Mini Golf in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote

Much like buses, you wait ages to write another blog post about minigolf in Lanzarote and then two come along at once!

I love seeing oversized golf ball obstacles / decorations on miniature golf courses

My friend Richard Rochester has sent me some snaps of the Mini Golf course outside the Rubicon shopping centre, near the marina in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote.

It looks like a nice layout

It looks like we may have to arrange a Crazy World of Minigolf Tour trip there one day...

Related blog posts:
- Lanzarote

Rooftop Mini Golf in Puerto Del Carmen, Lanzarote

Guest blog post about a rooftop Mini Golf course in Puerto Del Carmen, Lanzarote

Many thanks to my mate and minigolf rival Steve Lovell and his friend Brian Butterworth for sending over these snaps of a rooftop minigolf course in Lanzarote.

A view of the Jurassic Kingdom Adventure Golf course

The dinosaur themed adventure golf course is called Jurassic Kingdom and can be found on the top floor of the Biosfere Shopping Centre in Puerto Del Carmen.

A view from the rooftop at the Biosfere shopping centre. There's a little train ride on the right!

This course isn't the first we've heard about in Lanzarote, as my sister-in-law Jo spotted a coulourful Mini Golf course by the beach in Puerto Del Carmen in 2014.

We love seeing minigolf courses from around the world. It's great to know there's another one we can play, if and when, our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour takes us to the Canary Islands.

Link:
- Jurassic Kingdom Adventure Golf

Related blog posts:
- Lanzarote
- Guest blog posts

Minigolf in Canada, Spain and Portugal. And Beer in Devon

A selection of photos from minigolf courses in Portugal, Spain and Canada.

I recently received some great photos and scorecards from my friend (and coin & token dealer) Nigel Lutt following his travels to Huelva in Spain, Lagos in Portugal, Niagara Falls in Canada and Beer in Devon! Top stuff indeed.

It's always wonderful to find out about new courses - as well having a look at the scorecards players get too!

First up was the Dinosaur Adventure Golf course in Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls, Canada. Take a look at the size of that volcano!

That is a BIG minigolf layout!

Next up are some snaps of the interesting looking and motor racing-themed Crazy Golf course in Isla Canela in Huelva, Spain.

A nice looking minigolf course

Nigel in action on the course

Each of the holes is constructed to look like a road/racetrack!

Nigel and Ruth also visited the Pro Putting Garden in Lagos, Portugal. What a brilliant looking minigolf course.

Nigel in action at the Pro Putting Garden

A tricky double plateau hole!

That looks like a tough hole to ace

One of the longest raft rides we've seen on a minigolf course

  

Here's the Pro Putting Garden scorecard from Nigel and Ruth's minigolf match-up.

It looks like the front nine holes were tricky

The Rules

It's always nice to see the types and variations of scorecard in use at courses. Back on our tour of the south west coast of England Emily and I ran out of time to have a day out at Pecorama in Beer. Judging by Nigel's scorecard from the Pecorama Crazy Golf course we could have been there a long time too as it looks like holes 2, 5, 7 and 8 were very tricky indeed!

Nigel's round at Pecorama Crazy Golf in Beer, Devon

What a scorecard! Don't lose your balls

Many thanks again to Nigel and Ruth for the snaps and scorecards from their travels. It's so nice to see the wide-range of minigolf courses there are around the world. There's always something new to see. Check out the more guest blog posts in the links below.

Related blog posts:
- Guest blogs
- Portugal
- Spain
- Canada
- Devon

Links:
- Dinosaur Adventure Golf course in Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls
- Pro Putting Garden in Lagos, Portugal
- Pecorama in Beer, Devon

Minigolf in Valencia, Spain

A visit to the Minigolf course in Valencia, Spain.

Emily recently swung by the Minigolf course in the park near Pont del Regne in Valencia, Spain. It looks like an interesting layout.

The course looks like fun

The course became the 739th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and we've now visited or played minigolf in eleven overseas countries.

A fine looking park square

A map of the area. The minigolf course is near to Parc Gulliver - a theme park with a Gulliver obstacle course 

At first glance this hole looks like it's got a strange obstacle on the green

A closer look reveals it to be a Natural Gas outlet pipe!!!

 

Quite a looping u-turn

An uphill shot to a plateau

An easier uphill shot

A bridge of sorts

Looks like it could be quite aceable

A view of the course from the shade

The holes under cover are a little too covered!

Shady

Leafy

Tricky to play

Another aceable hole...

Tough route to the green

A bit of a zig zag

Uphill to an elevated green

Quite a block hole

Another view of the course and some of Valencia's skyline

Some of our minigolf stats since 2006:
- 739 courses visited overall
- 711 in the UK
- 28 overseas - in 11 countries
- 433 played

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Spain

Schar gluten free goodies from Spain

Finding some different Schär gluten free products in Spain.

Emily was recently in Spain and picked up some Schär gluten free treats for me at the El Corte Inglés supermarket.

Emily bought four of the Schär products you can't buy in the UK

I was particularly interested in the Choco Butterkeks! They were one of my favourite types of biscuit before I was diagnosed with Coeliac Disease in 2008

Luckily Emily got me two boxes

The last time Emily was in Spain I got this load of 'Sin Gluten' treats.

Links:
- Schar gluten free UK
- El Corte Inglés

Related blog posts:
- Gluten free
- Coeliac
- Spain
- Sin Gluten

Mini Golf at the Mediterranean Palace Hotel in Tenerife

My cousin Jason stayed at the Mediterranean Palace Hotel in Tenerife on his recent holiday and the view from his balcony included a miniature golf course!

The course is an 'Eternit' style of Miniature Golf, with some different obstacles to usual

Earlier this year my brother Christopher spotted a Minigolf course at Vista Alegre in Porto Cristo, Majorca, and last year my sister-in-law Jo found a Crazy Golf course in Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote.

Links:
- Mediterranean Palace Hotel website
- MiniatureGolfer.com's list of Minigolf courses in Spain

Related blog posts:
- Spain
- Eternit Miniature Golf

Minigolf at Vista Alegre in Porto Cristo, Majorca

Finding a miniature golf course in Porto Cristo, Mallorca.

The minigolf course at Restaurante Vista Alegre in Porto Cristo

Charter member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour Christopher Gottfried has come up trumps again, as on a recent holiday to Majorca he managed to find an unplayable Minigolf course!

An interesting looking hole

The layout was at the Restaurante Vista Alegre in Porto Cristo.

Restaurant, minigolf and pool

That's quite a big boat obstacle

This looks like a tricky hole to putt on

There's a great sea view from the minigolf course at Porto Cristo

The last course Christopher spotted on his travels was the Crazy Golf at Ladram Bay in Devon, that layout also had a magnificent sea view.

Courses visited by Christopher Gottfried 2011-15:

- Brighton - Crazy Golf

- Paignton Pier - Crazy Golf

- Herne Bay - Mini Golf
- Great Yarmouth - Windmill Theatre Indoor Crazy Golf

- Margate (Cliftonville) - Little Oasis Crazy Golf

- Newquay - Mini Golf

- Letoonia Golf Resort, Belek, Turkey - Minigolf

- Mundesley - Adventure Island Golf

- Ladram Bay - Crazy Golf

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Christopher Gottfried
- Mini Golf in Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote

Links:
- Restaurante Vista Alegre in Porto Cristo on Facebook
- MiniatureGolfer.com's list of Minigolf courses in Spain