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Río Real Golf & Hotel
A Javier Arana classic with its own small golf hotel. Spanish professionals' championship 1967.
🛰️ The course from the sky↓
Río Real is the old course of Marbella town, five minutes east of the centre. Javier Arana designed it, and it opened in 1965. It is a par 72 of just over 6,000 metres. The Río Real river gives the course its shape: it crosses the property on its way to the sea, and fourteen holes sit on the flat land along the river and the beach, with four more on a slope above. Pines and palms line the fairways, the greens are small and well bunkered, and the 4th turns left from a high tee down to a green almost on the shore. The Spanish federation has long listed it among the country's best layouts. The club runs its own small hotel beside the first tee and a teaching academy. Prices are dynamic and start at about 100 euros (2026); book on the club's website. It suits golfers who want a classic, walkable Arana course; the busy A-7 road passes close to a few holes.
Weather in Marbella
The club's own booking site: 73 in December to 237 on an October Friday morning; 2027 82 to 147. Prices move with demand.
There is a waiting list to become a member. Meanwhile the club sells Amigo cards: Silver gives 10 percent off green fees for you and your friends for a year, and Gold is 100 personal rounds, January to December (verified with the club, Aug 2026).
An academy range with Toptracer machines.
El Club at the golf hotel takes public bookings.
What the internet says
Golfshake users give 4.2 from 40 reviews with 97 percent ready to return (read 2026). The Albrecht Golf Guide is cooler at 3.8 of 5 from 25 reviews. Top100GolfCourses ranks it 71st in Spain and 22nd on the Costa del Sol, with a 4.0 user score, calling it a classic old Costa course that keeps its charm. Praise centres on the setting, the pro-shop welcome and quick, true greens. The warnings: those greens are very hard to read, the Golfshake condition sub-score is a modest 3.6, and reviewers mention housing and road noise on several holes.
The course and the greens
Reviewers on top100golfcourses and TripAdvisor praise smooth, quick greens that are cut by hand and very well kept. Some visitors even found them too fast for holiday golf.
Arrival and the welcome
Visitors describe a very friendly reception and a nice greeting in the pro shop. Staff are said to be flexible and happy to help.
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Urb. Río Real Golf s/n, 29603 Marbella
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