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Turkey is perhaps not the first destination that comes to mind when thinking about a golf break. However, golf tourism in Turkey is a blossoming industry and there’s good reason for its emergence as a country offering some of the best golf breaks available.

Firstly, there is the weather. As the recent British Open at Turnberry will testify; when the sun shines, golf is a wonderfully pleasant game, but when its windy and wet, then the golf course can become a lonely place. With a golf break in Turkey, you are almost guaranteed that the weather will be hot and sunny.

The principal golf courses in Turkey can be found in the Belek-Antalya region of the country which is situated on the south coast, overlooking the Mediterranean Ocean and besides golf the area offers a wealth of cultural sights as you might expect from an area that is steeped in history.

Belek relies heavily on tourism and golf tourists in particular can take advantage of a range of luxury hotels as well as a choice of eleven golf courses. Away from the golf course, the thriving town also offers a range of fine dining, bars and attractions in which to while away the hours. Turkey offers a truly excellent value-for-money experience, not only on the golf course, but also on costs and the food and drink on offer is generally amongst the cheapest yet highest quality to be found anywhere in Europe. What’s more, the populace of Turkey go the extra mile to make sure visitors enjoy their stay to the upmost.

YMCA Snow Mountain Ranch

YMCA Snow Mountain Ranch, a 5,000 acre recreational facility, is located within the Winter Park/Fraser Valley in Grand County, Colorado, only 67 miles west of Denver. It conveniently adjoins The Fairways at Pole Creek, a residential golf and recreation development sited on 1,000 acres with spectacular mountain vistas. The blog for the YMCA Snow Mountain Ranch was the result of then YMCA of your Rockies Board Member Wendel Ley’s leadership over 3 years in looking for that perfect, year-round webpage for one more YMCA campus to compliment the existing YMCA Estes Park, Colorado web-site. When Wendel and his wife, Audrey, were introduced on a sunny, snow-covered February day into the 1,200 acre Just Ranch with its majestic mountain setting by the then elderly Mrs. Just, Wendel knew he was “close to heaven”. When Mrs. Just wouldn’t give Wendel an alternative about the ranch until the Board could assemble in July for their annual meeting, Wendel bought the Ranch for the spot. Examine out ColoradoMountainHomes.org.

With 40 years of land development encounter in Houston, Texas, Wendel knew that even if the YMCA didn’t appreciate the spectacular views and painless location to Denver and Estes Park that he valued, he would love his Ranch in Colorado. Prior to the July meeting, he swiftly took choices on much more than 6,000 acres surrounding the Just Ranch to be certain the YMCA had enough gorgeous land to think about for their new location. When the Board assembled in July, they fell in love with the majestic peaks surrounding the meadows and streams with the Valley and hired a land-planning firm to lay out their new YMCA campus. It was determined the Y required about 5,000 acres and Wendel and his two partners bought the remainder of a optioned acres. The Just Ranch with Mrs. Just’s original log cabin Home is right now the heart of a YMCA Snow Mountain Ranch acreage.