Montenmedio

Montenmedio sits within a 500-hectare stretch of protected Andalusian dehesa near Vejer de la Frontera, and it genuinely doesn't look like anywhere else on the Costa de la Luz. Designed by Alejandro Maldonado and opened in 1996, the course has no buildings anywhere along its fairways or greens, just wild olive, cork oak and pine forest, with deer, rabbits and ducks a regular sight during a round.

The par-72 layout is a classic parkland design that makes good use of the natural terrain, wide and welcoming off the tee but demanding real course management once the wind and scattered hazards come into play. Between the trees, several holes open onto genuinely striking views: the whitewashed villages of Vejer, Benalup and Medina, and on a clear day, the African coast beyond the Strait of Gibraltar.

The clubhouse, styled in Andalusian neoclassical fashion with Asian touches, offers a proper base for the day, alongside a full practice area and driving range. For golfers who want a round set apart from the coast's busier resorts, in a landscape that feels genuinely untouched, this is one to build a visit around.