Trip Highlights
- 9 unique ports including the artistic haven of Honfleur, fortified Saint-Malo, and Galicia’s coastal Ferrol
- Enjoy two overnights in Bordeaux with time to explore vineyards and grand architecture
- Play three top French courses including Cabot Bordeaux and two additional rounds in Spain
- Visit world-renowned cultural sights like the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao
- Explore Vigo and hike to Monte del Castro for panoramic views of the city and coastline
- Back-2-Back Golf Cruise: Irish Links & Spain Intensive
Itinerary
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Thurs, Sep 9Embark Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Embark Azamara Journey beginning midafternoon. Welcome Cocktails & Briefing this evening with your fellow guests and PerryGolf staff.
Begin your journey from Portsmouth, gateway to England's southern coast.
At Sea
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Fri, Sep 10Honfleur, FranceGolf Barrière Deauville
Golf Barrière Deauville, opened in 1929, is famed for scenic Mont-Canisy views and a storied past that includes hosting the French Open.
Stroll Honfleur's harbor, long beloved by artists, and experience its active fish markets and historic charm.
At Sea
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Sat, Sep 11Saint-MaloSaint-Malo Golf Resort
Saint-Malo Golf Resort features the Surcouf Course, a wooded, lakeside layout designed by Hubert Chesneau of Le Golf National fame.
In Saint-Malo, walk along the ancient ramparts and explore quaint streets filled with Breton crepes and cider cafés.
At Sea
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Sun, Sep 12At Sea
A relaxing day to enjoy Azamara Journey. Pamper yourself at the spa, unwind poolside, or enjoy elegant dining as we sail south.
At Sea
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Mon, Sep 13Bordeaux
Explore Bordeaux, home to iconic châteaux and legendary wine estates in the surrounding Médoc countryside.
In Port — Bordeaux, France
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Tues, Sep 14BordeauxCabot Bordeaux
Cabot Bordeaux, a Scottish links-style layout by Bill Coore, ranks among Continental Europe’s Top 100 with windswept terrain, pristine greens, and a memorable par-4 11th.
Enjoy a second day in Bordeaux and its surrounding countryside.
In Port — Bordeaux, France
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Wed, Sep 15Bordeaux
A final day to explore Bordeaux and its surrounding countryside.
At Sea
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Thurs, Sep 16Bilbao, SpainUraburu
Uraburu Golf sits in the hills above Bilbao and offers dramatic views alongside a challenging layout amid lush Basque landscapes.
Visit Bilbao's iconic Guggenheim Museum, dine on pintxos, and explore the vibrant culture of the Basque Country.
In Port — Bilbao, Spain
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Fri, Sep 17Gijon
Explore Gijón's cider culture on the Cider Trail and discover why it boasts Spain's most bakeries, including a legendary croissant
At Sea
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Sat, Sep 18VigoRía de Vigo
Ría de Vigo Golf Club offers a challenging, picturesque layout overlooking the Vigo estuary.
Discover Vigo, where you can ascend Monte del Castro and explore the fortress for sweeping city and coastal views.
At Sea
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Sun, Sep 19Porto (Leixões), Portugal
At the mouth of the Rio Douro lies Porto, with its ancient cathedral, port lodges, and the vibrant Ribeira waterfront—perfect for strolling and savoring seafood and tawny port.
At Sea
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Mon, Sep 20Disembark Lisbon, Portugal
Disembark Azamara Journey in Lisbon, a grand maritime capital blending historic charm and a vibrant modern culture.
Back-2-Back Golf Cruise: Irish Links & Spain Intensive
Day-by-Day Itinerary
Please note: Golf will be played with Golf Carts. At Uraburu there will likely be a requirement for a small number of players to walk with trollies with carts allocated to those players in most need or with medical conditions.
