Golf in Belek and Antalya
More championship golf packed into a single pine fringed coast than anywhere in the Mediterranean. Fifteen courses, five star resorts a buggy ride from the first tee, and the best value golf week in Europe. The courses that matter, the seasons and how to plan it.
Photograph: Antalya Golf Club, Rainer Sturm, via Google
Why golf in Belek and Antalya
Belek was built for golf, and it shows. In a single generation a stretch of Turkey's Mediterranean coast east of Antalya was turned into the most concentrated golf resort in Europe: more than a dozen championship courses threaded through umbrella pine and eucalyptus, almost every one attached to a sprawling five star hotel with the first tee a short buggy ride from breakfast. The result is the most efficient golf trip on the continent. You can play a different top course every day for a week without ever changing hotel, and do it for a fraction of what the same golf would cost in Spain or Portugal.
The standard at the top is genuinely high. The Montgomerie Maxx Royal and the PGA Sultan at Antalya Golf Club have hosted the European Tour, Carya brought a slice of British heathland to the coast and added floodlights for night golf, and Nick Faldo, Colin Montgomerie and the European Golf Design team have all left their mark. Add reliable warmth from October to May, a soft sandy turf that drains fast, and the food, history and beaches of the Antalya coast for the days off, and Belek earns its place as the natural home of the society trip and the winter golf break.
The regions
The Belek golf coast
The fifteen kilometer strip of pine east of Antalya where almost all the golf sits. Carya, the Montgomerie, Antalya Golf Club, Cornelia, Gloria, Sueno and Kaya Palazzo are all within a short drive of one another, each with its own resort hotel.
Antalya city and Kaleici
The handsome old harbor town half an hour west, with its Roman walls, the Kaleici old quarter and the marina. The natural base for a rest day, with Roman ruins at Aspendos and Perge a short trip inland.
The Lycian coast
West toward Fethiye and Patara the mountains drop to the sea and the resorts thin out. Lykia Links brings a links style course to this quieter stretch, a scenic add on for groups who want a change of scene from the Belek strip.
The courses that matter
The Montgomerie Maxx Royal
A bold championship course with Scottish style pot bunkers, eight lakes and generous greens, designed by the Ryder Cup stalwart and a regular host of the Turkish Airlines Open on the DP World Tour. The showpiece of the Belek strip.
Carya Golf Club
A slice of British heathland transplanted to the Mediterranean, with heather, sandy ridges and holes carved through pine and eucalyptus. The first fully floodlit eighteen in Europe, so you can play deep into a warm evening under lights.
Antalya Golf Club, PGA Sultan
Often rated the best course in Turkey, a long, strategic test with water and mature trees attached to the Sirene Belek hotel, and paired with the gentler Pasha course for a two course stay at one address.
Cornelia Golf Club
Sir Nick Faldo's twenty seven hole layout at the Cornelia De Luxe resort, spread across a vast site of pine and water with three combinable nines, polished conditioning and one of the best practice grounds on the coast.
Gloria Golf Club
One of Belek's founding resorts and still among the best run, with three courses, the wooded Old, the more open New and the short Verde, an excellent academy and a long history of hosting amateur and professional events.
Sueno Golf Club
Two contrasting eighteens, the tree lined Pines and the more open, links influenced Dunes, at one of the larger golf hotels on the strip. A dependable, good value pairing that anchors many a society week.
Kaya Palazzo Golf Club
A modern championship course of generous fairways and large, receptive greens, set among the pines beside the Kaya Palazzo resort. A comfortable, scoreable round that suits mixed ability groups.
Lykia Links
A rare links style course on the quieter coast west of Antalya, with firm turf, sea breezes and a very different feel from the parkland and heathland of the Belek strip. A scenic excursion for a touring group.
The National Golf Club
The course that started it all on this coast, a mature, tree lined championship layout that hosted Belek's earliest professional events and remains a popular, well conditioned round at the heart of the strip.
Designers, host history and yardages verified June 2026 by the GolfForKings editorial desk. Course profiles are added across the site as the directory grows. Always confirm visitor access and fees directly before booking.
When to go
| Season | Conditions | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| October to November | Warm, settled, the courses at their best after summer | The peak autumn window, book early |
| March to May | Green, mild and bright, the spring prime time | The other peak, with the half term weeks busiest |
| December to February | Mild and quiet, the odd cool or wet spell | The best value, comfortable winter golf |
| June to September | Hot and humid on the coast | Early tee times and the beach, not a golf trip |
Belek is a winter golf destination first. The strip is busiest in the autumn and spring shoulders and at its best value in the depths of winter.
Indicative costs
| Item | Indicative 2026 | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Green fee | Around €50 to €180 | Lower at the resorts, higher at the showpieces and in peak season |
| All inclusive resort, per night | Varies widely by tier | Most golf is booked as a stay and play package |
| A week, all in | Around £1,200 to £2,500 per person | All inclusive hotel, several rounds, transfers, excluding flights |
Indicative third party figures for the 2026 season, shown to set expectations only. We are a guide, not an operator, and never quote our own pricing. Always confirm directly before booking.
Getting there and around
Antalya airport is the gateway and one of the easiest in the Mediterranean for a golf group, with seasonal charter and scheduled flights from across the United Kingdom and Europe and a transfer to the Belek resorts of around forty five minutes. Once you are on the strip you barely need a car: the resorts run shuttles to their courses and a minibus with a driver covers the short hops between clubs for a touring group. For the Antalya old town and the Roman sites inland, or the longer run west to Lykia Links, a private transfer is the simplest way to travel.
Where to stay
The whole appeal of Belek is the golf hotel, where the course, the rooms, the spa and very often all your meals and drinks come as one package. Most groups pick a single resort with its own course and play out from it, adding rounds at the neighboring clubs by buggy or shuttle. The Cornelia, Gloria, Maxx Royal, Sueno and Kaya Palazzo properties are all built for golfers and span a wide range of budgets. Book the autumn and spring peaks well ahead, and let one planner match the hotel tier and the course rota to your group.
Plan your Belek golf trip
Tell us the courses you want and roughly when. One concierge costs the whole trip to the head, matches the hotel to your group, and replies within one working day, with no obligation.
Belek golf questions
When is the best time to play golf in Belek?
October to April is the golf season on the Belek coast, with warm, settled days and the courses at their best from late October through to early May. Midsummer is hot and humid and best left to the beach and early tee times. The autumn and spring half terms are the busiest windows, when the better hotels fill first.
How many golf courses are there in Belek and Antalya?
The Belek golf coast packs more than a dozen championship courses into a fifteen kilometer strip of umbrella pine, with the Montgomerie Maxx Royal, Carya, the PGA Sultan at Antalya Golf Club, Cornelia, Gloria, Sueno and Kaya Palazzo among them. Most are attached to a five star resort hotel, which makes Belek the most efficient multi course golf trip in the Mediterranean.
How much does a golf trip to Belek cost in 2026?
Belek is built on value. Indicative 2026 green fees run from roughly €50 to €180 depending on the course and the season. A week of all inclusive resort golf with several rounds typically lands from about £1,200 to £2,500 per head excluding flights, far less than comparable golf in western Europe. Always confirm directly before booking.
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