The Crete Golf Club is situated at Hersonissos, near Heraklion, the capital of Crete, and it's the first full 18-hole golf course to have been built on this beautiful Greek Island.

The 6430-yard, par 71-desert style course has two loops of nine, which seamlessly blend into the existing landscape. The slopes, visible rocky ground, groundcover pants and absence of trees provide a character, which is easily identifiable as Crete.

Each hole has a selectlon of 4 tee beds, providing a challenge for all golfers whatever their standards.
Where the scratch golfer will fInd the course a tough enough test from the back tee, the novice will find the forward tees more suited to their game.

For the farways, we have selected Paspalum as the grass type. This requires the minimum amount of water whist providing the maximum drought resistance. Tifdwarf will be used on the greens where a finer turfgrass is needed.

The course also comes with the full range of practice facilities for novice golfers, tourists and golf club members. ThiS includes a double- ended covered driving range with practice bunkers, short game area and practice putting green. There is also a second put- ting green adjacent to the first tee.

Utilising architectural forms found in early Cretan architecture, the design of the club house and range buiIdings is traditional in form but modern in function. The internal spaces all relate to the views across the course with excellent views of the 9th and 18th greens.

The opening date was on July 5th 2003; the club is open all year.

Direction
The Crete Golf club lies approximately 24 km east of the "Nikos Kazantzakis" International Airport of Heraklion and 7 km south of the town of Hersonissos, favourite with tourists. With Heraklion as your starting point, you go East on the "New Road" the E75 with direction to Ag. Nikolaos and turn south (right) on the Lassithi Plateau intersection with direction to Kastelli, 3.5 km. The Crete Golf club lies on your right hand side next to a water park.