le manoir de l’étang

Le Manoir de l’Etang

Swedish owned boutique hotel in close to 10 golf courses on the .

le manoir LE MANOIR DE L’ÉTANG

Le Manoir de L’Etang is a Swedish owned boutique hotel with 19 rooms and restaurant in a private 5 hectar park with horses; olive trees and a lotus flower pond. The house was built in the late 1800s and its interiors are a blend between Provencal and Scandinavian decor.

It is an ideal place to stay as a small or big group, as the hotel provides comfort with the feeling of being home away from home. HO A smiling staff will take care of all of your wishes. le manoir Le Manoir is situated in Mougins in a very tranquil location, halfway between Chateau Taulane and Monaco/Turbie, just a few minutes from the highway A8.

The hotel is close to several important golf courses. Many of them play host to international golf tournaments.

Cannes Mougins Golf Club, one of the most famous courses on the TEL Riviera, is within walking distance from Le Manoir. French Riviera GOLF ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA

Nice airport is an international airport with many daily from all the major and some minor airports in the UK.

There are around 300 sunny days every year on the Riviera.

AZ There are plenty of golf courses, many hosting international French Riviera tournaments. The courses are different to one another and are either situated by the sea or up in the hills and mountains. They are all situated within a 80 km radius of Le Manoir de L’Etang.

Most golf courses are opened all year round. UR Things to do include art and culture; food and markets not to forget a beautiful landscape. Golf Partner Plein Swing our golfpartner, will help you with everything including booking courses, with great discounts 15-25%, the rental of golfclubs and buggies, organizing a Coach upon request.

Plein Swing has great knowledge of the courses on the Riviera GO and can customize your program depending on your level Golf as well as time available to play.

Partner Transport to and from the hotel can also be arranged.

LF Olivier VILLAEYS Tél. 04 93 88 22 05 - [email protected] www.plein-swing.fr

GOLF IDEAS

Beginner; alone, couple or father & son, mother & daughter 3 day training with a coach, 4th day play on the course with coach.

Day before wedding at Le Manoir 18 hole at Mougins (5minutes from the hotel) with lunch.

Market & Golf St Tropez (1.5 hour from Le Manoir): Every Tuesday and Saturday there is a market on Place de Lices in St Tropez. After a visit there, we can organize golf at the Gassin (privat members club) or at the Beauvallon. (15 minues from Le Manoir): Every Friday there is a market in Valbonne. After a visit there, we can book you in for La Grande Bastide, just a few minutes from Valbonne. Fayence (45 minutes from Le Manoir): Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday there is a market in Fayence and after a visit there, we can book you in for the famous Terre Blanche.

For any questions in regards to golf, please contact Olivier Villaeys at Plein Swing on: [email protected] eller 0033685935289 SUGGESTIONS OF GOLF COURSES

30+ HANDICAP

3 day golf: Cannes Mougins • Grande Bastide • Opio

UNDER 30 HANDICAP

3 day golf: Cannes Mougins • Saint Donat • Old Course Mandelieu

5 day golf: Cannes Mougins • Saint Donat • Old Course Mandelieu • Terre Blanche • GOLF COUNTRY CLUB Chateau Taulane DE CANNES-MOUGINS This first classn 18-hole golf course with a driving range tucked away in the Valmasque forest near Mougins. It’s protected by woods, intersected by a river and has a number of water hazards. For 14 years, the Club hosted the Cannes Open professional tournament. Among others, Greg Norman, Severiano Ballesteros and Ian Woosnam have triumphed here. In 2010 & 2011, it was home to one leg of the European Senior Tour, the Cannes Mougins Masters, when other golfing legends upheld its reputation for excellence. GOLF DE LA GRANDE BASTIDE GOLF D’OPIO-VALBONNE This golf course at Chateauneuf near , has stunning This golf course created in Opio in 1966 is laid out in the middle of panoramic views of this picturesque village and Opio. The 18- 220 ha of beautiful, natural grounds and is packed with history, hole course, opened in 1990, boasts a bold modern design even having a Gallo-Roman aqueduct to prove it! The 18-hole offering broad fairways and greens well protected by numerous course is technically demanding and pleasingly undulating, bunkers and water hazards. Depending on which tee you start winding through a typically Mediterranean landscape. Streams from, it offers plenty of challenges for experienced players but alongside the fairways and big old trees make it refreshingly is also suitable for beginners. cool on hot summer days. The on-site 4-star Chateau de la Begude hotel, in an extensively renovated 17th-century bastide, invites you to prolong the pleasure for a few nights or longer. GOLF-CLUB DE SAINT-DONAT CANNES-MANDELIEU OLD COURSe In Riviera golfing’s “golden square” near Grasse, Saint-Donat Founded in Mandelieu in 1891 by Grand Duke Michael of Russia, offers skilled players a demanding course to pit their wits the old course is the oldest golf course on the Cote d’Azur. against and thrills them with the beauty of its holes, some of On its level fairways shaded by umbrella pines, near the sea, which are literally vertiginous. Opened in 1993, it was designed every moment feels like a privilege, whether you play the 18- by Robert Trent Jones Junior, who skillfully integrated it into hole Old Course or the 9-hole Grand Duc. Golfers particularly the relief of a lovely landscape providing natural protection. enjoy taking the boat across the Siagne river to go from one Its 18-hole course and compact 9-hole will fulfill all golfers’ part of the course to the other. To top it off, the magnificent expectations. Normandy-style clubhouse is always ready and waiting to welcome them for lunch. TERRE BLANCHE HOTEL SPA GOLF RESORT GOLF & CHATEAU DE TAULANE Terre Blanche, at Fayence in the Var at 35 minutes from Cannes, At La Martre, the 4-star Chateau de Taulane hotel looks gives experienced golfers an opportunity to tackle some out onto scenery that features mountains rising up to really tough challenges. This luxury estate boasts two 18-hole 1000 meters. Its 18-hole golf course is the first in championship courses, a coaching center, a David Leadbetter created by golfing champion Gary Player. The diversity of academy, a Biomecaswing center, a 5 star hotel and a spa, the holes; interspersed by numerous lakes, delight golfers and to complete golfers houses for sale. The two undulating of all levels. There is never a dull moment playing on this courses are technically challenging and include splendid ravines sober but original course that is superbly maintained. and water hazards. Since 2012, Terre Blanche hosts the French Swimming pool, sauna, hammam and Jacuzzi add to the Riviera Masters, part of the European senior Tour Calendar. “Best sense of bliss. European Golf Resort” and “Europe’s & France’s Best Golf Hotel 2014 – World Golf Awards.” ACTIVITIES TO COMBINE WITH GOLF

Gastronomy ex, taking a cooking class with a star-chef

Markets Valbonne (Friday), St Tropez (Tuesday & Saturday) Ventimiglia (Friday)

Art SEC Musée Picasso, Activities Fondation Maeght, St Paul Chapelle Matisse, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins

Vineyard & wine tasting Château Bellet, OND Font de Broc Château Roseline

Gardens Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, St Jean Cap Ferrat La Mouissone, Grasse

le manoir de l’étang

66 allée du Manoir - 06250 Mougins - 04 92 28 36 00 [email protected] - www.manoir-de-letang.com