The Association of Golf Courses of Madrid organized the second Fam-Press Trip, taking advantage of the appointment of Spanish and international golf in UNIGOLF 2017.
12 tour operators from 10 countries (United States, Slovenia, Czech Republic, UK, Belgium, Ireland, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Dominican Republic and Spain) and 2 journalists have had the opportunity to know Madrid in depth, concretely the magnificent golf courses.
Last Sunday, April 23, 2017 was held in Madrid the «Classic» football, a match between Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona, which ended with a victory of 2 to 3 for FC Barcelona. This match is one of the most attractive in the world, as these 2 teams have the best players in the world, the perfect event after a good golf-day in Madrid.
If you are playing golf in Madrid and your are looking for a new golf clubs and destinations, IFEMA presents UNIGOLF 2017, the great golf fair in Spain
Free entrance for all federated persons presenting their card.
Extensive proposal of activities, exhibitions, tests and competitions directed to all the public, and of all the ages
Madrid Golf Courses Association has been presented as first time at The Helsinki Golf Fair 2017.
Finnish golf players who assisted to the show are now more familiar with the Golf in Madrid and really welcome to play the golf courses of Madrid Golf Courses Association.
The Retamares Golf Club and the prestigious brand winery Bodegas Valduero(Ribera de Duero Designation of Origin) have teamed up to launch a series of Premium Tournaments (both 9 holes and 18 holes) where golf fans can enjoy the Madrid golf course tour designed by José María Olazábal in Madrid.
As every month of February, about to leave the winter behind and welcome the spring, the Carnival arrives in Madrid. So if you come to play golf in Madrid take in mind that from February 24 to March 1, the streets of the city will be filled with music, dancing, color and costumes, especially in the District of San Blas-Canillejas, which this year will be the main protagonist of this festival, although of course, there will be no shortage Activities in the rest of the districts.Madrid Golf Coourses offers a great variety of Carnival Golf Tournaments to particIpate as in Golf La Herreria or Golf Retamares
The Senior Golf League of the National Golf Center will be renewed in 2017 with a supersenior category for players over 65 years. This is the principal innovation for this season, in which this competition moves to every Tuesday to offer the golf course in better conditions of maintenance.
Recently the Club of Golf Retamares has presented his new web page, www.retamaresgolf.com, of modern and functional design with the aim to be a reference in the digital communication within the golf industry. If you want to play golf in Madrid, this is one of the best courses to try in your next golf break to Madrid.
When you come to play golf in Madrid, you can stay and enjoy the most exquisite cuisine and the most avant-garde author cocktail at the NH Casa Suecia Hotel.
The old Casa Suecia recovers its golden splendor but, unlike those who modernize putting their goal in the vanguard, this hotel returns to its best time, of the 50`s, when Hemingway flew his pen in his rooms and showed his passion for the Daiquiris at the bar. Go back, then, to appreciate the special of this place for the history that has lived and today manifests in every corner. The strong point of the renovated NH Collection Hotel Sweden? Gastronomy and cocktails served in four spaces, each more special.
Let`s start the route step by step. On entering, there is a spectacular lobby presided over by a huge bar, lamps, carpets and plants in their huge windows, which tells us one important thing: the gastronomic spaces of this hotel are not reserved exclusively for the guests, they are open to all. In this first area we can have breakfast or take some tapas in a bar that never closes their kitchen service, no matter what time it is. Over this area is the Casa Suecia restaurant, a cozy, retro-looking place with the Michelin Star award of Carlos Tejedor in the stoves. In the menu we can find dishes such as the polar coca with aroma of garlic and herbs with beef jerky and arugula, the wood-style salmon with fennel salad and the onion soup with Idiazábal cheese bread, three proposals that triumph on their tables. Inside this restaurant there are more tributes to the writer, because it has an area separated from the rest by a bookcase full of literary works. We continue to climb to the top of the hotel. Its terrace has a 360o view of Madrid and it is one of the most spectacular in the city . Its bar is served by the renowned Adrian Sehov’s signature cocktail, which reinvents classics such as Old Fashions, here Old Fashions XO, and Mojito, here with Creole surname, among many others.
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The real surprise is downstairs when you go from the lobby to the bathroom. In those retro- looking toilets there are several doors alike but, at the end, one is different, it is sliding, not so old. When you open it you reach a clandestine private club anchored several decades ago: the Hemingway bar. A leopard carpet covers the whole place and the red velvet of the armchairs is the perfect companion for the main character: the bar. The bar is supported by a wood rich in decorations and history, from an 18th century church, and is escorted by a collection of distilled drinks. There the bartenders practice their alchemy with cocktails like the aforementioned Old Fashioned XO (with rum Zapaca XO, bitter chocolate, sugar and smoked with Habano) or the Papa Doble (based on Zapaca 23, grapefruit, maraschino and sugar), a cocktail in honor of Hemingway, who did not settle for a simple daiquiri and always asked for a double one.
This house has left us two things clear: the first is that hotels are no longer just to stay, they are to enjoy a gastronomic experience, that can be the same or better than in any other restaurant. And the second thing is that the return to the past, if it is done with taste and talent, is often more surprising than any avant-garde.
This hotel is closed to many courses in Madrid: Golf El Olivar, Centro National de Golf, Retamares, El Robledal, Golf La Herreria, Centro de Tecnificacion, Somosaguas, Palacio Negralejo, Golf Santander, Lomas Bosque, La Dehesa and El Encin.
Madrid’s golf sector attends IGTM. The Madrid Golf Federation, together with Madrid’s Golf Courses Association and Tourist Board, are present at IGTM – International Golf Travel Market, the leading global annual gathering of the industry, which opened yesterday at Son Termes, Majorca.