Some memorable golfing experiences will leave you as a committed fan of the region’s approach to living in style : there are impressive and challenging courses including the Biarritz-Le Phare, built in 1888, making it France’s second oldest course, as well as Chiberta, only minutes away from Villa Etchebri
Golfs of the basque Country
Within a radius of 30 km, 11 courses open all year round await you. With a great variety, you will discover the different landscapes of the moors and the Basque country: links by the ocean, traditional paths in the forest, manicured city paths, or more rural terrain, all will enchant you with their magnificent views.
As Etchebri’s customers, you will benefit from special rates:
Golf Pass Biarritz
Arcangues, Biarritz,
Makila et Seignosse.
Chiberta Golf Club
A few minutes walk away, the magnificent Chiberta golf course,”…undoubtedly one of the most beautiful Basque golf courses, it is a mixture of “links and in-land”, particularly varied. From the green of the 2nd, you will be at the seaside to finish in the middle of a splendid pine forest” The Chiberta golf course has since settled like a glacis between the ocean and the foliage of the Pignada forest.
Playing with the hilly terrain, it offers two courses, one with 18 holes and the other with 9, named Golf de l’Impératrice, did you know that the famous Golf de Chiberta owes its creation to the Duke of Windsor? Familiar with Anglet, he set out to build the most beautiful golf course in the world and for this purpose, in 1927, he entrusted his design to the famous architect Tom Simpson, who knew how to use the configuration of an exceptional place, between the sea and the forest, admirably.
Biarritz Golf Club
www.golfbiarritz.com | www.golfilbarritz.com
In 1888 the Golf of Biarritz le Phare already welcomed its first players.
In the space of a century, Biarritz became a legend in golf, and a hundred years later, the Ilbarritz Training Centre, a complex unique in Europe for the beauty of its site and its technical level, was born.
The golf courses of the hinterland
www.golfdarcangues.com | www.makilagolfclub.com
The Golf d’Arcangues was created in the 90s by the brothers Guy and Jean d’Arcangues on the family property that surrounds the village and the Castle of the same name. At the gateway to Biarritz, the Arcangues golf course is part of a majestic site around the famous village of Arcangues.
The clubhouse is an old restored 15th century farmhouse, Makila Golf Club Bayonne Bassussarry Pays Basque, located at the gates of Bayonne: The American architect Rocky Roquemore has put in harmony a very stylish layout in a magnificent, hilly and wooded natural site, to allow golfers of all levels to feel comfortable.
Nestled in the heart of the Pyrenean Valleys of the Basque Country in the commune of Souraïde between St-Pée-sur-Nivelle and Espelette, the rustic Golf Epherra offers you in its exceptional environment a technical and rural course with a slope.
Saint-Jean de Luz Golf Club
www.chantaco.com | www.golfnivelle.com
Created in 1928, the Golf de Chantaco is the cradle of the Lacoste Family. The marriage of Simone Thion de la Chaume, golf champion, with tennis champion René Lacoste gave a very media coverage to this golf course which was frequented by many celebrities.
The Chantago golf course runs its fairways at the foot of the Rhune, the mythical summit of the Atlantic Pyrenees, opened in 1907, the Golf de la Nivelle is built on an old quarry. Located in the commune of Ciboure, it is a hilly course. Its environment offers the beauty of the sea, the view of the port of Saint-Jean-de-Luz and the plenitude of the mountain.
Landes Golf club
www.golfhossegor.com | www.golfmoliets.com
Born in 1927, the Golf d’Hossegor is one of the great classics on the Basque coast with a layout that recalls traditional British inland courses, where the risks are mainly trees and bunkers. Built by Tom Morrison, this classic golf course with a superb clubhouse in old style, has the best golf restaurant in the region, a true jewel, the Seignosse course reveals a wonderful stroll of the senses through a still wild nature, the vastness of its hundred-year-old pines and the splendour of its cork oaks rising in a cathedral.
This legendary golf course, located in one of the most beautiful French golf regions, is undoubtedly an exceptional place, designed by the famous architect Robert Trent Jones Senior, the Moliets Golf Club is built on an exceptional natural site of approximately 84 hectares, is classified among the top ten French golf courses and is also one of the 25 most beautiful courses.
Golf of the Basque Country Spanish
The nearest, and best known, is the Real Golf Club of San Sebastian, in Fontarrabie. Built in 1910, it is located very close to the border, in the municipality of Fontarrabie, at the foot of the Jaizkibel. It is a magnificent course, covering 50 hectares, which has given Europe one of the greatest champions: José Maria Olazabal.
