{"id":1249574,"date":"2024-02-05T19:30:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T19:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?p=1249574"},"modified":"2025-02-12T21:45:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T21:45:20","slug":"tempting-tuscan-fare-championship-golf-at-argentario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/tempting-tuscan-fare-championship-golf-at-argentario\/","title":{"rendered":"Tempting Tuscan fare & Championship Golf at Argentario"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Argentario Golf & Wellness Resort<\/span><\/a><\/strong>,<\/u>\u00a0a 5-star destination in the Maremma, is offering tempting Tuscan fare alongside championship golf with its \u2018Farm to Table\u2019 Half Board Package, with prices starting at Euros 418 for two people per night.<\/p>\n

The half board option, which includes a daily 4-course dinner and buffet breakfast, gives golfers the chance to embark on a gastronomic journey that places emphasis on local cuisine made with organic produce from the Resort\u2019s own vegetable garden and orchard and carefully selected local farms in the Maremma with a few seasonal specialities from the rest of Italy. Many of the dishes, created by the Resort\u2019s award-winning chef Emiliano Lombardelli, are unique to the Argentario kitchen, which prides itself on producing delicious, healthy dishes accompanied by wine from the region.<\/p>\n

During the day, golfers can enjoy 18 holes over the par 71, 6,218 metre course that features a front nine that weaves in and out of natural Mediterranean vegetation and ancient olive groves on the inward nine holes. Designed by the architect, David Mezzacane, and professional golfer, Baldovino Dass\u00f9, the layout is a varied, spectacular and technically challenging course.<\/p>\n

Testament to its quality and its facilities,\u00a0Argentario joined The PGA\u2019s growing list of exceptional branded resorts as the \u2018PGA National Italy\u2019 in 2019 and earlier this year it was announced that the golf club would host the Italian Open on the DP World Tour in 2025.<\/p>\n

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Then in the evening, guests can indulge in Emiliano\u2019s delicious dishes at the stylish Club House Restaurant that overlooks the 9th<\/sup>\u00a0green with views of the Orbetello Lagoon. Here each meal is begun with local homemade bread and the extra virgin spicy olive oil, made from fruit harvested from the ancient olive trees that line the Argentario golf course, which employs only organic practices.<\/p>\n

Some of the Club House Restaurant\u2019s mouth-watering plates include\u00a0traditional Roman pinsa with cured ham and organic mozzarella\u00a0and roasted octopus as an antipasto, followed by pastas such as\u00a0homemade green ravioli filled with pink shrimps in Mediterranean sauce and tortelli filled with ricotta cheese and chard in ragu Maremma style.<\/p>\n

For the second course, one of the standout dishes is braised veal cheek in wine sauce accompanied by celery root. The gastronomic experience concludes with a choice of homemade desserts such as the Club House tiramisu.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur menus change in line with the seasons and according to the vegetables and aromatic herbs harvested in our vegetable garden. At Easter, for example, we will have asparagus, artichokes, courgettes and various types of aubergines that are paired with all our Mediterranean aromatic herbs including basil, thyme, parsley, sage and marjoram. In late spring, we will have peas and celery as well as fruits such as peaches, apricots, pears and plums,\u201d explains head chef Emiliano Lombardelli, who was born and grew up locally.<\/p>\n

The package also includes an element of wellbeing as all guests have access to the 2,700 metre square spa and all its services and facilities, as well as the use of the golf driving range, padel and tennis courts, mini football pitch and jogging paths around the property,<\/p>\n