.  85 miles from Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay. Royal Plantation is a Leading Small Hotel of the World and also a member of the Leading Spas of the World. The hotel is a boutique property with 77 suites situation near Ocho Rios.
One- and two-bedroom suites are available. Suites with Jacuzzis and/or balconies are available.  Amenities include individually-controlled air-conditioning, ceiling fans,  24-hour room service, private bath with  shower, and satellite TV / VCR / DVD.

Onsite restaurants include Bayside restaurant, Le Papillon, serving French cuisine, and the Royal Cafe serving daytime snacks, sandwiches, and light meals. Onsite lounges include the Piano Bar, Drawing Room, and Games Lounge. They have several house wines — 4 to 6 white and 4 to 6 reds.

Salon services at Royal Plantation include waxing, hairstyling, manicures and pedicures.  Yoga classes are among the non-spa relaxing activities. Others include snorkeling, playing tennis, golfing. The resort also has a tour desk, cocktail receptions, nightly shows, live music, and dancing.

Water sports include scuba diving, windsurfing, hobbie cats and much more.

Melia Caribe Tropical is located 20 minutes from Punta Cana International Airport, one and a half hours from La Romana, and 3 and a half hours  from Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic. Melia Caribe Tropical is the newest resort of Punta Cana, situated is on the eastern tip of the Dominican Republic. The beach at Melia Caribe Tropical is simply spectacular.

Rooms:  1144 spacious Junior Suites located in two-story bungalows, balcony or terrace, private bathroom, direct dial telephone, cable TV , mini cooler, air conditioning and ceiling fan, CD player, the fridge in your room filled up everyday, hair drier, internet access, soft drinks.
 Amenities: swimming pool, Golf and country club, jewelry shop, souvenir, eight tennis courts, seven pools, arcade, casino, climbing wall, batting cage, and watersports, spa center. The hotel has over a dozen restaurants to choose from, where you can have a wide variety during your stay.

The hotel is a member of the prestigious Leading Hotels of the world organization and it is easy to see why. The Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort, Ireland, is the ultimate vacation destination complete with an 18 hole championship golf course, a luxurious Spa, world-class dining facilities, fishing, shopping, sightseeing and a host of other estate activities guaranteed to make memories which will last a lifetime.

The Manor House offers world class facilities which include a variety of accommodations to suit your needs, 63 elegantly decorated bedrooms, two first class restaurants offering only the finest produce from Ireland, 3 entertaining bars. Whether traveling with family or friends, or if you are looking for the ultimate corporate retreat, Adare Manor will pamper you in old world style while you experience unforgettable new memories.

Voted the Number 1 Golf Resort in Ireland by the Conde Nast Traveler Magazine “June 2005 & June 2006 Readers Poll”, the Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort has earned this honor by consistently providing the highest possible standards of service and facilities in Ireland’s most breathtaking setting. The 840-acre estate that surrounds the Manor House consists of sweeping park-lands, cultivated gardens, formal French gardens, magnificent mature trees and the Maigue, one of Ireland’s best trout rivers.

The Adare Golf Club, an 18 hole championship course on the 840 acre estate of Adare Manor, was designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr. Mr. Jones is one of the most respected and best known golf course architects in the world. The course has three lakes, including a 14 acre lake anchoring the front nine. The Maigue River meanders through the back nine creating a sense of beauty and challenge, particularly on the 11th par 3 and the 18th par 5 finishing hole.

Today in Vietnam golf is becoming more popular. One of the greatest golf club there is the Dalat Palace, which sits in the heart of the small old city at 5,000 feet above sea level. There are a dozen clubs or courses and as many as 30 more are being planned.

The Sofitel Dalat Palace is in fact a renovated palace of the Francophile emporer Bao Dai’s, with breathtaking views over the lake that touch the golf course. With its quiet staff and air of formality, it is the kind of place where whispering seems most appropriate.

Squeezed between the South China Sea and the largely unimpressive southern city of Phan Thiet, a slow, four-hour drive from Ho Chi Minh City, Ocean Dunes is essentially a renovated 1980s Russian beach hotel with a golf course out back. The Ocean Dunes course, designed by Nick Faldo, has a more Floridian feel. Ocean Dunes is a narrow corridor of palm trees ending on a green with stunning views of the water. The greens at Ocean Dunes are aerated by hand.

Entering its second year as the #1 public golf course in Maine according to Golfweek Magazine and having just been listed as the only New England course on Golf Digest’s Best New Public Over $75 top 10 list, the highly acclaimed Sunday River Golf Club opened all 18 holes on Saturday.

World-renowned course architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr, designed Sunday River Golf Club, located next to Sunday River Ski Resort. In addition to the accolades from Golfweek and Golf Digest, Golfstyles New England named the Sunday River Golf Club their Public Course of the Year for 2007.

Early season greens fees including cart are currently at $79 per person and both the driving range and practice green are open. Stay and play packages through Memorial Day weekend start at $89 per person per night including lodging and a round of golf with cart.

With nearby ski trails still dotted with snow, two prominent tournaments are on their way to the Sunday River Golf Club in May. The New England PGA’s Maine Chapter is holding their 2nd Pro-Am and the Women’s Maine State Golf Association will be visiting for their tournament.

The Sunday River Golf Club has 18 self-contained fairways that the Maine State Golf Association has said are “among the widest in Maine”. There are four sets of tees on each hole that are set at varying elevations and angles to the fairways.

Spread across a 350-acre site that sits on a northwest-facing hillside with sweeping views across the Sunday River Valley to the Mahoosuc Mountain Range, the course plays to 7,130 yards from the championship tees. The 10,000 square foot clubhouse is made of log and stone and features a deck with sweeping views, an indoor/outdoor stone fireplace, a stone-faced bar, woodcarvings and Old Hickory furniture. A full practice facility includes a driving range with multiple target greens and an expansive putting green, located adjacent to the clubhouse.

Robert Trent Jones, Jr. has designed courses around the world, including the famed Links at Spanish Bay in Pebble Beach, CA. The highly acclaimed course at Sunday River’s sister resort, Sugarloaf/USA, is also a Trent Jones, Jr. design.

The resort is situated on the renowned Playa Dorada golf course and our private beach club is located on one of the finest stretches of Playa Dorada beach just a 500 year stroll across the golf greens – or a quick ride on one of our shuttle cars that go back and forth all the time. The romance of this architecture and the spirit of its era became the inspiration for the Caribbean resort, Puerto Plata Village, on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The resorts 73 attractive villas create a spacious and tropical environment, and golfers will enjoy the location next to the18-hole Robert Trent Jones golf course.
The Puerto Plata Village’s Beach Club for unlimited water sports via the free shuttle service – where you can enjoy windsurfing, kayaking, scuba, and sailing clinics. Also included: drinks at the lively disco, and a 24-hour snack program for those midnight burger and pizza cravings.

With 5 restaurants, 7 palatial pool and 8 bars, this resort is the official host resort to the marine adventure park Ocean World, in the unique setting of Cofresi Beach, which will have you ready to reach beyond the ordinary to experience the Caribbean as it always was and always should be, this resort consists of 336 rooms in over 45 two-story villas. Additional standard rooms can be interconnected for large groups. There are a total of 46 suites in the hotel Puerto Plata Village is wheelchair friendly! Take advantage of the Free Wedding Package and save hundreds of dollars While other resorts charge hundreds of dollars for wedding services, we provide them absolutely free! Here’s what you get: Please note that while Puerto Plata Village provides true all inclusive package, there are a few services on the property that fall outside the all-inclusive package.