For increasing numbers of travellers Barcelona as a holiday destination means much more than Las Ramblas and climbing Sagrada Familia and instead is all about expanses of fairway and 18 small holes in the ground.Although Barcelona has had at least one high standard golf course since 1917, it is in recent years that golf-tourism has really taken off and visitors to the region are now spoilt for choice.Many of the clubs have a great deal to offer, from lessons with pros to equipment hire and there are courses for every kind of handicap.

The San Cugat Golf Club can be reached within 30 minutes of the city so tourists increasingly combine trips to the major sites with days spent on the green.Barcelona enjoys good weather and sunshine virtually all year round meaning a stroll in the sunshine whilst perfecting that swing is nothing less than pleasurable, and a quick stop off at the 19th hole even more so!