ROUND WALES GOLF PACKAGE 2009
  
     
 
7 days, 6 nights, 5 rounds of golf
 
     
 
Includes  
- 7 days' hire of mid-sized rental vehicle
- 6 nights' accommodation sharing twin or double room with full breakfast daily.
- 5 rounds of golf.
   
Itinerary  
Day 1 Arrive at airport- collect rental vehicle - transfer to Future Inn, Cardiff Bay for two nights
Day 2 Play Royal Porthcawl golf club

Day 3

 Play Pennard golf club, transfer to Penhelig Arms, Aberdovey for two nights
Day 4 Play Aberdovey golf club, transfer to Caerwylan Hotel, Criccieth
Day 5 Play Royal St David's golf club
Day 6 Play Nefyn golf club
Day 7 Check out - transfer to airport - return vehicle - depart
   
Price per person from £765
(Based on two golfers, sharing twin/double room)
 
     
 
HOTELS
  
     
 
Future Inn, Cardiff Bay
 
 
The Future Inn hotel, Cardiff Bay UK is located within Cardiff Bay near the City Centre, just a few steps from the vibrant dining and entertainment centre of Cardiff Bay's waterfront Mermaid Quay. The Wales Millenium Centre, the Welsh National Assembly, Cardiff County Hall, Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium and the main business community are all within a mile of the hotel. The restaurant uses the finest locally sourced ingredients presented in an informal relaxed manner, offering fresh food all day everyday in an inviting, fresh, contemporary environment. Every room at a Future Inn is finished to the same high standards and include two Queen size double beds in each twin room, plus they come with individual airconditioning, full size work station with internet access, comp tea & coffee making.
 
Caerwylan Hotel, Criccieth
 
 

The Caerwylan Hotel is a privately owned 3 star hotel, situated in a unique location on the East shore of Criccieth's Esplanade. A landmark Victorian building, having undergone an extensive refurbishment program to the first floor, commands stunning views over the main beach and Cardigan Bay. All bedrooms have been totally refurbished over the last two winters, so you can be guaranteed of a brand new room when you stay. Start the day with a healthy selection of juices, cereals and yoghurts from their buffet, followed by a traditional Welsh breakfast with Pork & Leek Sausages all supplied locally.

Enjoy an evening drink before dinner whilst watching the sunset over Criccieth Castle. You can enjoy an excellent dinner from their Table D’hote menu where everything is cooked fresh to order.  A gentle stroll takes you to all the town amenities. Criccieth is influenced by the warm Gulf Stream sweeping across the Atlantic Ocean from the distant Caribbean. With a southern aspect the two beaches are a mixture of sand and pebble with outcrops exposing rock pools at low tide. The bay is visited regularly by porpoises and swimmers bathe throughout the year in the mild waters.

 
     
 
GOLF
  
 
 
Other gems in this area: Southerndown, Pennard, Ashburnham (South Wales), Llandudno, Holyhead, Porthmadog (North Wales), Cardigan, Borth & Ynyslas (mid Wales)
We have opted for what we believe are the pick of links courses in Wales for this tour - but there just as many equally fine courses in the area well worth playing if you get the chance. We would be happy to add one or two more if you want to play 36 holes on any day, or swop any round with the courses we've suggested.
   
Royal Porthcawl  
It is nothing but a great shame that Royal Porthcawl does not have the infrastructure required to host an Open Championship - the closest it has come to staging a world-renowned event was the Walker Cup in 1995. Then, the American team, with Tiger Woods, were blown away, quite literally, by the course. Wind is a constant factor here - it's just you against the elements. With the closing hole playing towards the sea and into the wind, there are few courses in Britain that can produce a finer finish. The sea is visible from every hole here and, while the first three holes run alongside the beach, many others climb high to afford panoramic views of the Bristol Channel.
Pennard  
Pennard Golf Club, located 8 miles west of Swansea in the Gower Peninsula, an area of outstanding natural beauty. Golf has been played there since 1896. The holes are routed over classically undulating and tumbling linksland, full of hummocks, hillocks and hollows and pocked with dunes large and small; in sum, exactly what we might hope to find beside the shore. Yet this exceptional terrain is not beside the shore - It is two hundred feet above it. No wonder Pennard has been called "the links in the sky." Awkward lies and stances are a matter of course and the rugged terrain becomes even more dramatic on the back nine.
Aberdovey  

Golf was first played at Aberdovey in 1886, with the first holes being defined by 9 flowerpots sunk into the springy, fine links grasses sandwiched between the seaside dunes of Cardigan Bay and the coastal road and railway. Over the years many national championships have been held here and it's the home of the Welsh Seniors' Championship. At 6,445 yards off the white tees, the course is not long by the standard of many newer courses. However, the real defences lie in the wind which is often a gentle zephyr but can be a stiff blow. Whatever the wind, it cannot spoil your enjoyment of the wonderful setting where the hills, with their colours shaded by bracken, gorse or heather reach down to the very edges of the course.

Royal St David's  
Since its foundation in 1894, the championship links of the Royal St. David's Golf Club has occupied the dune land between Harlech Castle and the sea. Apart from the quality of the holes and severity of the test, the views of the Snowdon Mountains, the magnificent Castle and, at last, from the 16th tee, the Lleyn peninsular across Tremadog Bay, make Harlech one of the finest situations of any course in Britain. Mmeasuring 6495 yards from the championship tees, it is noted for a succession of long testing par four holes and five short holes, which vary in length and direction; a feature is the large size of the greens. The last five holes form a loop through the dunes that provide a finish the equal of any.
Nefyn  

Nefyn and District Golf Club, located in the North West of Wales on the Llyn Peninsula, offers perhaps the most stunning setting for a round of golf in the north of the country, dramatically located on the cliff tops at the foot of the Porthdinllaen headland, a tiny promontory that juts out from the Lleyn Peninsula into the Irish Sea. The run of holes from the 12th onwards offer cliff-top locations for your tee shots where you play into a howling wind with absolutely no idea of club selection whatsoever. In terms of sheer exhilaration, Nefyn is Wales’ equivalent of Ireland’s Old Head of Kinsale. This is literally golf on the edge of the world and it really takes the breath away.