The Los Flamingos Golf resort is part of the Villa Padierna Palace Hotel. The Flamingos Golf Club was designed by the renowned architect Antonio Garcia Garrido and played host to significant matches. The golf course is perfectly elevated to admire the beautiful views of not only the Mediterranean but also Africa and Gibraltar. The course is lovingly designed and crafted in Tuscan style with pine, olive, cypress and chestnut trees, Roman columns, statues and marble bridges. If you get bored of this incredible course, Alferina Golf Club and Tranmores are further courses within the complex of the hotel.

Villa Padierna Hotel has the luxury of a palace and boasts one of the largest spas in Europe with incredible wellness programmes, a team of experienced therapists, an impressive beauty centre, a fully equipped gym and a marvellous Aromatic Spa Circuit. Just imagine three steam baths at different temperatures with a variety of essential aromas, a Hamman with sea salt, a Greek sauna, a Finnish sauna, a dynamic heating swimming pool, a contrast pool, a floatation and a laconium. The luxury, the indulgence – what incredible holiday memories!

Marbella and its close neighbour Puerto Banus are renowned, not only for probably the best climate in Spain but also for the culture, entertainment, fantastic cuisine and shopping available. Certainly, it is a playground for the rich! Splendid beaches boast kilometres of golden-white sand, lovely beach bars known as chiringuitos and plenty of sun loungers and parasols. The old part of Marbella is so charming and preserves the irregular layout that is characteristic of the Arabic era. Some of the narrow streets open into buzzing plazas with fabulous restaurants. The flashy, emblematic Puerto Banus draws crowds. You meet luxury with every gaze.

Guests visiting may also want to visit wonderful Gibraltar, nip over to the mythical Tangiers or escape to the deserted beaches of the Atlantic coastline of Cadiz.

It is little wonder that celebrities and millionaires the world over have been visiting this area for decades. For Mediterranean glamour, Marbella holds its own with the French Riviera or anywhere in Europe and has everything you want from a luxury beach destination – Michelin-starred restaurants, marinas filled to the brim with high-end yachts, golf courses, designer boutiques and long sandy beaches.