Golf Courses
Ship
Azamara Ships
Click here to view more information about the intimate-sized ships of Azamara
Inclusions
Cruise Fare
- Accommodation in the suite or stateroom of your choice subject to availability
- All onboard meals, soft drinks, tea, coffee, and select standard spirits, beers, and wines in a variety of restaurants, cafes and bars
- An option to dine, at a modest supplement in either of the ship's two speciality restaurants, The Prime C Restaurant and the Aqualina Mediterranean Restaurant (complimentary for suite guests)
- Gratuities for housekeeping, dining and bar staff
- Shuttle service to and from port communities where available
- AzAmazing EveningsSM event
Golf Package
- Green fees and starting times for number of rounds as indicated and shared use of golf cart and/or caddies where available (refer to Itinerary for cart & caddie availability by course)
- All transfers to and from the scheduled golf courses in luxury air conditioned coaches
- Practice range facilities and golf balls where available
- Transportation, handling and cleaning of golf equipment for duration of voyage
- Welcome & Farewell cocktail parties onboard plus “Golfers Social” gatherings onboard where scheduling permits
- Light lunch at each golf course plus open bar for select standard beers, wines and spirits
- Casual tournament format with awards on one day
- All gratuities for golf related staff including drivers and golf bag handling staff
- Full-time PerryGolf program manager onboard and onsite at each golf venue
Important Information
- Golf Handicap Limit: Our golf tours and cruises visit courses with varying challenges, requiring players to meet a certain standard. To ensure an enjoyable experience among like-minded golfers, we set maximum handicaps of 28 for men and 36 for women.
- Golf Courses: Course lineup may be subject to change if a club hosts a conflicting event or for other reasons. In such cases, PerryGolf will endeavor to arrange a comparable course and notify guests promptly.
Not Included
- Airfare to/from destination
- Travel protection
Pricing
Select your cruise cabin and golf package to instantly view your total trip price.
1. Select number of travelers
Pricing tool is for single cabin purposes only. Please select a maximum of two travelers.
2. Select Cabin
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Suite 5 options from $6,189 per person
StateroomCategoryAvailabilityRate/personClub World Owners SuiteCWAvailable$10,429Club Ocean SuiteCOAvailable$9,389Club Spa SuiteSPAvailable$8,429Club Continent SuiteN1Available$6,349Club Continent SuiteN2Available$6,189
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Veranda 6 options from $4,109 per person
StateroomCategoryAvailabilityRate/personClub Veranda PlusP1Available$4,989Club Veranda PlusP2Available$4,829Club Veranda PlusP3Available$4,669Club VerandaV1Available$4,429Club VerandaV2Available$4,269Club VerandaV3Available$4,109
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Oceanview 4 options from $3,069 per person
StateroomCategoryAvailabilityRate/personClub Oceanview04Available$3,309Club Oceanview05Available$3,229Club Oceanview06Available$3,149Club Oceanview08Available$3,069
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Interior 4 options from $2,649 per person
StateroomCategoryAvailabilityRate/personClub Interior09Available$2,909Club Interior10Available$2,829Club Interior11Available$2,749Club Interior12Available$2,649
3. Select Golf Package
5 Round Program
Ria De Vigo Golf, Cabot Bordeaux, Uraburu Golf, Saint-Malo Golf Resort, Deauville
$3,150 / Golfer
Total Package price: Select options above
Your Selections
- Please select from the options above.
Please refer to the Reservation Form for details regarding Deposit, Payment, Cancelation and Travel Insurance.
Book early: Secure the best suites and staterooms at best price. Cancellation fee is only $200 per person up to 300 days before departure.
FAQs
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What is PerryGolf's Golf Cruise background?
We have operated golf cruises since 1997 on a variety of vessels with the expertise developed providing custom land tours since 1984. In 2011 we offered our first golf cruises with Azamara® whose fleet of 4 ocean liners have proven ideal for the purpose. Their fleet of boutique hotels at sea for less than 700 guests are large enough to offer every amenity yet small enough to navigate smaller harbors for premium docking space. Today we are delighted to partner exclusively with Azamara for our year-round schedule of worldwide golf cruises.
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Where do the golf cruises operate?
Our current portfolio includes voyages to the British Isles, the Baltic Sea, Norway, the Mediterranean, Australia & New Zealand plus South Africa.
The highest profile of these is our annual British Isles Cruise which combines attendance to the final weekend of The Open with play at collection of the finest and most revered golf courses of the British Isles.
