Winter, golf or short breaks:
There is winter skiing availability in the beautiful Pyrenees. Full details of winter and summer sporting and leisure activities are available on request. Please enquire about our special prices for short mid-week or long weekend breaks. The Villa is about 90 minutes drive from Font Romeu and Les Arcs. Add forty minutes for Andorra.
For Golfers:
Golf de Saint Cyprien is less than 30 minutes drive from Collioure. St Cyprien International Golf Course is one of the best in France. Full details and review are available online, please contact owners for website details. There are two courses - the ‘Canigou Etang’ championship 18 holes and the ‘Saint Cyprien’ 9 holes - both with water hazards, and both offer stimulating play for the experienced and the inexperienced golfer. By coincidence two of our guests – both golf addicts – were told about this course by their pro who has played it himself and thoroughly commends it! Golf de Saint Cyprien is also home to the Patrick Lacroix Golf Academy. It was the first to be established in France, and has now become a very respected institution.
Out of high season we are happy to accommodate long weekends or short breaks of four nights or fewer from September to May. Prices are 60% of those indicated for the dates on this site. Enquiries welcome and prices confirmed on request.
Here's the information from the course website:
“As the first genuine golf resort in France, Golf de Saint Cyprien is one of the most reputed golf destinations in the country. Located next to the Mediterranean and close to the Spanish border, the area benefits from an unlimited supply of sunshine. The hotel’s main restaurant Mas d'Huston***, is famous for its haute cuisine and is open to non-residents. For lunch, guests can enjoy the casual atmosphere of the poolside Parasols restaurant (which for most of the year incidentally has a great buffet!).
Two swimming pools, tennis courts, windsurfing, bicycle rides and nearby beaches add to the resort's amenities. With Mount Canigou towering in the background, the Roussillon region offers a wide variety of activities, from seaside fun to backpacking in the foothills of the Pyrénées Mountains.
Golf:
The 18 hole St Cyprien course is about 6900 yards (medal tees) par 72, flat, fairly featureless, a cross between links and parkland, and technically demanding. The 9 hole is 3000 yards (medal) par 35, also flat, but more scenically attractive (parkland, with more trees and water) and although less demanding, is probably more fun, and it’s worth considering playing twice to get the 18 holes in preference to the ‘big course’. Facilities are excellent, and it’s possible to hire clubs, trolleys etc. Cost of a round is between 40 and 55 euros depending on the time of year.
Golf du Domaine de Falgos is an outstandingly beautiful, relatively short (5500 yards, par 70) and technically interesting parkland/forest course, but not annoyingly ‘tricky’ as some short courses are. It’s difficult to imagine a golf course being here in the mountains, but it’s worth the twisty journey just to see it. Predictably, the course is hilly/undulating, but exhilarating! The facilities are excellent, and clubs, trolleys and carts can be hired.
Golf de Carcassonne is a parkland course, characterised by wide fairways, fast and challenging greens, some very interesting holes (1, 9 and 18 involve either steep climbs or drops) and lovely views across rolling countryside. It is just over 6300 yards, par 71. Cost of a round about 35 to 45 euros, and half sets of clubs and trolleys/carts can be hired.
