Golf Holidays in South Tenerife: Two Courses on Your Doorstep

There's a specific kind of January morning that explains why golfers keep coming back to Tenerife: you tee off at nine in shirtsleeves, the Atlantic glittering behind the green, while the group chat back home posts pictures of frost delays. Southern Tenerife is one of the few places in Europe where golf is genuinely a twelve-month sport.

And Costa del Silencio happens to sit right next to the island's original golfing corner. Here's how to build a group trip around it.

The Local Pair: Amarilla and Golf del Sur

Five to ten minutes east of Costa del Silencio, around Los Abrigos, sit two neighbouring courses that anchor golf in the south:

Golf del Sur — the elder statesman, 27 holes carved through lava terrain, instantly recognisable for its black volcanic-sand bunkers. It has hosted professional tournaments and offers three combinable nine-hole loops, so you can play it several times in a week without repeating yourself.

Amarilla Golf & Country Club — next door, an 18-hole course whose seaside holes run along the cliffs; the par-3 over the ocean inlet is the one everyone photographs. Generally quieter than Golf del Sur, with a relaxed clubhouse.

Having both within a ten-minute drive means a group can play every morning of the week without a single long transfer — a luxury most "golf resorts" can't actually offer.

Photo: Thomas Tolkien, CC BY 2.0

Variety Later in the Week

When you want fresh scenery, the rest of the south's courses are day-trippable:

• Golf Las Américas — parkland-style greenery in the middle of the resort strip, about 25 minutes.
• Golf Costa Adeje — terraced fairways with big ocean views, around 30 minutes.
• Abama — the island's glamour course, further up the west coast, roughly 40 minutes and worth it for a treat round.

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Why Winter Is High Season

Tenerife inverts the European golf calendar. From November to March the south sits at 20–24°C with rare rain — we've written about what southern winters actually feel like — so while courses in the UK, Germany and Scandinavia close or turn to mud, Tenerife's are at their busiest and best.

The practical consequences: book tee times ahead in winter, expect continental green-fee prices rather than bargain-bin ones, and pack for sunshine with a light layer for the breeze.

The Villa Move: Why Golf Groups Skip Hotels

Golf trips are group trips — six, eight, twelve players — and this is where accommodation maths gets interesting. A dozen golfers in hotel rooms means six or more separate bookings, breakfast-buffet logistics and nowhere to gather except the bar.

A large villa replaces all of that with one house: bedrooms for everyone, one kitchen for lazy breakfasts before the round, a terrace and barbecue for the post-round debrief, a pool for the afternoon, and somewhere to actually store ten sets of clubs. Split the cost and the per-person price typically undercuts decent hotel rooms — the full arithmetic is in our large group accommodation guide.

There's also the mixed-group advantage: partners and family who don't play aren't marooned at a golf resort. From Costa del Silencio the beaches, coastal walks, whale-watching boats and everything else in the area are equally close.

A Sample Week for a Golf Group

• Day 1: Land at TFS, 15 minutes to the villa, warm-up nine at Amarilla.
• Days 2–3: Golf del Sur's loops in the morning, pool and barbecue afternoons.
• Day 4: Rest day — whale watching from Los Cristianos or a Teide drive.
• Day 5: Away day at Golf Costa Adeje or Abama.
• Day 6: Grudge match back at Amarilla, prize-giving dinner on the terrace.
• Day 7: Fly home tanned in January. Nobody mentions the frost delays.

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