If You Love to Golf, Consider these 5 Resorts in Belek, Turkey

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Turkey is of course famed as one of the world's bucket-list destinations for history and culture, as well as the growing popularity of its beaches. But even beyond all of that, the country increasingly offers many activities to entice travelers with all sorts of interests. An excellent example is golf - Turkey boasts dozens of top-quality links, especially in resort areas, and the pastime is still growing at a fast pace. Five of the best are located in Belek, a lively, modern, and upmarket beach resort of the southwestern Mediterranean coast just 45 minutes east of the city of Antalya. The setting is beautiful - surrounded by pine groves and backed by the Taurus Mountains - and in addition to world-class beach resort amenities there are a number of interesting archaeological sites in the area.

Check out theses top five all-inclusive examples of the fine golf resorts in this town below, and for more information on golf holidays in Belek, click here.

Cornelia Diamond Golf Resort & Spa

A golfer’s dream. this all-inclusive spread on a sandy private beach has 571 rooms, suites, and villas along with the  14-room Crassula Spa with a variety of luxury treatments; an indoor and outdoor pool as well as a pair of small water parks; several restaurants and cafés both buffet and à la carte; tennis courts; and fitness center. But the centerpiece is the 27-hole Nick Faldo-designed golf course and Laedbetter Golf Academy adjacent to the resort.

Gloria Golf Resort

This property with 515 rooms, suites and villas was opened in 1997 boasts Turkey's only 45-hole golf club, composed of three beautifully landscaped courses (one -nine hole and two 18 holers). Other amenities include six restaurants, four pools (including one indoors), tennis courts, swimming pools and much more.

Kaya Palazzo Golf Resort

Ensconced on a huge beachfront, these 645 rooms, suites (some of which are swim-up), and villas are complemented by four pools (the big main one, another that's indoors, and separate pools for kids and adults only); a water park; a fitness center; several tennis courts; five restaurants, and a 20-treatment-room spa. The pièce de resistance is of coure the 18-hole, par-71 course was designed by David Jones, which aims to strike the right balance between challenging and forgiving so that it can be enjoyed by golfers of all ages and abilities. 

Sirene Belek

Nestled between Belek's superb 18-hole Pasha and Sultan golf courses, this five-star property's 250 rooms/suites plus one villa all have full fairway views. Other amenities include six restaurants; seven bars and nightspots; five pools (including a small waterpark); a 300-meter beach; a kids'club, and a full-service spa.

Sueno Golf

With a gorgeously landscaped pair of 18-hole courses (the more straightforward "Dunes" and the generally tougher "Pines") ranging over 150 hectares at its center,  this 426-room/suite property has seven restaurants of varying cuisines as well as seven bars; 24-hour room service; five-treatment-room spa; 220m Blue-Flag beach; a 360-square-meter pool split between indoors and outdoors; a roster of nightly entertainment; a game room; a fitness center; and tennis courts.