Italy | Courses & Resorts
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Poggio dei Medici
It tickled my partner no end when I informed her I would be visiting Poggio dei Medici Golf & Country Club – “Podgy at Poggio” she repeated ad nauseam, as she giggled like a teenage girl. Well, she didn’t get…
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Ugolino
Course lists are the lifeblood of any golfing anorak. We’ll pore over the latest ‘100 best…’ feature in the clubhouse and then spend the next hour arguing among ourselves. There are now so many of them you can get a…
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Hotel & Golf Resort Il Pelagone
Heading north-west-ish from Terme di Saturnia, Golf Club Toscana – and the adjacent Hotel & Golf Resort Il Pelagone – is located among olive groves and cypresses, ensuring a Tuscan experience throughout my 18 holes. This was where my colleague…
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Terme di Saturnia
However you get there, Terme di Saturnia Spa & Golf Resort – two hours north of Rome or two-and-a-half hours south of Florence – is well worth the effort. It claims to be one of the best golf resorts in…
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Radisson Blu Spa and Golf Resort, Galzignano Terme
British tourists piling through either of the two Venice airports have been a common sight for many years, but rarely have they been spotted carrying a set of golf clubs – more love in the air than golf balls in…
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Hotel & Golf Resort Il Pelagone
Its given name is Maremma; but the Etruscans call this part of Tuscany ‘paradise’ and it’s easy to see why. Such are the myriad attractions of Florence that visitors to this part of Italy can be forgiven for never venturing…
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Terme di Saturnia
It was Samuel Johnson who once said, when describing the Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland, that “it’s worth seeing, but not worth going to see”.
In a similar way, I felt the same when hearing about the location of Terme…
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Verdura Golf & Spa Resort
It’s always reassuring to know that someone has a plan. More than £100m, eight years of work and much reflection have been invested in the Rocco Forte Collection Verdura Golf & Spa Resort, in Sicily. The many complex ingredients of…
