For decades, Torrevieja has been one of the favourite destinations for international buyers and golf enthusiasts looking for sunshine, Mediterranean living and easy access to a wide selection of golf courses. Its location on the southern Costa Blanca, excellent transport connections and established expat community have made it a natural base for golfers from across Northern Europe.
But many visitors don’t realise that one of Spain’s most exciting golf destinations lies just beyond Torrevieja.
Less than an hour to the south, the Region of Murcia offers a very different golfing experience. Here, courses are less crowded, landscapes are more natural, and new developments are creating opportunities that are increasingly difficult to find on the Costa Blanca. While Torrevieja represents a mature and well-established market, Murcia combines the same Mediterranean lifestyle with greater space, a more relaxed atmosphere and significant room for future growth.
For golfers, that means discovering exceptional courses without the congestion often found in more established destinations. For property buyers and investors, it means accessing a market where quality remains high, but entry prices and long-term appreciation still offer considerable potential.
Golf Around Torrevieja… and Why More Golfers Are Heading South
The golf courses surrounding Torrevieja are concentrated along the southern Costa Blanca, stretching towards Orihuela Costa and inland through the Vega Baja. They have earned a solid reputation thanks to their accessibility, good value and year-round playability.
However, as this part of the Costa Blanca has matured, many golfers are now extending their search into neighbouring Murcia. Within less than an hour’s drive, they can access La Torre, El Valle, Hacienda Riquelme and other established courses in the region, easier tee-time availability, spectacular natural surroundings and a new generation of residential golf resorts that offer a different kind of experience.
Rather than competing with Torrevieja, Murcia complements it. Its proximity allows visitors to enjoy the best of both regions while discovering a destination that many believe represents the next chapter of golf tourism in southeastern Spain.
What the area offers
- Good availability year-round — courses in this southern zone are less pressured than those further north toward Benidorm and Calpe
- Competitive green fees compared to the northern Costa Blanca and Costa del Sol
- Flat to gently rolling terrain that suits golfers of all ages and fitness levels
- Well-established golf communities with active club cultures
- Short transfer times from Alicante-Elche Airport (approximately 45–50 minutes)
Forty-Five Minutes South: Golf in the Region of Murcia
Torrevieja’s position on the Costa Blanca–Murcia border is, from a golf travel perspective, one of its most underappreciated assets. The Region of Murcia begins almost immediately to the south — and the contrast with the southern Costa Blanca is immediate and significant.
Where the Torrevieja area offers flat, accessible, familiar golf, Murcia offers something different: natural landscapes that have not been reshaped by decades of tourist development, protected natural parks, a more varied terrain and a sense of genuine discovery that the mature Costa Blanca market can no longer easily provide.
The most notable project currently under development in the region is Corvera Hills Golf — an 18-hole course being built in a natural Mediterranean setting, approximately 45 minutes from Torrevieja. The course is being designed within a protected Mediterranean landscape of pine forest, native scrubland and rolling hillsides — a setting that stands in clear contrast to the flat agricultural terrain of the southern Costa Blanca.
The course is not yet open, but the project is well advanced and the setting already speaks for itself. For golfers based in Torrevieja who want to add a genuinely different experience to their time in Spain, Corvera Hills represents a future golfing destination.. For those planning a longer golf trip to this part of the Mediterranean, it is increasingly the reason to include Murcia in the itinerary from the start.
Combining Torrevieja and Murcia: A Natural Golf Week
The geography works particularly well for a combined golf trip. Flying into Alicante-Elche Airport, golfers can base themselves in or near Torrevieja for the first part of a stay — playing the established local courses in the southern Costa Blanca — then make the 45-minute drive south into Murcia for a completely different dimension to the trip. Alternatively, Murcia International Airport is just 10 minutes from Corvera Hills, making a split-airport itinerary — fly in to Alicante, fly home from Murcia — a practical and increasingly popular option.
Golf Property: Torrevieja vs. Murcia
Torrevieja and its surrounding municipalities have long been popular with northern European property buyers, and golf-adjacent properties here are well established in price. For buyers looking for a first entry point into this part of Spain, the market is liquid and transparent.
For buyers looking for something at an earlier stage — better value, a more natural setting, proximity to a golf course still in development — Corvera Hills Residences offers a different proposition. Properties are available now, adjacent to the course as it is developed, in a protected natural park setting that the southern Costa Blanca property market cannot match.
Torrevieja Is a Great Base. Murcia Is the Destination Next Door.
For golfers in and around Torrevieja, the local course offer is solid and the lifestyle is well established. But the most exciting golf in this corner of the Mediterranean is not in the southern Costa Blanca — it is 45 minutes to the south, in the Region of Murcia, where Corvera Hills Golf is taking shape in one of the most naturally beautiful settings in Mediterranean Spain.
It is close enough to visit on a day trip. It is different enough to be worth the journey. And with Corvera Hills Golf still in development, now is the time to discover it.
