Magazine
Luxury Stays
Five-star resorts, villas and boutique hotels for golfers.
Luxury StaysGolf resort or city hotel? Pros and cons
Walking from your bed to the first tee, or returning to a city after the round: at La Meridiana in Garlenda the course is a walk away, while from the Excelsior on the Lido it takes about 20 minutes by car, and a free shuttle runs to St Mark's.
5 min read
Luxury StaysWhere to stay near Milan for a golf trip
At the Golf Hotel in Lainate, a few kilometres from Milan, all 34 rooms are on the same floor: one side looks over the course, the other over the pool. It is one of the ways Milan's clubs solve the night, alongside lodges, residences and grand hotels on the lakes.
7 min read
Luxury StaysDiscreet luxury: the 4-star superior hotels for golfers
Three hotels, two regions and a label that does not apply everywhere: “4-star superior” exists only where a regional law has provided for it. In Merano and in Pula, each hotel solves the golf question in its own way.
7 min read
Luxury StaysHotels with a golf course on site in Italy: twelve addresses
At Verdura, motor cars are banned within the resort; at Terme di Saturnia the turf is tended with spring water; in the Passeier Valley the first tee sits beneath the windows. Twelve Italian hotels where the golf bag never sees the boot of a car.
8 min read
Luxury StaysAdults-only golf hotels in Italy
One, by its own account, runs the home course; one is built on the fairway; one has a 4,500 square metre artificial lake instead of a pool. Five hotels admit adult guests only, but the minimum age ranges from 14 to 16: here is how to choose.
7 min read
Luxury StaysForte Village for golfers: how to play at Is Molas
Forte Village has no golf course, but its reception books tee times, transfers, clubs and buggies at Is Molas: 27 holes and four Italian Opens a short drive away. How golf works in a resort with 21 restaurants.
6 min read
Luxury StaysHistoric villas turned hotels, with a golf course nearby
A cardinal in 1568, a merchant in 1872, an English poet in 1889: the names behind three historic residences turned hotels, all within reach of a golf course.
7 min read
Luxury StaysGolf hotels in South Tyrol: ten addresses between Merano and the Sciliar
Karl “Schaly” Pichler, an innkeepers’ son, opened nine holes in 1996 in the valley where he was born. Today the course has eighteen, and around Merano there are ten hotels that use it, or its neighbours, as their home course.
8 min read
Luxury StaysRelais & Châteaux for golfers in Italy: three houses, three ways to play
A Provençal-style house in Garlenda, a late nineteenth-century villa in Franciacorta, a hunting lodge from 1624 above Merano: three Relais & Châteaux with golf on the horizon, and only one course within walking distance.
6 min read
Luxury StaysHow to choose a hotel for a golf holiday: 10 questions
A hotel can be open while its course is not: at Verdura, in Sicily, the nine-hole Executive stays closed until spring 2027 and the West Shore is under works. Before booking a golf resort it pays to ask ten questions, and the answers are almost always on the hotel's website.
6 min read