The Crete Golf Club looks set to be one of this winter’s most popular golf holiday destinations thanks a series of special 7-day Winter Golf packages starting for as little as €483 per person.
These Winter Golf packages include seven nights’ Half Board in a double room with a mountain view at the renowned 5-star Terra Maris Hotel (based on two people sharing) plus six rounds of golf at the spectacular Crete Golf Club.
In short these spectacular Crete Winter Golf Packages - which are available from November 1st – December 22nd 2007 and January 6th – March 31st 2008 – provide 7-nights in the lap of luxury at one of the finest new 5-star hotels in the Greek Islands plus six rounds of golf on one of the best new courses in the whole of the southern Mediterranean.
Special 7-night Christmas and New Year Golf Packages – between December 23rd 2007 and Jan 5th 208 – start at €633.50 (based on two people sharing a standard room with a mountain view).
Preferential Hertz car hire rates are also available for all customers.
The Crete Golf Club is home to the popular annual Aegean Airline Pro-Am and is situated on a spectacular piece of land about 22 kilometres east of the International airport at Heraklion and about seven kilometres south of the attractive town of Hersonissos.
Its 6,015 metre (6,616 yards) course was designed by Bob Hunt of the PGA Design Partnership and is best described as a classic desert layout similar to those found in quality resorts in Texas and Arizona.
Hunt’s new masterpiece features a series of outstanding holes and affords dramatic views over spectacular rolling landscape that has changed little since the Minoan era back in 2600-1100 BC. Facilities also include a 40-bay covered Golf Academy and a palatial clubhouse catering for all golfers’ needs.
The 5-star Terra Maris is situated overlooking the sea in Hersonisson and just a short drive from Crete Golf Club. It offers a wide choice of accommodation and an impressive range of facilities including a state-of-the-art Health and Fitness Centre, outdoor and indoor swimming pools, a Watersports Centre and an expansive sandy beach.
Further information on the latest Crete Winter Golf Breaks is available from Phil Craghill at GMS on +44 (0)1438 718399 (phil@gmsgolf.co.uk) or Harry Zervos, Head Professional at Crete Golf Club on +30 28970 26000 (gm@crete-golf.gr). The Crete Golf Club’s website can be found at www.crete-golf.com.
Greece might not be the first country that spring to mind when you think about golf but that could well change now that a group of local hoteliers has built the first golf course on the island of Crete.
Visitors will find The Crete Golf club is a marvellous new addition to Europe’s rich reservoir of courses and many believe it will soon be regarded as one of the finest tests in the whole of the southern Mediterranean.
The new Bob Hunt masterpiece is best described as a desert golf course hewn out of rolling landscape little more than half an hour from the international airport of Heraklion. It boasts a series of memorable holes that will test every aspect of a golfer’s repertoire and offers stunning views over mountainous landscape that has hardly changed since the Minoan era back in 2600 to 1100 BC.
The views on the back nine are incomparable and so is the service offered to visitors by Golf Director Harry Zervos and his well trained staff.
Zervos and his team are well aware that a large percentage of visitors will arrive on Crete oblivious to the fact that the island now boasts an excellent golf course and so cater for that market accordingly. Staff can supply a fine selection of quality hire clubs. They will go out of their way to fix up games for single golfers and can even arrange transportation as and when required.
Visitors to The Crete Golf Club will receive a warm welcome, quality branded sets of golf clubs are available for hire and competitions for singles and groups are held regularly.
Further information is available from Phil Craghill at GMS on +44 (0)1438 718399 (phil@gmsgolf.co.uk) or Harry Zervos, Head Professional at Crete Golf Club on +30 28970 26000 (gm@cgc.gr) Photographs of the club are available at the GMS web site on www.gmsgolf.co.uk.