GTI | La Manga Sports Training Camp

La Manga Club
Sports Training Camp

Group Travel International has officially teamed with La Manga Club to offer sports teams the unique opportunity to avail of the amazing sports training facilities that are on offer. La Manga Club Training Centre is the finest of its kind in Europe. Over recent years, its eight football pitches have played host to some of the world's most famous soccer and rugby teams as well as notable Gaelic football teams such as Armagh and Dublin.

A beautifully landscaped 1400-acre sports and leisure resort in Murcia, on south-east Spain’s “Costa Cálida”, La Manga Club offers first-class facilities and beautiful surroundings. With 325 sunny days a year, the average high temperatures during the winter are 18 – 24 degrees.

Clubs choosing La Manga Club for their training camps will benefit from the personalised coordination services of our experienced Sports Groups department, who will attend to your every need before and throughout your stay. Services can be tailored to each individual team’s requirements and typically include flights and transfers, accommodation and catering, pitch allocations, organisation of matches against local teams, entertainment and activity.

There are two types of deluxe accommodation within La Manga Club, both ideally suited to sports teams needs, La Manga Club Príncipe Felipe Hotel (5*) and Las Lomas Village & Spa (4*)

Hotel La Manga Club Príncipe Felipe *****
Hotel La Manga Club Príncipe Felipe is a magnificent five-star resort hotel, built in Andalusian style, in the heart of La Manga Club, adjacent to two of the three championship golf courses. Each of the 192 elegantly furnished guest rooms and suites is designed and equipped to ensure your utmost comfort, with details such as individually controlled air conditioning, satellite TV with on-demand movies and Internet access, marble bathrooms, French windows opening onto balconies or terraces. Everything is designed to offer you the best personal attention, right down to the very last detail, so that your stay is unforgettable.

Las Lomas Village****
The Sports village style accommodation enjoys an unrivalled hillside position, with wonderful panoramic views and the superb facilities of Spa La Manga Club right next door.

Accommodation is in four-star standard apartments and guestrooms specifically designed with sports groups in mind. Apartments have just been redecorated and now offer a fresh, new contemporary design. All rooms have their own en suite bathroom, telephone, television and safe.

The climate and facilities at La Manga Club are ideal for sports training and a number of top clubs have already chosen La Manga Club for their training camps. La Manga Club Training Centre comprises eight full size grass pitches, including an exhibition pitch with floodlighting and a grandstand accommodating 800 spectators. One extra pitch is suitable for five-a-side football. The most up-to-date pitch preparation techniques, automatic irrigation systems and dedicated maintenance programmes have produced pitches of a standard virtually unmatched, even amongst the world’s top stadiums.

Facilities for GAA, rugby, football, cricket, golf and tennis include moveable goal posts, football nets, massage benches (please note that balls are not provided). The Centre also has changing rooms, press and parking facilities. Mineral water is provided at pitches during training sessions.A twice-daily laundry service for kits is available after morning and afternoon training sessions.

Spa La Manga Club is a spectacular 2000m2 wellness centre located at Las Lomas Village, which is an excellent complement to your training sessions and matches. Set out over two floors, it includes a large, superbly equipped fitness centre, separate aerobics studio and 6-lane, 25m indoor lap pool. It also features a poolside sauna and steam room. Access to the jacuzzi area and treatment rooms is restricted to spa members and clients having a spa treatment. Within the same building there is also a spacious function suite with panoramic views that can be reserved for team meals.

Years of experience have taught La Manga Club how to deal with the particular needs of teams during their training periods. The Club offers a full catering service and can tailor menus in collaboration with team management to suit specific dietary requirements. Alternatively, you can choose from the set buffet-style team menus, which are regularly updated in accordance with the latest nutritional guidelines. From breakfast to dinner, creativity in service and the culinary expertise for which La Manga Club is renowned are at the disposal of your team.

For free nights, players can enjoy a wide variety of cuisine at the resort’s many restaurants, including Mediterranean, Italian, Asian and American. Snacks, sandwiches and basic groceries can be purchased at the Deli-Café in Las Lomas Village.

La Manga Club has a very wide variety of other recreational sports and leisure activities available for players, as well as programmes for partners and club officials. The following is just selection of what La Manga Club has to offer:

Golf: Three award-winning championship courses, with organised tournaments, pitch & putt challenges and group golf lessons possible
Racket sports: Tennis (28 tennis courts including 20 clay, 4 artificial grass and 4 hard courts), squash and paddle tennis. Tournaments, social matches and professional coaching can be arranged through our top-class tennis academy.
Team building and outdoor activities: Experiential training, orienteering, trekking, sailing, quads, an introduction to scuba diving, kayaking, rafting, go-kart grand prix, mountain biking, treasure hunt, team games, beach olympics
Other: swimming (indoor and outdoor pools), fitness, water sports on the Mar Menor lagoon.

Flights connect from Dublin, Cork, Belfast, Knock, Derry and Kerry direct to Alicante Airport (ALC). The airport is only 120 km / 75 miles from La Manga Club and the transfer time is approximately 1 hour.