Turkey: Golf courses - Lykia

Defying the recession, Turkey is building more and more new courses, some of them truly outstanding and with enormous potential, such as Carya designed by Peter Thomson

Lykia operates on the full board concept, which allows you three meals a day, including the impressive buffet show cooking concept, which has four themed nights every two weeks. Residents will also be allowed one meal per stay in an a la carte restaurant at nil supplement, including the steakhouse at the Golf Club. During meal times the wine, beer and soft drinks are included. There are four a la carte restaurants, which include Turkish, Singaporean, Italian and fish eating options, only two will be open during the winter months, depending on occupancy levels. Spa Island will offer residents amazing opportunities for special treatments and relexation treatments, whilst the Childrens Paradise Island offers your children the ultimate amenities and activities for kids. LykiaLinksGolf Antalya is a stunning golf complex on the shores of the Mediterrean.

A first for Turkey, and the southern Mediterranean, the links course is set to become one of the finest and a must visit for dedicated golf enthusiasts. The centrepiece is an 18-hole championship links course set in the sand dunes by the sea and designed by celebrated golf architect Perry Dye.

All 18 holes on the par 72 course have commanding views of the Mediterranean Sea and the surrounding mountain peaks, where the prevailing winds will challenge golfers on the four holes on the coastline.

The course is a challenge for the accomplished golfer, requiring Scottish-style ‘punch and run’ shots. Quilted fairways have a sense of famous courses in Scotland and an assortment of pot bunkers guard the greens and require placement in the fairway. The course covers 603,000 square metres of the golf complex and opened in November, 2008.

Contacts

Cary Golf Resort. Tel: +90 242 725 63 20; Fax: +90 242 725 62 00; info@caryagolf.com; www.caryagolf.com

Papillon Golf Resort (Montgomerie course) and Ayscha hotel Tel: +90 242 710 2700; Fax +90 242 710 2730; email: Montgomerie@papillonhotels.net; www.papillon.com.tr

Sueno Hotel and Golf: Tel: + 90 242 710 30 00; Fax: +90 242 710 30 09; info@sueno.com.tr; sales@sueno.com.tr; www.sueno.com.tr

Cornelia Golf Resort (Nick Faldo course) and Cornelia Diamond Hotel: Tel: +90 242 710 1500; fax +90 242 715 2450; Golf: +90 242 710 1600; Fax: +90 242 715 2505; sales@corneliaresort.com; www.corneliaresort.com

Lykia World Links Golf and Resort: Tel: +90 242 754 43 43; Fax: +90 242 754 43 44; Email: lykia@lykiaworld.com and uk@lykiaworld.com; www.lykiagroup.com

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