Tabiata,
Balchik, Dobrich Province 9600
Office
+359 884 004 071Pro shop
+359 889 901 957Website
Visit websiteGolf pro
Krasi Panayotov (PGA, Head Golf Professional).Academy
The Golf Academy at BlackSeaRamaThe Course:
18 holes. Mainly open parkland. Gently undulating terrain - a few slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Open countryside, limited residential and many sea views.
Designer:
Gary Player
43.409896
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10 km E of Balchik / 51 km NE of Varna.
BlackSeaRama Golf & Villas: set back from and high above the Black Sea on the Bulgarian coast, you'll find the Gary Player-designed BlackSeaRama course. It sits directly alongside the Ian Woosnam-designed Lighthouse Resort golf course. A few kilometres to the east, and perched on cliffs directly above the sea, is Thracian Cliffs, another Gary Player design. All three are exemplars of Bulgaria's relatively new attraction to resort golf.
The first completed project of Gary Player in Eastern Europe, the "links-style" open parkland layout of BlackSeaRama provides endless sea views from a height of 200 m above sea level. You look out onto a magnificent bay, extending from Cape Kaliakra south to Cape Galata.
From relatively flat terrain, this cliff-top links golf course was created with generously sized fairways and greens ... the wind, as is usual on clifftop courses, is often a factor.
Stay&Play at BlackSeaRama: luxury onsite accommodation available, see Where2Stay section below.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance.
Contact club for full details, discounts, Stay&Play packages, etc. [Last updated: 2023].
Walking permitted. Golf carts available for hire.
Excellent (incl a double-ended driving range).
On the northern Bulgarian coast between the towns of Balchik and Kavarna, and facing out onto the Black Sea, three top quality Stay&Play golf resorts have recently come to the fore. The Ian Woosnam-designed course at Lighthouse Resort blazed the trail in 2008, quickly followed by two Gary Player designs, one at BlackSeaRama (2009), the other at Thracian Cliffs (2011).
Bulgaria's 2nd best course (Golf Digest, 2022).
Hwy E87, Tabiata area, 9600 Balchik.
+359 886 601 158
Visit websiteBlackSeaRama Golf & Villas offers its guests various types of accommodation to suit every taste and personal requirement. The residential area consists of one- and two-storey villas, small villages like the "Bell Tower" and the Club Residence. Many of the 100 villas and suites have breathtaking views of Cape Kaliakra and the golf course.
BlackSeaRama
Lighthouse Resort; Thracian Cliffs.
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