The Good Safari Guide Awards were announced on the 7th May, 2010 at the Durban Hilton, South Africa, prior to Africa’s largest travel trade show, INDABA 2010, showcasing the widest variety of Africa’s best tourism products and attracting international visitors and media from across the world. Elsa’s Kopje in Kenya was elected as the Best…read more
Voting in the sixth annual election of the Desert Springs Golf Club to choose a Vice-captain and two members each for the Club’s Handicap and Competition Committees for the period 1st April 2010 through to 31st March 2011 closed at 18.00 hrs on the 31st March. Validation and counting of all votes received has been…read more
Desert Springs has been selected to host the ‘InVentaBrand Celebrity Golf Masters 2010’ between Friday 26th to Sunday 28th March 2010. The aim of the event is to raise funds for Caravan, the trading name of the National Grocers’ Benevolent Fund, which is the charity for the grocery industry. Caravan helps people all over the…read more
“Today’s news could open the floodgates for property sales in 2010” Pent-up demand for property in Spain, stifled in the past year by the effects of the global recession but converted into sales since the start of the new year, thanks to a series of ‘buy now’ incentives, gets a further boost this month with…read more
We have to inform you that Assistant Director of Golf, Alfonso Castiñeira will be leaving Desert Springs on Sunday, 28th February to join the ranks of the Professional Tour. Alfonso joined us in March 2007. During that year, Alfonso won the ‘Copa de Andalucía’ and was ranked number 3 in the Spanish Amateur Order of…read more
Kent-based James Villa Holidays is the latest to add Desert Springs, Europe’s only international award-winning luxury family resort and championship desert golf course in the Almeria region of south-east Spain, to its portfolio of leisure resorts for holidays in 2010. The company, which offers holidays in 44 leisure resorts for clients flying from 26 UK…read more
Karen, our resident therapist at The Day Spa, is pleased to extend this very special 60 minute Facial and Massage treatment offer. Due to popular demand the treatment, which includes a 30 minute prescribed power boosting facial and a 30 minute relaxing back, neck and shoulder massage, is now available until March 31st 2010. Elemis…read more
“The golf course at Desert Springs in Spain is tricky but very good for your golf!” That is the verdict of 16-year-old Daisy-May Kenny, one of 14 pupils from Millfield, the independent school in Street, Somerset, who have returned from their first visit to the resort to develop their individual golfing skills. The school, which…read more
The sixth annual election for members to choose a Vice-captain and two members each for the Club’s Handicap and Competition Committees, for the period 1st April 2010 through 31st March 2011, is announced. Since April, 2005, Club Officers have been elected annually from and by Members to work with the management of the Club. It…read more
LOS ALUMNOS DE MILLFIELD GOLF ALABAN LA CONCENTRACIÓN EN CLIMA CÁLIDO EN DESERT SPRINGS “El campo de Golf en Desert Springs en España es desafiante pero muy bueno para tu golf” Ese es el veredicto de Daisy-May Kenny, de 16 años y una de los 14 alumnos de Millfield, el colegio independiente en Street, Somerset,…read more
Para evitar la nieve Nódica se dirigen hacia el sur el mes que viene 25 de los mejores futbolistas de Noruega para disfrutar del micro-clima desértico del Sureste español. Un equipo de 22 jugadores y 3 entrenadores del Honefoss Football Club – que actualmente compiten en la Tippeligaen, la división superior del fútbol noruego,…read more
Players from Norway’s Bryne Football Club pictured last year at Desert Springs in the Almeria area of Spain where they were the first Norwegian club to benefit from the facilities of the resort’s Football Winter Training Camp. Shunning the Nordic snow as they head south next month to enjoy the desert micro-climate of south-east…read more
The family-friendly Crocodile Club at Spain’s Desert Springs – just one of scores of resort facilities featured on the 80 videos currently available to view at here. Scores of hitherto unseen videos produced by the Cheltenham-based Almanzora Group are the first to go online at the YouTube website intended to provide year-round news and…read more
A new David Lloyd Resort opening this month at Desert Springs (pictured here) in south-east Spain offers holiday homes for sale on a shared-ownership basis at prices as low as £24,000 Desert Springs Resort, Europe’s only international award-winning luxury family resort and championship desert golf course, located in the Almanzora region of Almeria in south-east…read more
Millfield, the independent school in Street, Somerset, has named the Desert Springs Resort and Golf Club in the Almeria region of south-east Spain as the official Spanish home for its golf academy. During December 2009 15 pupils – 11 boys and four girls aged between 13 and 18 – were the first to make a…read more
Desert Springs has today published the ‘2010 Public Green Fee Offers’ pdf on its web site here. The ‘2010 Non Resident Members Extra Rounds, Members Guests & Non Member Property Owner Green Fee Offers’ have also been posted in the Owners section of the web site here. Director of Golf, Simon Coaker remarked: "The Seasonal…read more
Dear Residents & Holidaymakers, Please be informed of the opening hours for the Marquee over the Christmas and New Year period: 24th December, 2009 10.00 – 14.00 25th December, 2009 – 3rd January, 2010 Closed* *However, the marquee will open on Tuesday, 29th December…read more
Karen, our qualified and experienced health and beauty therapist, is pleased to announce she will now be offering Pamper Party Packages. So why not take time during the day to get together with friends in the comfort of your own home, spending quality time with them whilst being pampered. Package 1 – Luxury Day…read more
Our resident therapist at The Day Spa is pleased to offer a very special 60 minute Seasonal Facial and Massage treatment offer. This offer, available now until the end of January 2010, includes a 30 minute prescribed power boosting facial and a 30 minute relaxing back, neck and shoulder massage. Elemis power boosting facials produce…read more
Open Land Day At La Ribina As previously announced, Desert Springs S.L. has released 16 building parcels for sale from its separate landholding at La Ribina, just by the western boundary of the resort, with easy access both to the resort and to the road from Vera to Las Cunas. On Saturday 31st October from…read more
