Balvanera Polo and Golf Resort

Overview: Balvanera Polo and Golf Resort is an 18-hole par-72 course in Corregidora, just south of Querétaro. The club’s current golf page lists 6,882 yards and credits designer Marcelino Moreno. Its routing divides the property between 13 holes on flatter ground and five holes on mountain terrain, creating more variation than the resort name alone suggests. Slightly raised, well-protected greens make approach accuracy important, while the combination of open and elevated holes changes the visual rhythm through the round.

History: The course record dates Balvanera to 1991, and the club has continued to develop it as part of a broader polo, country-club and residential destination. Current official material highlights a renewed clubhouse, illuminated practice tee, putting green, professional academy and restaurant at the 19th hole. Those facilities support the course’s continuing role as a private sporting club rather than reducing it to a single round of golf detached from the rest of the property.

Did You Know? Balvanera’s five mountain holes are not just a scenic add-on to an otherwise flat course. The official description says the layout’s greens are slightly elevated and strongly bunkered, with the designer’s philosophy expressed through the demand for precise shots. The contrast between the 13 holes on the plain and five in the hills is therefore a useful guide to the way the course asks golfers to change their strategy during the same 18-hole round.