Provence Côte d’Azur, a Premier Golfing Destination
19 November 2009
With over 60 courses spanning the 6 areas making up the region, Provence Côte d’Azur
is one of France's leading golfing destinations. This flourishing activity, which
attracts sport fans and tourists alike, is actively supported by the region's tourist
industry through a policy designed to assist volunteer courses in structuring and
promoting high-quality golfing services, and ensure that Provence Côte d’Azur is
well positioned on the international golf tourism market.
Provence Côte d’Azur has everything to offer visiting golfers, including an attractive
choice of green fee packages, a network of partner hotels, and various groups specializing
in the development of golf tourism (Open Golf Club, Blue Green, NGF and Formule
Golf), websites, package deals available from a selection of travel agents (Parcours
Voyages, EfranceGolf), events and golf academies offering top-level instruction.
Provence Côte d’Azur benefits from an exceptionally sunny climate, offering you
the possibility to play all year round. This beautiful environment has inspired
the world's leading designers, who have used its varied and contrasted landscapes
to create courses for the pleasure of beginners and confirmed players alike. Signed
by such prestigious names as Seve Ballesteros, Pete Dye, Robert Trent Jones, Gary
Player, Don Harradine and Bob van Hagge, our courses are spread throughout the region,
from the Italian border to the Rhône and the Mediterranean Sea to the Alps, guaranteeing
a fabulously varied golfing experience.
Served by 4 airports including the second largest airport in France Nice Côte d’Azur
international airport, and Marseille Provence (now offering a dedicated low cost
terminal), plus TGV and Thalys high-speed train services from all over Europe, the
Provence Côte d’Azur region is an ideal choice for European golfers seeking to enjoy
a weekend or short break in the South of France.
Holidays are a great time to discover a new sport or practise your favourite hobby,
and Provence Côte d’Azur golf academies are increasingly sought after by amateur
and confirmed golfers visiting the region. Our golf academies have developed a range
of programs offering top-quality training in French or English for all ages and
levels.
Provence Côte d’Azur is a genuine hub in terms of golf instruction. Opportunities
hosted by the region include internationally-renowned Leadbetter and Golf Exclusive
academies, Biomecaswing centres, various French Golf Federation-approved methods,
and made-to-measure programs available.
Conjuring up picture-postcard images, the words 'Provence', and 'Côte d’Azur' ,
promise great wine and food, cultural heritage, traditions and celebrations – in
short, everything you need to make your après-golf a success. Provence Côte d’Azur
is a place of sun and fun, where golfers can combine their sport with all the pleasures
of a legendary lifestyle.
Wellbeing and relaxation are now key criteria for a successful holiday, and today's
travellers want to do sport, get back to nature, set their own pace and re-connect
with their inner self. Provence Côte d’Azur offers an extensive range of packages
combining sport, fitness, rest and relaxation for golfers and accompanying guests
seeking to enjoy their sport while pampering their body and mind, including thalassotherapy,
balneotherapy, spas, etc. such as:
- Royal Mougins Golf Resort, elected 'Best Hotel Golf & Spa in the world
Awarded the International Star Diamond Award – the highest award for excellence
in the luxury travel industry – by the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences
further to the opening in May 2008 of its 4-star luxury hotel & spa, featuring 29
suites, Royal Mougins Golf & Spa is now one of the 5 AAHS award-winning establishments
in France, 3 of which are situated on the Côte d’Azur.
Housed in a luxuriously-appointed 18th-century country house near the greens, Royal
Mougins offers a unique fitness and spa centre, where wellbeing and excellence go
hand in hand.
www.royalmougins.fr
- Golf & Wellbeing at the Couvent des Minimes
Opened in spring 2008, this astonishing establishment was born out of an encounter
between the world famed l'Occitane company and professionals from the hotel and
spa industry. Uniting all the colours and scents of Provence, it has changed the
course of history of the sumptuous old Couvent des Minimes convent and breathed
new life into the magnificent village of Mane in Alpes de Haute Provence. A member
of Relais & Châteaux, the hotel offers 46 rooms including 6 suites, top-of-the-range
services and wonderfully soothing, relaxing and energizing spa treatments designed
by experts.
Situated 20 km from Golf du Luberon, the Couvent des Minimes became a Golf Pass
Provence partner in 2009 and actively promotes the region's 'Golf and Wellbeing'
tourism policy.
www.couventdesminimes-hotelspa.com
Take advantage of a golfing pass to discover the different courses in Provence Côte
d’Azur:
- The “Golf Pass Pays de Grasse” opens the gates to four major courses: “Golf
du Claux Amic” (Grasse), “Golf de la Grande Bastide” (Châteauneuf-de-Grasse), “Golf
d’Opio-Valbonne” (Opio), “Golf de Saint-Donat” (Grasse). Combine sport and lifestyle
throughout the seasons.
www.grasse.fr
- The “Pass Golf Mandelieu” comprises two green fees, giving you access to
two 18-hole courses in Mandelieu-La Napoule: the Old Course (the second oldest golf
course in France created in 1891) and the Riviera Golf.
www.ot-mandelieu.fr
- The Golf Pass Provence comprises 3 or 5 green fees, valid on 16 different
partner golf courses, in 5 counties in Provence Côte d’Azur region.
www.golfpass-provence.com
A Complete Golfing Offer Throughout the Region:
- A total of 62 golf courses:
- 36 with 18 holes, 12 with 9 holes,
- 7 training centers and 4 David Leadbetter Golf Academy
- 8 golf courses in the mountains
Golfing Event Organizers and Incoming Agencies:
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19th November 2009
Provence & Cote D'Azur, France
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Dominique Charpentier, Director of Riviera Cote D’Azur Tourism
Jean Duby, Provence Alpes Cote Dazur Golf League
with Peter Walton, Chief Executive - IAGTO and Alexandra Barton, IAGTO's French Representative (centre right and centre left)
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Matt Bell - Virgin Atlantic
Jean Duby, Provence Alpes Cote Dazur Golf League
Provence & Cote D'Azur IGTM Delegate
Peter Walton, Chief Executive - IAGTO
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