8 of the best golf and spa breaks

Golf and spa breaks are a match made in heaven – offering the chance to play on some of the country’s finest greens before enjoying some of the most relaxing health and beauty treatments around. Spa and Hotel Break offers a variety of packages for anyone who would like to combine a day teeing off with some relaxing me-time – and there are options to suit all tastes and budgets.

Many packages include an 18-hole round of golf, a pampering spa treatment of your choice and full use of the fantastic leisure facilities. Some hotels offer golf and spa breaks for couples, including a treatment for one person and a round of golf for another – or you can simply add on another round of golf.

Spa and Hotel Break’s golfing venues are located Golf and Spa Breaksacross the UK and we offer a range of weekend spa packages and spa break offers at some of the country’s best courses. Keen golfers will instantly recognise the beautiful Carnoustie, which has hosted the Open Championship on many occasions, and the Celtic Manor, which hosted the brilliant Ryder Cup in 2010. Enjoy a round of golf on these renowned courses and follow in your hero’s footsteps, before relaxing in the luxurious surroundings of the hotel’s spa facilities for a break to remember.

Here’s our pick of eight of the best golf and spa hotels:

Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa, Formby, Merseyside

This luxury, four-star golf resort and spa is an unrivalled treat for anyone who is in need of rest, relaxation, great food and wine – and a variety golf and spa breaks – all on the same spa weekend. Alongside a variety of dining experiences – from gourmet tasting to delicious grills – facilities in the spa include steam rooms, ice fountains and showers, heated relaxation beds, a Rasul mud steam room, cosmopolitan lounge, relaxation areas and dry float beds. The golf offering is no less impressive: visitors can blend together the challenges of the picturesque PAR 72 Old course and the impressive Woodhey Dunes Course for the ultimate experience.

Carnoustie Golf Hotel & Spa, Carnoustie, Angus

With top-class spa and health facilities, the Carnoustie Golf Hotel is the ideal place for a Scottish spa break – and ten of its 75 luxury en suite bedrooms enjoy views over the Championship golf course, the sea and the local town of Carnoustie. Through Spa and Hotel Break, the hotel provides some great cheap spa weekend breaks where guests can make the most of facilities including a large heated swimming pool, sauna, whirlpool, steam room and gymnasium. There’s also an AA Rosette awarded restaurant and bar, but the highlight of any stay will be a round on the inspiring Carnoustie Championship golf course – where some of history’s greatest golfers have played.

The Belfry Hotel & Resort, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands

The Belfry is synonymous with golf and this prestigious venue has hosted more Ryder Cup tournaments than any other site in the world – so where better for a relaxing golf and spa break? Surrounded by over 500 acres of countryside, and having just undergone a £26 million refurbishment, The Belfry offers incredible spa weekend packages. From the iconic greens to the sumptuous bedrooms, everything here is designed to impress. The spa includes luxurious treatment rooms, a unique Fire & Ice experience, gym, studio classes, squash court, pool, spa pools and a tranquil conservatory where guests can sit back and relax. Keen golfers will be eager to try out not one, but three, courses on offer here – looking to relive some Ryder Cup magic of their own.

Hilton Puckrup Hall Hotel, Golf Club & Spa, Nr Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire

On the edge of the Cotswolds in 140 acres of parkland, the Hilton Puckrup Hall Hotel combines its own 18-hole championship golf course with a luxurious spa – great for overnight spa breaks for couples. The stunning location provides the perfect backdrop for the ultimate spa weekend, with an indoor swimming pool, gym, sauna, spa pool and steam room, plus luxurious treatments using world-renowned ESPA products. Outside, gentle undulations, lakes and mature trees provide a mix of natural hazards and doglegs to ensure each hole is a novel challenge for every level of player on the 18-hole, par-70 Championship course. The perfect place for golf and spa breaks.

The Oxfordshire, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Situated in the heart of the Chilterns, this luxury hotel and spa has a Championship golf course which is considered one of the most exciting in the country. Having hosted major tournaments such as the Benson & Hedges International, Andersen Consulting World Championship and Ladies English Open, it was voted in the Top 100 Golf Courses in England and awarded 4 Bubbles by The Good Spa Guide. Meanwhile relaxation, pampering and rejuvenating treatments await guests in the Tempus Spa, which boasts three treatment rooms, a fully equipped gym and studio, a 15m indoor swimming pool, sauna and steam room. Blissful for a group spa break!

QHotel Mottram Hall, Mottram, Cheshire

Regarded as Cheshire’s finest golf and leisure resort, Qhotel Mottram Hall boasts a superb golf course surrounded by glorious parkland, one of the best ’Halfway Houses’ in the country, a state-of-the-art spa and a romantic restaurant serving amazing local delicacies and reinventions of fine dining classics – perfect for spa hotel breaks. After a round of golf or day of treatments, guests can retire blissfully to the beautifully-appointed bedrooms for a peaceful night’s sleep.

Best Western Ullesthorpe Court Hotel & Golf Club, Ullesthorpe, Leicestershire

This modern, four-star country house hotel is set amidst glorious Leicestershire countryside and benefits from an 18 hole championship golf course, a leisure centre with beauty rooms and comfortable accommodation – great for an overnight spa break and cheap spa deals. The golf course offers challenging greens and a number of water features to provide an interesting round for the amateur golfer, whilst the leisure complex provides the chance to relax in a well equipped gym, swimming and spa pools, sauna, solarium and steam room.

Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales

With three world-class championship courses, a golf academy featuring a floodlit driving range plus two luxurious golf clubhouses, Celtic Manor Resort is the perfect golfing destination – and it just happens to be a luxurious five-star hotel too. Stylishly appointed bedrooms and luxury suites enjoy spectacular views over pristine golf courses and the surrounding Usk Valley, stretching as far as the eye can see. Award-winning dining and an array of stylish, delightfully-appointed spa facilities provide the finishing touch for a spa hotel stay in complete luxury!

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