Costa Blanca Golf: 2026 Season Outlook
The Costa Blanca packs more golf into a short stretch of coast than almost anywhere in Spain, a dense cluster of courses around Alicante and the Orihuela Costa with year round sun and famously good value. The 2026 season opens with a Tim Lobb redesign at Las Colinas and the same easy, course rich logistics that make this a buddies trip favorite. Here is the outlook, the courses and the timing.
The headline: a year round value season
The Costa Blanca is one of the great value golf coasts in Europe. The southern stretch around the Orihuela Costa and Alicante holds a remarkable density of courses, many within minutes of one another, which makes stacking thirty six holes a day or a different course each morning genuinely easy. The climate is dry and sunny almost year round, so the calendar shapes price and crowds more than playability.
The prime windows for 2026 are spring and autumn, roughly March to May and September to November, when the weather is warm but not fierce and conditioning is at its best. Winter is the busy season, drawing golfers escaping the cold further north, so rates firm and the marquee courses fill; high summer is hot and quietest, an early tee time proposition. For the best mix of weather, value and quiet fairways, aim at the shoulder months.
The courses that anchor a trip
The headline round is Las Colinas Golf and Country Club near Alicante, a Troon managed, par 71 championship course set in a secluded valley that consistently rates among the best in the region. For the 2026 season the architect Tim Lobb has reworked the tee shots and bunkering on the 2nd and 11th holes, sharpening the strategy on a course already known for its conditioning and seclusion.
The depth around it is the point. Villamartin Golf, opened in 1972 and a long time tournament host, is a classic, established par 72 that anchors the Orihuela Costa cluster, while Club de Golf Alicante and a string of neighboring courses fill out the corridor. For more variety within reach, the Robert Trent Jones design at El Saler up the coast near Valencia adds a links flavored, top tier test. Together they let a group play good golf every day with minimal driving and an enviable price to quality ratio.
How to plan it for 2026
Logistics are the Costa Blanca's trump card. Alicante airport is a major low cost hub with flights from across Europe, the southern courses sit in a tight knot around the Orihuela Costa, and transfers between most of them are short. Base around Alicante or the Orihuela Costa and a group can build a four to six round week without ever facing a long drive, which is exactly why the coast is a perennial favorite for golf societies and buddies trips.
There is no marquee professional tour stop on the coast in 2026, so access at the leading courses is generally straightforward outside the winter peak, though the best tee times still book ahead. Green fees here are among the best value in Spain and rise in the busy winter window, with package rates moving by season; treat any quoted figure as indicative for 2026 and always confirm directly before booking, as condition and pricing shift through the year.
What it means for your trip, and our take
For a 2026 Costa Blanca golf trip, aim at April, May, October or November for the best balance of weather, value and quiet courses, base around Alicante or the Orihuela Costa to sit inside the densest part of the cluster, and anchor the week on Las Colinas with Villamartin and the neighboring courses around it. Use winter only if you simply need to escape the cold and accept firmer rates, and treat high summer as an early morning, heat managed proposition.
Our take is that the Costa Blanca remains the best value serious golf trip in Spain, a coast where you can play good, well conditioned courses every day, eat and stay cheaply, and keep the driving to a minimum. The density and the price are the draw rather than a single bucket list course. Pick a shoulder week, anchor on Las Colinas, and let the sheer concentration of golf do the work.
Plan your Costa Blanca golf trip
From Troon managed Las Colinas to the established Villamartin and the cluster around Alicante, tell us roughly when and who is travelling and one concierge builds and costs the trip, with no obligation.
Questions
When is the best time to play golf on the Costa Blanca?
Spring and autumn, roughly March to May and September to November, are the prime windows, with warm weather and courses in their best condition. Winter is the busy peak as golfers escape the cold, and rates firm up, while high summer is hot and quietest.
Which is the best golf course on the Costa Blanca?
Las Colinas Golf and Country Club near Alicante, a Troon managed par 71 in a secluded valley, is widely rated the best course in the region and reopens for 2026 with a Tim Lobb redesign of the 2nd and 11th holes. The established Villamartin Golf anchors the Orihuela Costa cluster.
Is the Costa Blanca good value for a golf trip?
Yes. The southern Costa Blanca holds one of the densest, best value golf corridors in Spain, with many courses within minutes of one another around the Orihuela Costa and Alicante, making multi round trips easy and cost effective, especially in spring and autumn.
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Researched and written by the GolfForKings editorial desk. Season, course and event details verified June 2026 from club, tour and golf travel sources; conditions and green fees change, so always confirm directly before booking. Last reviewed June 2026.