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Itineraries, destinations and when to go.
Golf TravelGolf in Liguria: the Riviera from Sanremo to Rapallo
At the 11th hole in Garlenda, members say they play their own “Amen Corner”; at Rapallo a stream was moved to make room for the last nine holes; at Sanremo the course closes every autumn for reseeding. Liguria has few courses, nearly all short, nearly all open year-round: here is how to build a trip around them.
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Golf TravelWinter golf in Italy: where to play from November to March
At Tanka, in Sardinia, the 2026 price list sets a winter green fee of 60 euros for 18 holes, against 100 in August. In Italy winter is the season when golf costs least and, on the coasts and the islands, you can genuinely play.
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Golf TravelGolf on the Adriatic coast: Marche and Abruzzo
In 2009 the golf tournament of the Mediterranean Games was played among the olive groves and vineyards of Miglianico, in Abruzzo. The same course has since hosted a stage of the Alps Tour: it is the starting point of a coast where golf is small, little known and almost always cheap.
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Golf TravelSummer golf: mountain courses to escape the heat
At Sestriere, in 1936, Henry Cotton won the Italian Open at 2,035 metres. That course, like others in the Alps and Dolomites today, opens only when the snow goes: in return it offers snow still on the peaks in June, and a calendar that the mountain sets by itself.
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Golf TravelGolf on Lake Garda: courses, hotels and a 5-day itinerary
In 2018 Thorbjørn Olesen won the Italian Open at Soiano del Lago at 26 under par. Within 45 minutes' drive of that green there are six more courses, and five days are enough to play five of them.
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Golf TravelThe first golf trip to Italy: mistakes to avoid
A historic course that admits only members on Saturdays, one closed on Tuesdays, another whose season starts in late May. A first golf trip to Italy is almost always spoiled by a detail the club's website puts in small print.
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Golf TravelGolf and wine in Piedmont: an itinerary through Langhe and Monferrato
On 22 June 2014 UNESCO inscribed the wine landscapes of Langhe-Roero and Monferrato on the World Heritage List. Golfers who arrive with a bag of clubs will find courses among the hills, and one that grew out of a practice range so steep that the balls rolled back by themselves.
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Golf TravelGolf and Art Cities: Florence, Verona, Venice
A course born on a landfill in Florence, an Austrian fort turned clubhouse on the Lido, raised greens among the hills of Custoza. Seven days, three art cities and four courses, to be played in the morning before stepping into a museum.
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Golf TravelClubs in the boot: a golf road trip through Italy
Five courses, four drives and a change of scenery that runs from the Savoy hunting reserve to the olive groves above Sanremo. The trip begins where the Molinari brothers grew up and ends in front of the sea.
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Golf TravelThe most convenient airports for a golf holiday in Italy
At Turin, about 22 minutes separate Caselle airport from the first tee at La Mandria; in Sicily, getting from Palermo to Verdura takes more than two hours. Before choosing a flight, look at the road.
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Golf TravelGolf in Emilia-Romagna, between the Riviera and the spas
The 50th Italian Open was decided on the 18th hole at Modena, at Cervia three nine-hole loops offer three different landscapes, and at Sala Baganza the restaurant occupies Maria Luigia's hunting lodge. And almost everywhere you play for less than in the North.
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Golf TravelGolf in Piedmont: Langhe, Monferrato and Turin
The first three editions of the Italian Open were played on Mottarone, one course sits at 2,035 metres, and Turin has a nine-hole course you can play for 25 euros. Here is how to find your way around Turin, the wine hills and Lake Maggiore.
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Golf TravelA golf weekend from Milan: the courses within an hour
In 1985 the Italian Open was played at Cernusco sul Naviglio, about ten kilometres from central Milan, and the winner finished 21 under par. For a golf weekend in Milan, the hard part is not going far but choosing where.
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Golf TravelGolf in Venice and the Veneto, from the Lido to the Asolo hills
Building the Albarella course meant reclaiming more than two million cubic metres of sand from the sea; in Venice, meanwhile, the clubhouse is an Austrian fort. Veneto golf runs from the links of the Lido to the woods of the Cansiglio, and it works best with the right base.
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Golf TravelA week of golf in Sicily, from Sciacca to Etna
At the 5th hole of Il Picciolo you tee off from boxes set into lava; 258 kilometres away, on the south-west coast, Verdura has, according to the resort, a links with not a single building along the holes. One week, two resorts, two opposite ways of playing in Sicily.
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