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Hotels with golf courses

Hotels with their own course, or a partner course they name. 30 hotels so far, each checked against the hotel’s own website.

Europe

19 hotels
Auberge de la Maison, from its own photography
Five-star hotel

Auberge de la Maison

Courmayeur · ItalyAn Alpine house with the pool nearest Mont Blanc.
Burg Vital Resort, from its own photography
Five-star resort

Burg Vital Resort

Lech Zürs · AustriaA five-star resort of seven chalets in Oberlech.
The frescoed Gasthof Post in Lech lit at night, with its glass winter garden and the snowy Arlberg slopes behind
Five-star hotel

Hotel Post Lech

Lech Zürs · AustriaA five-star in the centre of Lech, with an outdoor pool.
Sport Hotel Hermitage & Spa, from its own photography
Five-star ski hotel

Sport Hotel Hermitage & Spa

Grandvalira · AndorraAndorra’s only five-star on the slopes, all suites.
Hotel Neue Post, Mayrhofen, from its own photography
Four-star superior hotel

Hotel Neue Post, Mayrhofen

Mayrhofen · AustriaA Mayrhofen hotel with a rooftop pool.
A whitewashed suite at Astir of Paros
Luxury resort

Astir of Paros

Kolymbithres, Paros · Greek Islands · GreeceA five-star resort near the sculpted rocks of Kolymbithres, a short way from Naoussa.
Castiglion del Bosco from the air at sunrise, with its pool above the Val d’Orcia
Estate hotel

Castiglion del Bosco, a Rosewood Hotel

Montalcino · Tuscany · ItalyA Brunello wine estate and medieval hamlet near Montalcino, with the two-star Campo del Drago.
Long candlelit tables under an olive tree on the terrace of Finca Cortesín at dusk
Luxury resort and golf

Finca Cortesín

Casares · Marbella · SpainA luxury resort with its own golf course on the road to Casares, west of Estepona.
A sea-view room at the Hotel Hermitage on Elba, its balcony open to the bay of Biodola
Beach hotel

Hotel Hermitage

Biodola, Elba · Tuscany · ItalyA five-star hotel on the sandy bay of La Biodola, west of Portoferraio.
Il Borro estate at sunset
Estate hotel

Il Borro

San Giustino Valdarno · Tuscany · ItalyA medieval hamlet and wine estate in the Valdarno.
L’Andana’s villa among woods and gardens in the Maremma, with the hills of Castiglione beyond
Estate hotel

L’Andana

Castiglione della Pescaia · Tuscany · ItalyA resort on a country estate in the Maremma, near the sea at Castiglione della Pescaia.
People at Maxx Royal Belek Golf Resort, from the hotel’s own photography
Resort

Maxx Royal Belek Golf Resort

Belek · Istanbul · TürkiyeA resort on the Belek golf coast, with sister resorts in Kemer and Bodrum.
Gardens at the Puente Romano Beach Resort
Beach resort

Puente Romano

Golden Mile · Marbella · SpainAn Andalusian-village-style resort on the Golden Mile, with gardens, a beach, a spa, a tennis club and a plaza of restaurants and bars.
Schlosshotel Kitzbühel among lawns and a golf-course lake, below wooded hills at sunset
Hotel

Schlosshotel Kitzbühel

Kitzbühel · AustriaA stone-and-glass hotel with a 3,000 m² spa.
The thermal cascades of the Cascate del Mulino at Saturnia
Spa resort

Terme di Saturnia Natural Spa & Golf Resort

Saturnia · Tuscany · ItalyA spa and golf resort built around Saturnia’s thermal spring.
Gleneagles hotel behind its lawns and old trees, a flag above the tower, in evening light
Grand resort

Gleneagles

Perthshire · United KingdomThe great Perthshire resort: three championship golf courses, a spa and Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, an hour north of Edinburgh.
Inverlochy Castle among woods and a loch below the hills near Fort William, from the air
Hotel

Inverlochy Castle

Fort William · United KingdomA 19th-century castle hotel near Fort William and Ben Nevis.
The Cardinal’s Building of Villa d’Este across its gardens, beside a mosaic grotto, with the lake and mountains behind
Grand hotel

Villa d’Este

Cernobbio · Lake Como · ItalyThe 16th-century villa at Cernobbio that has been the stage for society since 1873: 151 rooms, four villas in the park and La Veranda on the water.
Resort hotel

SO/ Sotogrande Spa & Golf Resort

Cádiz province · Andalusia · SpainA resort with a spa and golf in Sotogrande, at the eastern end of the Cádiz coast.

North America

7 hotels
The castle in the Bow Valley in winter
Historic resort hotel

Fairmont Banff Springs

Banff & Lake Louise (SkiBig3) · CanadaThe ‘Castle in the Rockies’ since 1888, with a vast spa.
The château below Blackcomb
Ski-in, ski-out resort hotel

Fairmont Chateau Whistler

Whistler Blackcomb · CanadaWhistler’s landmark castle at the base of Blackcomb.
The pools at South Seas on Captiva
Island resort

South Seas

Captiva Island · Beyond Naples · United StatesA large beachfront resort on the northern tip of Captiva Island.
The lobby of the Sun Valley Lodge, with timber columns, chandeliers and Persian rugs
Historic resort hotel

Sun Valley Lodge

Sun Valley · United StatesThe resort’s flagship since 1936, with a big spa.
A suite at Everline Resort & Spa, with a stone fireplace and windows onto snowy pines
Mountain resort

Everline Resort & Spa

Olympic Valley, Lake Tahoe · California · United StatesA mountain resort and spa in Olympic Valley, home of Palisades Tahoe.
LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort on Vanderbilt Beach
Beach resort

LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort

Vanderbilt Beach · United StatesA stylish beach resort on Vanderbilt Beach, home of Baleen restaurant.
The Breakers, Palm Beach, on the Atlantic shore
Grand hotel

The Breakers

Palm Beach · Florida · United StatesPalm Beach’s great oceanfront resort hotel, on South County Road.

Caribbean

2 hotels
The back bar at Manor Bar, Rosewood Baha Mar
Luxury resort

Rosewood Baha Mar

Cable Beach · Nassau · The BahamasRosewood’s resort at Baha Mar, with Sense, A Rosewood Spa, and a Sunday flamingo yoga class.
A guest room with a peacock mural at SLS Baha Mar
Luxury resort

SLS Baha Mar

Cable Beach · Nassau · The BahamasSLS’s beachfront resort at Baha Mar, with flamingo encounters, cabanas and access to the Baha Bay water park.

Asia

1 hotel
Phnom Penh at dusk, with the tower of Vattanac Capital rising above the rooftops
Grand hotel

Rosewood Phnom Penh

Wat Phnom · Phnom Penh · CambodiaA tower hotel in Vattanac Capital, with Sora on the roof, a whisky library and Sense, a Rosewood spa.

Middle East & North Africa

1 hotel
The lobby of La Mamounia, lantern-lit, with tiled steps
Palace hotel

La Mamounia

Medina · Marrakech · MoroccoThe palace hotel inside the ramparts on Avenue Bab Jdid, receiving guests since 1923, with four restaurants and a spa.