Amazing House With 6 Bedrooms and Private Garden & Pool in Marbella. Rio Real Golf

The golf course was beautiful, and I'm glad we rented a buggy. The pro shop and bar staff were really friendly. We didn't stay at the hotel. Looking forward to playing the course again.

The course is decent, but I wasn’t told before arriving that the back nine couldn’t be played. The greens had also been pricked.

The course itself is average, and at today’s price the value is terrible. I paid around 120 when I played a year ago; now it’s about 200. I know the hotel has been renovated, but the course hasn’t. Before the round, I asked at the pro shop about its condition and was told it was amazing, the best in the area and among the best in Spain. I’ve played most of the local courses, and he may have thought I was a first-time tourist. I could easily name 20 courses in the area that are better. It isn’t a bad course, but it was in average shape. The greens were fast and bumpy, and the pin on hole 10 was on a slope where the ball couldn’t stop. If you know what you’re doing, you don’t put a pin in a spot like that.

The golf course view and location are what we like most. Whenever we stop in for drinks, the staff are consistently very polite and helpful. We’d recommend the hotel, though some areas could use a bit of updating.