Plans de Bonvilar 17,
Terrassa, Barcelona 82227
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SeveralThe Course:
18 holes. Open parkland (links-style) Gently undulating terrain - easy to walk.
Surroundings:
Rural countryside and woodland.
Designer:
Greg Norman designed the Rosa and Amarillo courses when El Prat relocated to this site in 2003.
Above distances are for the Amarillo (Yellow) course. Also at Real El Prat is the 18-hole Rosa (Pink) course (par-72, 6,465 metres from back tees), and a further nine additional holes (Verde-nine).
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24 km NW of Barcelona
From the AP-7 motorway NE of Barcelona take exit 21 (Sabadell/Manresa) and follow the C-58 direction Terrassa/Sabadell. From the C-58 take exit 16 (St Quirze/Sabadell Norte). After exit ramp follow direction Terrassa. After o.9 km at (complicated) roundabout, take third exit direction Mercavalles (a small side road off the roundabout). After o.5 km turn right direction RCG El Prat. After 2.1 km (ignore El Valles Golf) turn left into RCG El Prat.
Royal El Prat (Amarillo)
Real (Royal) Club de Golf El Prat (Amarillo course): Like its sister course, the Rosa, the Amarillo course is a joy to play, notwithstanding its manifest difficulties and challenges. This, afterall, is a layout designed for top level championship golf ( ... but playable from any one of seven sets of tees).
Apart from the tree-lined par-5 16th, the Greg Norman designed Amarillo (Yellow) course at Royal El Prat is an open links-style layout, which embraces every manner of bunkering, and copious amounts of it. The ground has been left intentionally "rough" and uncultivated between the fairways, although someone no doubt tends to the areas of wheat, growing in the larger "waste areas". Excellent greens, complete with testing run-off areas, are where your score can be made or broken.
The scenery beyond the course (not quite as captivating as on the Rosa layout) comprises mainly rural landscapes, a splendid castle-topped mountain, the Hospital de Terrassa, and a scattering of electricity pylons. On the course there is plenty to hold your undivided attention, especially from the golfing standpoint.
Pick of the holes: The 18th is a wonderful 426-metre par-4 finishing hole and one of the hardest on the course. This somewhat daunting uphiller demands a good drive towards the right side of the fairway. This leaves a lengthy approach to a long green guarded by a large rightside bunker and a hollow to the left.
Stay & Play at Royal El Prat: luxury onsite accommodation available at Hotel La Mola; see Where2Stay section below.
Visitors welcome on weekdays; a limited number of visitors are welcome on weekends.
Must book in advance. Proof of handicap required.
Credit cards accepted. Contact club for full details, discounts, day tickets, Stay&Play packages, etc. [Last updated: 2020].
Soft spikes only. Players generally walk this course. Golf carts available for hire.
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The Barcelona Golf Club was originally established in 1912 in Pedralbes, just outside the city centre. The club was the initiative of some amateur golfers ... members of Barcelona’s nobility. Several years later King Alfonso XIII of Spain conferred the Royal prefix on the club.
In 1954, as a consequence of the city's expansion, the club was forced to move to a new location between El Prat de Llobregat and the sea; here the club adopted the name Real Club de Golf El Prat ("RCGEP"). The golf course at El Prat de Llobregat was eventually consumed by the ever-expanding Barcelona airport, forcing the club to move again in 2001. The airport's new runways buried many of the fairways ( ... evidence of which can be seen just southeast of the airport).
Real El Prat has hosted numerous top level national and international competitions, and is a regular venue for the Spanish Open Championship (see our Tournaments section >by Venue >El Prat).
2019/20 Golf World rating: 16th best Stay&Play golf resort in continental Europe.
Cami dels Plans de Can Bonvilar s/n, Terrassa 08227.
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Visit websiteThe 4-star La Mola Hotel is surrounded by the Natural Park of Sant Llorenç del Munt i l'Obac and 45 holes of golf at the Real Club de Golf El Prat. Boasting 185 guest rooms, three bars, restaurant, spa, infinity pool, steam baths and a fitness centre, La Mola is an oasis of calm and tranquility located just 25 minutes from Barcelona.
Royal El Prat (Rosa and Amarillo courses)
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Barcelona GC (Masia Bach)
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Royal El Prat (Rosa and Amarillo courses)
Barcelona GC (Masia Bach)
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