First stop was the golf academy, where under the care of the hugely patient and friendly Scottish golf pro Craig Donnelly, we were taught all about the sport.
Forty years on, it has had a complete facelift, and the hotel reopened in 2023 with revamped rooms, a brand new spa, a thriving golf academy and a keen eye to regaining the rights to host some of the most prestigious competitions on the tour.
A five-minute walk from the hotel were the 28 courts which make up La Manga’s racquet club, run by British husband and wife team Nick and Sally Munns who took it over in 2021 and spent two million Euros refurbishing the lot.
For us, the draw was golf and padel, the sport belatedly taking the UK by storm long after the rest of Europe worked out how fun it was.
The next morning, we started the day with the most enormous breakfast which involved multiple trips for waffles, fruit, bacon, omelettes, pastries, orange juice – all overlooking the last hole of the South Course, one of three first class courses available to guests.
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