El Saler Golf, Valencia, links holes through dunes and pines beside the Mediterranean
Ranked · our verdicts, 2026

The Best Golf Courses in Valencia

Valencia keeps the best secret in Spanish golf: El Saler, Javier Arana's masterpiece in a natural park on the Mediterranean shore, a course good enough to host the Spanish Open and rank with anything in continental Europe. Around it sits Sergio Garcia's home club at Castellon, a Robert Trent Jones Sr parkland fifteen minutes from the city, and a Seve Ballesteros resort on the beach to the south. Here are the six rounds we would build a Valencia week around, ranked.

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By the GolfForKings editorial desk · Editorial policy · Last reviewed June 2026

Photograph: El Saler Golf, via Google

How we chose them

We rank on the quality and character of the golf first, then on what each course adds to a traveling golfer's week: variety against the others on this list, the welcome, and what the green fee buys. Valencia is not a manufactured golf coast like the southern costas; it is a working Spanish city with a world class course on its doorstep and a thin, high quality scatter of others within an hour or so. That suits the golfer who wants one or two great rounds wrapped around the food, the architecture and the beach rather than a tee time every morning. Where we quote a fee it is the club's published or operator listed 2026 rate, marked indicative; always confirm directly before booking.

The ranking

01

El Saler

Javier Arana, 1968 · Albufera natural park · par 72 · 2026 fee around 135 to 150 euro

The unanswerable number one and the reason golfers come to Valencia at all. Javier Arana, the gentleman amateur who designed Spain's finest courses, routed El Saler through the pines and genuine dunes of the Albufera natural park on the Mediterranean shore, and the seaward holes play as firm, windblown and links pure as anything on the Iberian peninsula. It has hosted the Spanish Open and the old Mediterranean Open, it sits inside a state run Parador hotel so you can stay above the first tee, and it is regularly ranked among the very best courses in continental Europe. Indicative 2026 fees run around 135 to 150 euro depending on season. One of the great rounds of the Mediterranean.

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02

Club de Campo Mediterraneo

Ramon Espinosa, 1978 · Castellon · par 72, 6,502 m · indicative from around 62 euro

Sergio Garcia's home course, and a properly good one. Ramon Espinosa laid out Club de Campo Mediterraneo at Borriol near Castellon in 1978, an hour north of the city, and it was here that a young Sergio learned the game under his father Victor, the club professional. The European Tour came to know it well too: the course hosted the Castello Masters from 2008 to 2012, with Sergio himself winning at home in 2008 and 2011. It is a mature, tree lined parkland with quick greens and a tournament pedigree few resort courses can match, and at an indicative 62 euro it is the value pick of the region.

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03

El Bosque Golf

Robert Trent Jones Sr, 1975 · Chiva · par 72, 6,249 m · indicative 70 to 95 euro

The convenient championship round, fifteen minutes inland from the city at Chiva. El Bosque is the only Robert Trent Jones Sr course in the region, opened in 1975 and laid across a gently rolling valley with the architect's trademark big greens, water and strategic bunkering. It is the test that asks the most questions off the tee on this list, a regular host of regional and national amateur events, and the easiest serious course to reach if you are based in Valencia itself. Indicative 2026 fees sit around 70 to 95 euro depending on season, with stay and play rates through the on site hotel.

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04

Oliva Nova Golf

Severiano Ballesteros, 1997 · Oliva · par 72, 6,270 m · indicative 75 to 105 euro

The beach resort round, an hour south toward Denia. Seve Ballesteros designed Oliva Nova in 1997 on flat ground right behind the sand, threading the fairways between lines of palms and a string of blue lagoons that come into play more often than first time visitors expect. It is not a brute, but it is a clever, watery resort test wrapped in a full beach and golf complex, which makes it the natural base for a mixed group that wants the sea as much as the golf. Indicative 2026 fees run around 75 to 105 euro, often packaged with the resort hotel.

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05

La Sella Golf

Jose Maria Olazabal · Denia · 27 holes · indicative 70 to 110 euro

Olazabal country, beneath the Montgo. Two time Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal designed La Sella's 27 holes at the foot of the Montgo natural park near Denia, where pine clad slopes run down toward the sea and the three nines combine into varied, well conditioned golf playable all year. A Marriott resort sits on the property, the views to the mountain are some of the best in the region, and the course rewards the position player over the bomber. Indicative 2026 fees run around 70 to 110 euro depending on season and the nine combination played.

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06

Escorpion Golf

Ron Kirby · Betera · par 72, 27 holes · confirm fees directly

The easy going local, twenty minutes northwest of the city at Betera. American architect Ron Kirby shaped Escorpion across an old orange grove, spruced up with big lakes, plenty of dog legs and a scatter of specimen palms into a flat, friendly, very walkable parkland. It is not the examination the courses above are and does not pretend to be: it is the relaxed extra round, the mixed ability day, the warm up the morning after you land. With a third nine for variety and a long established membership, it rounds out the Valencia card nicely. Rates move with season and packages, so confirm directly before booking.

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Fees are indicative 2026 rates from club and operator listings, verified June 2026; spring and autumn are the high seasons and rates swing with demand, so always confirm directly before booking. Check tee time availability.

Building the trip

Base in the city and play out from it. Valencia itself puts El Saler twenty minutes south, El Bosque fifteen minutes inland and Escorpion twenty minutes northwest, which means three of the six from one excellent food and culture base with no resort compound in sight. Stay at the Parador for the El Saler dawn round, then drive the day trips. If the group wants more golf and more sun, move south for a night or two: Oliva Nova on the beach and La Sella beneath the Montgo sit an hour down the coast toward Denia and combine into a second leg, while Mediterraneo is the northern day trip to Castellon. For the wider region see our Golf in Spain hub, the best courses in Spain ranking, and our Spain golf holidays page for how a concierge builds the week.

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A world ranked Arana links, Sergio's home club and a Seve course on the beach, wrapped around one of Europe's great food cities: tell us roughly when and who is traveling, and one concierge prices the week to the head, with no obligation.

Valencia golf questions

What is the best golf course in Valencia?

El Saler, Javier Arana's 1968 par 72 in the Albufera natural park south of the city. Built across pine, dune and links land on the Mediterranean shore, it has hosted the Spanish Open and the Mediterranean Open and is regularly ranked among the best courses in continental Europe. Indicative 2026 green fees run around 135 to 150 euro depending on season. Always confirm directly before booking.

How much do green fees cost in Valencia in 2026?

Roughly 60 to 150 euro depending on course and season. El Saler is the premium round at an indicative 135 to 150 euro; Club de Campo Mediterraneo runs from around 62 euro; El Bosque, Oliva Nova and La Sella sit in the 70 to 110 euro band. All fees are indicative for 2026; always confirm directly before booking.

Is there a links course near Valencia?

El Saler is the closest Spain has to a true links near Valencia. Javier Arana routed several holes through genuine dunes along the Mediterranean inside the Albufera natural park, with the rest running through umbrella pines. It plays firm and windy like a links and is the reason golfers travel to the city in the first place.

When is the best time to play golf in Valencia?

Spring and autumn are ideal, with warm dry days and firm turf from March to June and again from September to November. Winter is mild and playable, the value window, though short cool spells pass through. High summer is hot inland at El Bosque and Escorpion, so play early; the coastal courses at El Saler and Oliva Nova catch the sea breeze.

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Researched and written by the GolfForKings editorial desk. Rankings are our editorial verdicts; fees verified June 2026. Last reviewed June 2026.