Opened in 1999, Camiral’s Stadium Course (above)—previously known as PGA Catalunya—has regularly hosted the Open d’España and the European Tour’s Qualifying School. The resort’s Tour Course is maintained to the same world-class conditions yet offers a slightly gentler and more forgiving proposition.

This is arguably Spain’s finest 36-hole destination, with tour-level practice facilities and a golf academy to match. Following a ​$1 million golf course refurbishment in 2022, water usage on the Stadium Course was cut by 35 percent, setting a sustainability benchmark to which many resorts in Spain and across Southern Europe should aspire.

The Camiral property rolls along the pine-forested foothills of the Pyrenees, and its hub is the beautifully appointed five-star Hotel Camiral, which is a model of understated, Catalan sophistication, created by local designer Lázaro Rosa-Violán. Though the resort is built near the ancient Roman road of Via Augusta (Camiral is Catalan for “Royal Road”), Camiral is a masterpiece of contemporary planning, modernist architecture, and timeless course design. —R.B.