Torremirona

Located half an hour’s drive north of Girona, between the forested foothills of the Pyrenees and the shimmering waters of the Gulf of Roses in the Mediterranean, Torremirona Golf Club is one of the lesser-known golfing venues in the Empordà region of Catalonia.

Co-designed in the early 1990s by Eugenio Aguado and Jordi Soler Peix, this entertaining 18-hole track is laid out in the style of a resort course, with generously proportioned fairways routed around a tranquil landscape. It’s an easy layout to walk, thanks to the generally even lie of the land.

The outward half loops around a small residential complex and water comes into play at two of these holes, the par three 5th (with a peninsular green) and the par five 6th, where a small pond at the front left of the green threatens the approach shot.

The back nine is more compact – fairways lie within on-site accommodation units located around the northern perimeter of the property – and water hazards feature again at both the par three 10th and the double doglegged par five 18th.

In addition to a comfortable Relais Hotel, holiday homes and apartments, Torremirona also boasts a fully equipped sports centre, complete with a full-sized football pitch that’s been used for pre-season training by several top professional clubs.