A SECOND SPANISH PROPERTY FOR THE BOTHAMS AS SIR IAN’S DAUGHTER LAUNCHES A NEW RESTAURANT VENTURE IN ALMERIA Sarah Botham who has bought the Bar Restaurante los Pepes in the village of Vera near Desert Springs in the Almeria region of Spain. Townhouses of the type which Sir Ian Botham has bought at Desert…read more
FIFTH AWARD IN JUST TWO YEARS FOR DESERT SPRINGS IN SPAIN – THIS TIME FOR ITS GARDENS A fifth award in just two years has just been won by Desert Springs, Europe’s only luxury family resort and championship desert golf course in the Almanzora region of Almeria in south-east Spain. Despite its desert microclimate – …read more
Desert Springs has been selected to be host to the ‘Ian Botham Charity Golf Classic’ between Thursday 11th – Saturday 13th October 2007, the final event of the ‘Ian Botham Charity Golf Series’. Desert Springs Resort and Golf Club is the only luxury desert resort in Europe. Located in the Almanzora in Almeria in south-east…read more
The El Torrente Restaurant at Desert Springs has been awarded the 32nd International Annual Trophy for Tourism, Hostelry and Gastronomy, “The New Millennium Award”, by the Trade Leaders Club at their annual international awards ceremony held in Madrid, during the course of the recent 2007 International Tourism Trade Fair in that city. The awards ceremony…read more
Last week Peter Marron Chief Groundsman at Lancashire County Cricket Club since 1983 visited the Desert Springs Resort and Golf Club to advise on the presentation of the resort’s new cricket wicket. Desert Springs in Almeria in South-east Spain is located on a plateau above the Mediterranean that is precisely the driest and sunniest spot…read more
The first ‘Desert Springs Schools Golf Fiesta by Gullivers’ was held at The Desert Springs Resort and Golf Club in Almeria South East Spain from the 9th to 11thh March with the involvement of Loretto School of Edinburgh in Scotland. In 2002, the Loretto School established ‘The Loretto Golf Academy’ the UK’s first school golf…read more
High quality residential tourism, long term employment, sensitivity to the environment, and an improving quality of life were the subjects of the recent Open Day at Desert Springs, to which the principle guests invited were the vecinos of The Almanzora Bay Group, the promoter of “Desert Springs Resort y Club de Golf” and “Villaricos, Pueblo…read more
Double Olympic Champion, decathlete Daley Thompson, will be visiting the City Golf and Health Club at 40 Coleman Street, London EC25 5EH on Wednesday 15th February to talk about his career and his sporting life after Olympic glory. The evening will be a question and answer session with Daley in which guests will be able…read more
Desert Springs Resort has been awarded the Spanish 2005 National “Madera Verde” Prize for Environmental Responsibility, out of no less than 60 golf courses and resorts considered by the Spanish Environment Ministry and by The Royal Spanish Golf Federation. The award recognizes the positive aspects of environmental conservation achieved by those involved in promoting and managing…read more
