GOLF
The Provence offers a
multitude of beautiful
golf courses. Especially
in our western part of
the Provence, you can
find wonderfully
sculptures golf courses,
taking advantage of the
variety of natural
conditions which golf
enthusiasts love.
It is still a preliminary
list; it will emerge over
time and feature all
activities tested by us,
and recommended by
our guests.
Click on the pictures to
go to the individual
websites!
Pont Royal,
Mallemort
Set Club,
Aix-en-Provence
Sainte Victoire
GC de Aix-Marseille,
Les Milles
Cabre d’Or
Tips from a friend, who stayed in the area for an exploration:
GC International Pont Royal (golf-pontroyal.com), green fee 75 euros (designed by
Ballesteros, ranked as the third most beautiful course in France), 25 km away – was
the most beautiful course for all of us, both in terms of condition and course design.
Set Golf Aix-en-Provence used to operate under a different name and had only 9
holes. It now has 18 holes and, at only 7 km, is the closest golf course. Quite okay,
but not an absolute highlight. golf-aixenprovence.fr
GC Sainte Victoire (saintevictoiregolfclub.com), designed by Robert Trent Jones II,
about 30 km away to the east – for me, the second most beautiful course after Pont
Royal; Very scenic, medium-length towpaths, but with plenty of uphill and downhill
sections.
Golf Club d'Aix Marseille (golfaixmarseille.com), about 12 km from Eguilles – very
flat course with shorter towpaths, less scenic as it is located in an industrial area.
La Cabre d'Or (golflacabredor.fr), green fee €58, about 16 km away – beautiful scenery,
recently renovated. Some long towpaths "over hill and dale"; We only played once.
Golf de Marseille-La Salette (opengolfclub.com) : Very short course, only 5,000 m,
about an hour's drive,it's almost in Marseille, supposedly has a good restaurant –
we didn't go there due to the distance.
Overall, we found the two courses Pont Royal and Sainte Victoire to be the best in
the region.
