How to Pick the Best Golf Resort in Antalya
Choosing the right golf resort can be a daunting task when your alternatives are multiplying day by day, especially in a city like Antalya, Turkey where the tourism season lasts almost all year long. Here are some quick tips to guide you and ease your pain:
The Right Location
Antalya is a big city. Not only it has a long coast line by the Mediterranean, the city limits go far north, up to the Taurus mountains. And it can be very hot in summer. Observing temperatures of 40+ degrees Celsius in the months of July and August is not uncommon. There is a neat trick at your disposal, however: choose a place that was once a forest like Belek or Side (Sorgun). Although most of the trees like Turkish Pines (lat. Pinus Brutia) would have been butchered, some were left to provide you shade and comfort. When you want to take a break, you can enjoy a precious moment or two resting your back to a few of those pines left. Besides, the trees will enhance your panoramic view when you are sipping from your tequila sunrise.
The Right Clubs
Every golfer knows: choosing the right club is important. With the right club, it is much easier to adjust the speed and the spin of the ball. But there is more to it. Once you picked one of the right locations above, there is a great probability that you will come across an endemic flower that survived the construction of the site. You have to make sure that it is still there after you swing your club. So, pick your club carefully, it is your responsibility that the poor flower survives another day. You can not decide? No problem! Pick a resort that will provide the right clubs for you. After all, they are aware of the problem and will do their best to offer you their expertise. Check if they provide such a service before you book.
The Right Course
Not all courses are equal. How true! Especially for Antalya. The city is on the path of the migratory birds and these creatures migrate usually twice a year. Incidentally, the right locations above happen to be their regular stops in their journey. Now, some of those resorts have taken great measures to properly align their golf courses so that no harm will come to these birds, at their own expense. Please choose one of them, and do not reward the resorts that shied away from this little expense in order to make some extra bucks. You want to score a birdie, not a bird you know.
