Great Golf Awaits In the Land of Which Pilsner was Born and Fairytales Might Just Come True If you need to have an Ocean on your golf vacation you can stop reading right now. If you are good with waking up in a fairytale setting surrounded by cobblestone streets and mystical architecture, exceptional golf, warm summer nights, and very reasonably priced I might add – then, read on! Colorful and historic architecture abounds, not only in Prague but other cities and towns, Brno, the second largest city in the Czech Republic also the gateway to the South Moravian Wine country,…
Author: Claudio DeMarchi
Claudio DeMarchi
Claudio DeMarchi is a golfer who loves to travel to play golf. Publisher and editor of the Traveling Golfer www.travelinggolfer.net established in 2006. Claudio is also the North American representative for IAGTO the International Association of Golf Tour Operators, considered the global tourism organization for the golf industry with over 2,700 members in 100+ countries. In any given year IAGTO is responsible for conducting up 6 golf tourism conventions around the world.
When you think of Thailand you automatically think of Bangkok, the amazing nightlife, temples, palaces, and floating markets. If you have been to Thailand and traveled around a bit, Pattaya, Hua Hin, Cheng Mai and Phuket are likely destinations you have been to or heard of, especially if golf is one of your reasons for travel to this all-encompassing bucket list destination. On my last visit we took in three of the above centers, Bangkok, Hua Hin, and Pattaya. All easy drives which included golf rounds on route. Additionally, we had a few days in a very historic but sobering…
Gazing through my bourbon as the sun sets, we reflect on our past few days of world class golf, spectacular and diversified cuisine in Hua Hin, Thailand. Originally a resort town for Bangkok-based nobility, Kings Rama VI and VII built summer palaces here. Today it’s a fashionable mix of where the city meets the sea with lively markets, dining experiences for every pallet, water parks, excellent accommodation and an ambiance that just keeps getting hipper and more cosmopolitan everyday. From a golfer standpoint (and there really is no other, is there?), it might just be my favorite in the country.…
Did you know that Thailand and its world renowned capital city, Bangkok, welcomes more visitors than any city in the world? If one were to tell you that Bangkok has it all…as my British friends might say, “They would be spot on!” It has everything from adventurous tuk tuk rides through the city streets, exploring the floating markets by longtail boat along Chao Phraya River and its mysterious canals to historic landmarks, temples, shrines, infamous nightclubs, exotic red light districts, fashionable boutiques, wholesale shopping, local and international cuisine! Did I forget to mention GOLF? Of course I did!! Most deserved…