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HELLOMONACO RECOMMENDS
Monte-Carlo Golf Club
www.montecarlosbm.com/wellness-sport/leisure/monte-
carlo-golf-club/
Golf Club Director: Henry Rey
Championship golf course and awards: yes
Training courses for professionals and amateurs: yes
Restaurants: 1 restaurant and lounge-bar
Accessibility to the Principality: 11 kilometres distance
Sustainable management: yes
Extras: professional golf training centre, breath-taking
panoramic view, proximity to the Principality
Le Golf de la Vanade
www.golf-vanade.com
Golf Club Director: Dominique Gault
Training courses for professionals and amateurs: yes
Restaurants: 1 informal quality restaurant
Accessibility to the Principality: 38 kilometres distance
(via A8 Motorway)
Sustainable management: yes
Extras: golf academy, professional training courses,
Baby Golf Club
Special Event occurred on 9th May 2018: Inauguration
of the site in the presence of Jean-Lou Charon, President of
the French Golf Federation and authorities
Royal Mougins Hotel SPA Golf Resort
www.royalmougins.fr/en/
Golf Club Director: Rattan Chadha
Championship golf course and awards: yes
Training courses for professionals and amateurs: yes
Restaurants: 1 gourmet restaurant led by the Chef Philippe
Artaud
Accommodation: exclusive rooms and suites
Accessibility to the Principality: 60 kilometres distance
(via A8 Motorway)
Sustainable management: yes
Extras: golf training centre, swimming pools, fitness
centre and SPA
Terre Blanche Hotel SPA Golf Resort
www.terre-blanche.com
Golf Club Director: Jean-Marie Casella
Championship golf course and awards: yes
Training courses for professionals and amateurs: yes
Restaurants: 4 gourmet restaurants led by the Chef
Philippe Jourdin: 1. Le Faventia (contemporary French gas-
tronomy); 2. Le Gaudina (restaurant and lounge bar); 3. Les
Caroubiers (restaurant and lounge bar); 4. Le Tousco (restau-
rant close to the swimming pool)
Accommodation: exclusive rooms and suites, cabanas
and villas
Accessibility to the Principality: 87 kilometres distance
(via A8 Motorway)
Sustainable management: yes
Extras: professional golf performance centre, tennis acad-
emy, swimming pools, SPA, Jacuzzi, kids and teenagers lei-
sure centre, proximity to Saint Cassien lake natural reservoir,
helicopter access
Italian Riviera
Circolo Golf degli Ulivi Sanremo
www.golfsanremo.com
G olf Club Director: Vittorio Bersotti
Championship golf course and awards: yes
Training courses for professionals and amateurs: yes
Restaurants: 1 gourmet restaurant
Accessibility to the Principality: 43 kilometres distance
(via A8 / A10 Motorways)
Sustainable management: yes
Extras: professional golf school, proximity both to the
Italian Riviera and the Côte d’Azur
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500 stationary members. Last but not least,
special attention is addressed to the eco-
management of the greens and the trees
that belong to the golf course, thus creat-
ing a relaxing and healthy atmosphere.
Le Golf de la Vanade:
the well-being of golfing
A
fter a two-year closure, the 9-hole
Golf Club de la Vanade, created
in the 1990’s, has just reopened on
the 9th May 2018, bringing a brand-new
golf lifestyle to Villeneuve-Loubet region.
«Bring happiness and smiles to all golfers»
is the key mission of the professional team
of instructors united in the same passion
for this unique sport.
A peaceful and relaxed natural environ-
ment, a high-tech Golf Training Centre and
a friendly atmosphere are the win-win in-
gredients to make everyone able to enjoy
themselves playing golf at any age. Profes-
sionalism, high quality standards and a cus-
tomer-oriented management all demanded
by Dominique Gault, a 35-year experienced
golfer, now president of the Golf Club.
Royal Mougins Hotel SPA Golf
Resort: playing golf at its finest
E
stablished in 1993, the 18-hole
Royal Mougins Golf Resort, de-
signed by the famous American ar-
chitect Robert Von Hagge, was awarded
«France’s best Golf Resort» in 2016 and
2017 (nominee for 2018). This 75-hectare
estate is renowned from both natural and
from a performance point of view.
The hilly greens are perfectly managed
thanks to efficient care. This combines re-
spect for nature and extends to high-qual-
ity technical devices allowing golfers to
train themselves. This allows them to play
golf in the best conditions, as the result of
a continuous improvement process, GEO
certified® (Golf Environment Organization).
A perfect setting both for amateurs and
professionals and which had the distinc-
tion to host the Cannes Open from 1995 to
1998. A 4-star hotel resort and a gourmet
restaurant facing the golf courses provide
extra treats at the poolside and the SPA for
the Côte d’Azur «Dolce Vita» visitors.
Terre Blanche Hotel SPA Golf
Resort: The «Natural Way»
of playing golf
A
bit further on to the West, we can-
not help mentioning a renowned
estate founded by the aristocrat
Charles Bouge in the 18th сentury, then car-
ried forward by the Scottish actor Sean Con-
nery and the golfer & entrepreneur Diet­mar
Hopp. Hopp conceived, in 1990, a vision-
ary transformation of the land into a mod-
ern sustainable Golf Club. The Terre Blanche
Golf Course, situated between Cannes and
Fayence natural district, is an area of out-
standing natural beauty and notable avifau-
na interest. It offers the visitors two 18-hole
golf courses: «Le Château» and «Le Riou»
(more challenging), both designed in detail
by David Thomas, well known Welsh profes-
sional golfer and golf-course architect.
A GEO certified® (Golf Environment Organi-
zation) management of the lawns and an
ecological watering system allow golfers
to enjoy a pure natural experience — while
playing golf as professional or amateur,
from kids or teenagers and above. Moreo-
ver, the five-star Terre Blanche Hotel SPA
Golf Resort, awarded «Best Golf Hotel of
the Year 2016» by Luxury Travel Guide, pro-
vides different types of accommodation,
a set of swimming pools, a tennis acad-
emy and a relaxing 3200 m 2 SPA. Finally,
The Albatros Golf Performance Centre
supplies high level instructors, technicians
and the most advanced equipment to train
golfers’ swings, officially recognized by
the European Tour Performance Institute
(ETPI). All that forms the background to