Make a holiday rental property or villa in Garlenda, Italy your home away from home

Garlenda lies in the Valley of Lerrone in Liguria, Northern Italy. Famous for its trotting race track, the largest in Europe, as well as its golf courses, Garlenda is quickly becoming a cultural and sporting holiday getaway of the highest quality. Those looking to escape to rural Italy and enjoy the best cuisine, culture and sport will be perfectly catered for by a self catering Garlenda holiday rental.

Things to do in Garlenda, Italy

Garlenda is a wonderfully charming town, and simply wandering through the central streets is enough to provide full relaxation and a great deal of interest and intrigue. The baroque church which stands in the centre of town is beautiful, contrasted by the imposing walls of the Costa del Carretto Castle. Around the town, olive groves, vineyards and fruit orchards adorn the slopes, providing both beautiful places to walk and some of the freshest and tastiest ingredients for local dishes, which can be investigated at any one of the many family owned restaurants throughout Garlenda.

The Garlenda Golf Course is a stunning 18 hole golf course, set among the groves and vines of the Garlenda countryside. Open all year round (except Wednesdays between September and June), the Garlenda Golf Course offers an exceptional quality of golf to visitors and locals alike, as long as you can provide a handicap certificate. The golf course has a huge range of facilities, from driving ranges to practice greens, a swimming pool to an excellent restaurant.

There are a great number of sporting facilities to enjoy from self catering Garlenda accommodation too. The Garlenda Riding Club is a fantastic riding stables, where you can take riding lessons, tours of the area and watch the famous trotting races. There is also a large sports complex, with plenty of tennis courts, a swimming pool and even a skating rink, perfect for active family holidays in a Garlenda holiday rental.

Places to visit on holiday in Garlenda, Italy

If you are looking for a fantastic day on the beach, the nearby resort of Alassio is a fantastic place to start your exploration for an ideal beach. The huge white sand beaches of Alassio stretch for as far as the eye can see, and there are a huge variety of water sports centres to choose from should you wish to go sailing, windsurfing, fishing, diving or water skiing.

Weather in Garlenda, Italy

The summer months are blissfully hot in Garlenda. Average temperatures in June, July and August soar past the 30˚C mark, with 11 hours worth of sun per day and evenings which remain easily warm enough to eat outside on the balcony of your Garlenda property, watching the sun setting over the hills, with a glass of chilled local wine. Throughout the year, conditions remain perfectly warm enough to enjoy playing golf, sightseeing and walking in the Lerrone Valley.

Cheap flights to Garlenda, Italy

Ryanair, ThomsonFly and Thomas Cook Airlines all provide direct flights from the UK to Girona Airport (GRO), some 90km away. There are a huge range of flights to Girona leaving from the UK, leaving from airports including Manchester (MAN), Liverpool (LPL), the East Midlands (EMA), Birmingham (BHX) and Luton (LTN).