Experts consider Garda Golf one of the best golf courses built over the past 10 years. It stretches over an area of 110 hectares and was designed by British golfing architects.

The Garda Golf Country Club is a 27-hole golf course which spreads between the Rocca di Manerba, the Castle of Soiano and the Valtenesi hills, and offers a breathtakingly beautiful panorama

Gardagolf Country Club has twice hosted the Italian Open - and it's easy to see why. It is regarded as one of the best courses in the country, yet it is fewer than 20 years old.

Designed by Cotton, Penick, Steel & Partners, the course opened in 1986 and appears forgiving - but beware those wide fairways.

There is plenty of water on the course and some very testing longer holes.

A wild driver can find all sorts of trouble … But it fails to dampen one's ardour for the venue.