El Valle Golf Resort is on the Costa Cálida

Costa Cálida

The Costa Cálida is the approximately 250 km stretch of Mediterranean coastline of the Spanish province of Murcia. This region has a micro-climate which features comparatively hot mean annual temperatures and a relative degree of aridity .-Geography and location :The Costa Cálida extends from El...

 (‘Warm Coast’) in south east Spain.

History

The golf resort was originally a project of Polaris World

Polaris World

Polaris World is a holiday resort company centred around golf courses designed by Nicklaus Design - the golf course design and development firm set up by Jack Nicklaus and his sons...

 and was completed in 2005 and opened that year.

Golf

The golf course itself is 18-hole, Par 71 in a beautiful desert valley and forms part of the Polaris World Nicklaus Golf Trail.

Location

It is in the region of Murcia

Murcia

-History:It is widely believed that Murcia's name is derived from the Latin words of Myrtea or Murtea, meaning land of Myrtle , although it may also be a derivation of the word Murtia, which would mean Murtius Village...

, next to the El Valle regional nature reserve, an area of great beauty at the foot of the Cresta del Gallo mountain range. The resort is around 20 minutes drive to the beaches and is currently served by two international airports – Alicante

Alicante

Alicante or Alacant is a city in Spain, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí, in the south of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334,418, estimated , ranking as the second-largest...

 and San Javier

Murcia-San Javier Airport

Murcia-San Javier Airport is a military air base and civilian passenger airport located in San Javier, south of Murcia, Spain. It is operated by Aena , the Spanish airport authority.-Operations:The airport can receive aircraft up to the size of Boeing 757 or 767...

 – with a third, at nearby Corvera, due to open in 2011.