Opinions of Calanova

Very good condition and more forgiving than other local hill courses.

First, the course has the largest golf shop in Spain spanning 2 floors and the prices aren’t hateful. The course itself is beautiful with mountains framing 3 sides and the Mediterranean on the fourth. Lots of hills, but nothing that can’t be managed. The greens can be very tricky because of the slopes and undulations.

Great course as usual

Course in very good condition & service fine.

Lovely course in good condition . Plenty of variety.

Apart from a nice course (yes, too steep to play in a buggy) it has a very good restaurant. (automated translation)

The course was in very good condition inspite to heavy rains.

Very hilly course requires a cart. Conditions are good and challenging with multi tiered greens. Pace of play was good. Will return.

Very nice course with beautiful views.

Course was in a perfect condition, every hole was different from other in a positive way. Definitely my favourite course in Costa del Sol so far. But they definitely need to improve their dressing rooms, it was messy, dirty, stinky so I decided not to take a shower there after my round.

A challenging course but playable. Greens were in great condition and quick. Best not to leave yourself a downhill putt

Always love playing here and my favourite course. Had 1st tee at 8am only issue was nowhere to get water till 10am ? Great round and great course mind

Nice course. Excellent restaurant, amazing shop.... and our group especially liked the bar that you pass several times during the round!

Excellent course . Greens a bit disappointing but for the traffic they get acceptable

Great facilities and golf shop

Excellent Course & Facilities

Very good golf course and value for money. This is the second time playing here and again very enjoyable

Good option, it deserves to be known. Incredible Proshop (automated translation)

Very pleased with the course, will be back next year

Great course in great condition

Calanova has improved hugely. We have played it a lot but have never found it in such good condition.

One of The best courses. The restaurant was excellent and The golf shop best in The Area. Have playef IT every year and sure in future As well

A challenging course. The pro shop offers a huge selection of merchandise at reasonable prices.

A challenging course where the first and las holes has quit a bit of height difference from tee to green. However most of the holes are reachable for bogey golfers, but accuracy is need when approaching the greens to avoid three puts. If you are in short of any equipment or clothing, they probably have the biggest and most well equipped shop in the area.

Course and greens in great shape. You will pay for your misses. Fun course.

A good but mountainous golf course, a buggy is essential and I don't think they allow anyone out without one. When I played in Jan 24 the course was in good condition. But as the first time I played, because of it's difficulty and because it attracts holiday golfers, it's a 5-hour round. Prepare yourself.

We played the course twice in a week. The presentation of the course was immaculate. Greens were receptive , tricky and an excellent pace. A very enjoyable course to play. Found it less daunting than in previous years. Ate in the clubhouse on both occasions with food and service being excellent. Definitely on my list to go back next year.

Extremely hilly. A buggy is a necessity. Course was in excellent condition. Some holes are difficult due to the changes in elevation, but generally it's a fair test.

Calanova is a golfcourse we always play when we are in Malaga.

Excellent course, great facilities one of the best in Spain an absolute must to play. Local Accommodation is fantastic, we rented an apartment with perfect facilities 2 minutes from the clubhouse

An excellent course to play. We play here every year during July and noticed an improvement this year in quality of fairways and greens. Really enjoyable to play!

The new management change a lot the maintenance condition. 100% recomendable.

Course has improve greatly since my last visit a year ago. Apparently is running under new management now and greens and bunker have been completely renovated. Not being the easiest piece of land for a golf course, the design is quite challenging and worth if you find a good deal to play it.

This course was of a very poor standard having been left to deteriorate. The greens were very patchy containing large areas of sand. Fairways ok. The club are booking far too many causing delays during the round. The round took just under 6 hours on a buggy covering 8 miles. Only ereturn if you are a madman

Played here 1 March and was very disappointed with the course condition. The fairways were mainly ok but the greens were very patchy with a few of them having GUR areas. The facilities are very basic and seem to be temporary and the quality of the buggies is poor. A buggy is essential here as it is very very hilly. The course is difficult but well laid out it just appears to need quite an investment to bring the playing surfaces and facilities up to standard.

In first week of August we played: La Cala Europa&America, Marbella golf club, Calanova, Los Arqueros, Santa Marija, Cabopino, Alcaidesa (Hcp 13,18,22,25). Here are the reviews: La Cala Europa&America: 5, Marbella golf club 5+, Calanova: fairways 4, forgreen 3-, greens 3 (hairy) , Los Arqueros: 4,3 (good greens), Santa Marija: fairways 4, greens 3- (soft,soft, soft, hairy, nothing to compare to other courses, couldn’t putt). Even shorter course now. I was skeptic, but the stuff said we can play with buggies at 17 p.m. because we will easily come around. We had lots of traffic on the way but still make it on time. Because we finished after 9 p.m. the stuff said directly that this was the last time we did something like that…. WTF. Will not play it again but not because of this misunderstanding. A place for older or higher Hcp with nice club house), Cabopino: if La Cala is 5 I give it 4,3 like Los Arqueros (on La Cala they did really good job), Alcaidesa: If Cabopino and Los Arqueros are 4,3 it should be 4 ( a bit dry but good greens), but then Calanova and specialy Santa Marija should desert 2/3. Don’t get me wrong but La Cala and Marbella golf club were perfect, usually Los Argueros and Cabopino shuld recive 5 for such condition. I was surprised on golf courses that they war in such good condition in summer. BTW we play a lot on “costa” in all seasons. Oh, accept La Cala and Marbella they will have to work on sends some more!!!

Played here for the first time and wouldn't rush back based on price & condition - clubhouse adequate and changing facilities really do leave a hell of a lot to be desired to say the least....

39 Euros including a buggy through GinS - what an awesome deal! course in good condition, greens great and some lovely views despite being close to the motorway. Lots of nice dog legs, plenty of downhill holes to test your club selection. A few weak holes on the back 9 (particularly the par 3s) but all in all a great value must play course. Get a buggy cos it's very hilly. Agree with others about the smart arse starter though :-)

This course gets better and better. We always seem to be a little hungover when we play but this sorts you out! Don't be put off by the golf course snobs. This will challenge you but won't destroy out

Reasonable value for money. No clubhouse to speak of other than a portacabin. Starter extremely annoying and something of a 'know it all' so beware. Course in average condition. Some nice holes on front 9 but below average from 11 onwards. Won't be going back I'm afraid.

very good course for the price make sure you play here its a lovely lay out the greens are very good,would go back no prob,played it this year,