While our golf cruise roster varies, as do the golf courses we visit, guests can expect to play many of the finest and best known courses around the world. Some of the venues which regularly feature in our cruises include:
- Portmarnock
- Royal Birkdale
- Gleneagles
- Royal Portrush
- Royal County Down
- Ailsa Course Turnberry
- Royal Dornoch
- Bro Hof Slot
- The Estonian
- Gorki Golf Club (Russia)
- Valderrama
- PGA Catalunya
- Terre Blanche
- Pevero
- Yas Links
- The Emirates
- Kauri Cliffs
- Cape Kidnappers
- Jacks Point
- New South Wales
- Fancourt
- Leopard Creek
- Buenos Aires Golf Club
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What format do the golf cruises follow?
Our golf cruises are a fully managed all-inclusive experience, delivered in a way that ensures exceptional guest satisfaction. All golf related arrangements and logistics are managed in advance and onsite by PerryGolf. Typically (although it varies dependent on individual itineraries), the golf cruise program will schedule golf on just over half of shore days, allowing golfers a balance of golf and sightseeing activities. Beyond golf, guests are free to explore on their own arrangements or via a variety of excellent shore excursion programs provided by our cruise partners. The ethos of the golf cruise program is to ensure the high level of service which guests enjoy onboard is extended to the golf experience off the ship. The program creates a stress free environment, allowing guests to relax and enjoy their cruise and the opportunity of playing some of the world’s finest and most memorable golfing venues, and to do so in the company of existing or like minded new found friends.
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What is included in the price of the Golf Cruise?
Our golf cruises are as all-inclusive as it is possible to be. Onboard, all accommodations, meals, entertainment, open bar (selected beers, wines, spirits and soft drinks) and gratuities are included. Off the ship, all greens fees, cart fees (or caddies at certain venues – excludes caddie gratuity), ground transportation, range balls, box lunch, open bar at respective clubhouses and gratuities are included.
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Should I take out travel insurance?
PerryGolf strongly recommends that you have luggage, accident and trip cancellation insurance. It is important for your own self-interest and protection that you make certain you have adequate coverage. Full details of the Travel Insurance that PerryGolf can make available to you is available here.
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What is a typical golf cruise group size?
The typical group size is approximately 40 golfers, with on average a further 10 non-golfing spouses.
Our cruises that include attendance to The Open are larger with approximately 150 golfers and a further 50 non-golfing spouses.
Some guests join our cruises as relatively self contained groups, eg 2 or 4 couples who know each other, and they will have their own golfing partners already arranged. Other guests travel as individual couples or single travelers and are seeking to meet and play golf with other guests. We will arrange golf pairings for these guests and through this a great many friendships are born. Non-golfing spouses are also perfectly catered for with a range of shore excursions available.
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What is a typical golf day?
We manage each guest’s golf equipment from start to finish. The equipment will be taken to the course in advance, loaded onto a golf cart (or be waiting with a caddie at certain venues) and be ready for each guest’s arrival.
Transfers from the ship are coordinated to ensure that each guest arrives at the golf course with ample time to warm up before play. A sandwich lunch is provided on the golf course, sometimes as a box lunch from the ship, or alternatively provided by the club. An open bar with snacks, soft drinks, beer or wine is always available during play, and the clubhouse bar operates similarly following play.
Following golf, guests are free to relax in the clubhouse to chat about their round and to experience the particular ambience before transferring back to the ship.
On one golf day during each cruise an informal competition will be held with prizes to be awarded in a ceremony taking place later onboard the ship.
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Tell me more about the golf program.
