Little known on an international level and virtually unknown to the rest of the world, Franciacorta is a hilly area situated between Brescia and the southern shore of Lake Iseo and indeed, it is popular with connoisseurs of Franciacorta wine.
Lake Garda has always been the Italian lake most visited by the national and international influx of tourists, which has enabled the establishment of institutional bodies and private initiatives that today are capable of proposing a complete, varied offer including nature, sport, entertainment, wine and food and much more besides.
The U.S. magazine Wine Enthusiast has nominated the Lake Garda area as the only Italian wine-producing destination among the top 10 in the world to be visited in 2019.
If the exact origins of golf are not entirely known on an international level, let alone those of golf in Italy! On the other hand, it is possible to tell its story through certain key moments, cult figures and locations in which golf appeared halfway between the 19th and the 20th centuries.
Italian cooking is not only one of the most popular and healthiest cuisines worldwide, it is also one of the most varied. Starting with pizza – except for the aborigines, who else doesn’t know of its existence? – and ending with Italian-style ice-cream. A journey throughout taste consisting of hundreds of varieties of wine alongside sea, river and lake fish, as well as succulent cuts of meat, cheese, fruit and… coffee-related products.
Would you like to enjoy the combination of Golf and hotel on an unforgettable golfing holiday? As from today, Hotel Ulivi, Hotel Tritone Terme, Hotel Villa Luisa, Agriturismo Il Cardo and Hotel Il Sogno di Giulietta e Romeo are part of the Italy4golf network! Five Italian hotel facilities of excellence located in corners of paradise and in a strategic position to play golf on nearby, fantastic golf courses.
Joakim Björkman won the 2018 Italian Open for the Disabled – Sanofi Genzyme with a splendid on-course performance at the Golf Club Crema Resort, only a few kilometres from Milan in the marvellous rural setting of the Podere d’Ombriano.
As from today, Franciacorta Golf Club and Gardagolf Country Club are part of the Italy4golf network!
We are very proud to have initiated a collaboration with these two important Italian golf courses and together with the Matilde di Canossa Golf Club and the Villafranca Golf Club Le Vigne, they bring prestige to our network, contributing towards making it increasingly consolidated.
The 42nd edition of the Ryder Cup started on 25th September 2018 at the Le Golf National course in Paris. The Ryder Cup, irrefutably the most famous and exciting golfing event in the world will this year see Italian Francesco Molinari on the field, after his amazing victory at the British Open.
Until recently, golf was considered a discipline, you could either like it or hate it, but basically this is what it remained. Today, things are changing: golf is regarded a sport, just like all other sports, in which operators can no longer shirk analysing the performance. In short, one can no longer speak of golf without speaking of the “golf business”.
