Hidden away in the rolling countryside of Andalucía, only five minutes from the fashionable resort town of Marbella, is one of the best kept secrets in Europe—the 18 hole, par 72, championship Marbella Golf & Country Club. It was imaginatively designed by the legendary Robert Trent Jones with one goal in mind. To give both amateurs and professionals a real test of their prowess. Bunkers and water hazards abound. Especially on the back nine. And you’ll have to negotiate around—or over—several lovely lakes and lagoons. Every hole, unique in design and character, offers its own particular challenges against a disarming backdrop of an ‘azur’ blue sea.