Golf Costa Adeje

Overview: Golf Costa Adeje is an 18-hole resort course on Tenerife's southwest coast, built across the terraces of a former banana plantation. Pepe Gancedo worked with the existing agricultural walls and contours, creating a routing that feels integrated into the hillside rather than imposed on it. The holes combine broad ocean views, stone boundaries, raised terraces and carefully positioned bunkers, while the surrounding slopes frame views toward La Gomera. The course asks players to manage elevation and uneven lies as much as length. Its visual calm can be deceptive, because the terraced ground and changing approach angles make club selection and distance control central to a good round.

History: Golf Costa Adeje was inaugurated on 3 October 1998. The course was created by adapting a working banana plantation, with Gancedo preserving agricultural walls and using them as part of the architectural language. The destination later grew into a 27-hole facility, including the championship course and additional holes, but the original 18-hole identity remains the centre of its reputation. Costa Adeje has hosted the European Ladies Open in 2005, 2008 and 2009, the Tenerife Open in 2021 and other significant professional events.

Did You Know? Many of the stone walls around Costa Adeje are remnants of the former banana terraces rather than decorative features added after construction. They help define the shape and elevation of the holes, so the course's history as agricultural land is visible in the playing lines as well as in the surrounding landscape.