Every aspect of the golf program is fully managed by PerryGolf staff onboard and ashore. Your clubs will be ready and waiting at each venue. Tee times and pairings arranged and posted in advance. A convenient transportation schedule affords suitable time to warm up at the range, and to make the almost inevitable pro shop merchandise purchase. Where available by the venue – refer to the Itinerary for details – caddies are included (excluding caddie gratuity) for all our guests. A friendly competition is staged at a selected course, with prizes awarded at our farewell gathering. A snack lunch is included on-course plus an open bar operates in the clubhouse at the conclusion of the round. Our typical British Isles Golf Cruise guest list which brings together like-minded individuals generally numbers around 120 (split over two golf courses at each port), with new friendships invariably formed during each cruise. Many guests are golfing couples but an equal number are golfers travelling with a non-golfing spouse. Specially arranged onboard golf group social functions, to which all accompanying non-golfing spouses are most warmly welcomed, further enhances the club-like environment. The award winning Azamara Shore Excursions® program, offering a wide variety of off ship excursions, also caters beautifully to our non-golfing guests during days when our golfing excursions are underway.
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Tell me more about the ship.
The ship serves as our perfect floating boutique hotel and clubhouse, is a small-sized luxury vessel nimble enough to access smaller ports yet large enough to provide every amenity you would expect, from a choice of fine dining and live entertainment, to a well-equipped gym and full-service spa. Forty-four suites are available with English butler style service which routinely book early. Sailing schedules often include extended stays in port plus the occasional overnight which allows for a truly immersive experience. Better still, these cruises are inclusive of a selection of beers, spirits, soft drinks, bottled water, specialty coffees plus wine with lunch and dinner along with gratuities for housekeeping, dining and bar staff. Azamara also proudly boasts two unique signature events on each cruise – an AzAmazing Evening℠ and the White Night party – complimentary to all guests and consistently well received.
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What is the dress code onboard?
Azamara® is nicely relaxed, a “resort casual” dress code is acceptable ship wide. During the day sportswear, shorts, sundresses, etc for ladies; shorts, sportswear, polo shirts, tee shirts for men. There are no formal evenings on either vessel. Some guests chose to dress up in the evening but the norm is simply collared shirt and pants for men and long skirts and tops or dress pants for ladies.
At the golf courses, normal golf resort attire is required.
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What level of fitness & mobility is required?
Aspects of PerryGolf trips may require a certain level of fitness and mobility in order for a guest to participate fully. Activities may include walking over uneven or rough surfaces, stepping on/off buses, walking up/down stairways where elevators do not exist, stepping in/out of tender boats or occasionally smaller boats, this list is intended as representative but is not exhaustive. If a guest has any concerns over their fitness or mobility levels they should discuss this in advance of any trip with a PerryGolf golf travel specialist and they will provide further information with regard to the activities that you are concerned about, but in general, PerryGolf activities are not designed or intended to be overly strenuous.
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Can I ship my golf clubs ahead of me to my destination?
Yes you can send your golf clubs, and indeed any luggage in advance to your destination to avoid checked baggage hassles. For more information click here.
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Can PerryGolf assist with my air travel arrangements?
PerryGolf can provide comprehensive assistance with your air travel arrangements for your PerryGolf trip. We enjoy attractive premium cabin fares with our Preferred Carriers who serve our destinations. These fares are bundled with our land arrangements. For more information click here.
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What are the key services PerryGolf provides?
PerryGolf is luxury golf tour operator with a unique portfolio of worldwide travel experience and is uniquely qualified to arrange every aspect of a luxurious, international golf vacation. Learn more here.
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Are there testimonials from past travelers?
We have lots of testimonials from our gracious clients - too many to show them all. But you can view some here.
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Are there more photos from past trips?
You can view photo albums from various destinations from some of our past trips here.
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Who should I contact for further assistance or to book a PerryGolf Golf Cruise?
Enquiries should be directed to our dedicated team of Golf Travel Experts at Expert@PerryGolf.com or 800.344.5257. Our experts are all golfers who understand the needs of golfers. They know the venues, all the details of the programs, and have also sailed onboard the vessels of Azamara®. They are ideally placed to provide the best assistance and guidance.
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Do you have any booking tips?
Simply we encourage guests to book as far in advance as possible as soon as a cruise or program launches …. doing so ensures guests can access the best selection of staterooms and suites (particularly suites with their limited availability on Azamara) and the very best prices …cancellation penalties for cruise and golf package are extremely low.
We hope these questions and answers assist you.
Should you have any additional questions please feel free to ask your PerryGolf Travel Expert at Expert@PerryGolf.com or 800.344.5257.