Golf in Spain, wine & best steak in the world

This morning, your golf in Spain tour will continue with a transfer, after a delicious breakfast, to a tranquil haven away from the hustle and bustle of the modern world, Aldeamayor Golf Club.  The field of 18 holes par 70 white course,  5,676 m. in length, designed by D. Juan Ligues, presents a very comfortable orography which allows you to enjoy golf without excessive physical wear. Eminently technical course, where the narrow streets and water obstacles, are the main difficulties of the field, the greens of generous size and little movement, will delight the good kickers.

For lunch, you will be driven to to a traditional restaurant in a small village of this region. Your gastronomic journey begins with  an opportunity to sample the signature dish of the Ribera del Duero region, roast lamb slow-cooked using a centuries old technique, the local name is "Lechazo".  A selection of a-la-carte starters of local specialities will complement this fantastic meal. Of course, your meal would not be complete without and accompanying red wine from the region.

After lunch, you will be driven back to your hotel where you will enjoy the "Capilla de San Pedro Contrast Circuit" at the hotel's 5* Spa where damp and dry spaces are combined with contrast of coldness and heat to achieve blood stimulation, thermal regulation or elimination of toxins among others.

The "Capilla de San Pedro" is a recreation of the Treasury Chapel, also known as the San Pedro Chapel, located outside the church, at the south side of the Monastery of Valbuena of the 13th century. The word treasure refers to a small room or space situated at the top. It is believed that served as a funeral chapel and still preserves some sarcophagus of stone.

During this experience you will enjoy during two hours:

• Sauna.
• Bithermal shower
• Footbath.
• Pools of hot and cold water.
• Hamman.
• Ice fountain.
• Restroom where you can enjoy tea and fruits by the fireplace.

Day 4

After a sumptuous breakfast, you will say goodbye to the Ribera del Duero wine region and your guide and driver will pick you up to drive you along a beautiful stretch of land in North-western Spain to a small village called Jimenez de Jamuz.  Before you arrive, you will visit a fairy-tale palace in Astorga designed by Antoni Gaudí’s (architect of Sagrada Familia of Barcelona).

After this visit, you will be welcomed to Bodega El Capricho, one of the highlight of this golf in Spain tour and a paradise for meat lovers, a family-run farm house and grill restaurant acclaimed by the international press like The Wall Street Journal,  Time, the Guardian, Stern or New York Times as the best place in the world to eat the perfect steak.
The film Steak Revolution proclaimed the “Galician Blond” steak from Bodega El Capricho as the best in the world. This will be the most intense meat experience of your life in a remote village on the back roads of Northern Spain. El Capricho’s owner José Gordón raises his own oxen from different Iberian native breeds in a piece of land where you can touch these enormous animals with up to seven feet tall, 1.400 kgs and up to 15 years old. Then the meat is dry-aged in temperature-controlled refrigerators to enhance its flavours up to 180 days.
After a visit to the farm to admire the oxen you will immerse yourself into an unforgettable experience of intense flavours at the restaurant, placed in a cave used hundreds of years ago as a wine cellar.
After the feast, you can take a Spanish “siesta” while you will be driving south to San Lorenzo del Escorial, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the mountains near Madrid where one of the best Golf courses in Spain will be waiting for you.

You will sleep in the Exe Victoria Palace, a unique accommodation in a privileged location. Located in the historic centre of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, classified as an Asset of Cultural Interest in the Historical Territory category, the hotel invites its guests to enjoy an area where history and culture are all around. 

Day 5