Hotel Casa Velas and Velas Vallarta

Interesting. Tricky. Lots of water. Biggest complaint is the noise from planes and construction. Greens were great shape. Fairways were sketchy. Friendly staff.

This course is a little tighter than Nicklaus.

Greens run true. Really enjoyed the layout.

Great service.

The caddies are great and really help with course management.

I played both courses and like them both the same.

Greens ran true. Pace of play was perfect.

The restaurant staff was top notch.

Love the fact that you can call the bev cart using gps on the golf cart!!

Played Marina Vallarta Jan 2025 and all around an excellent experience. Booked as a single and was paired with another single which worked well. Rental clubs (the cheaper set, Taylor Made) were fine. Starter (from Kelowna) was friendly and accommodating. Range was good, lots of balls. Carts were fine, no GPS. Course layout was fine, a good mix of par 3/4/5’s. Golf Canada app does not have the correct course layout. One hole along the beach, a few holes next to houses. More water on the back 9 (and lost a few balls). Course looks brown from the road (and there is some brown grass) but is still in good shape. Tee boxes a bit worse for wear but nothing major. Greens rolled nicely. Washrooms in appropriate places on the course and were clean. Beverage girls came by frequently. Wildlife everywhere, particularly crocodiles (and some big ones) which was interesting.

Pro shop gear was a little expensive. No towels available (though pro was happy to sell you one for your rental clubs!) so you end up wiping your clubs on the bag which seemed a little amateurish.

I booked on Golf Now for about 120USD. Full rate was 168USD (or so) which seems high but is not bad for the area. Rental clubs were 56USD. Booked at 9:40am but the starter got us off 15 mins or so early as the course was not busy. Starter worked hard to let couples play by themselves. Twighlight times looked a bit more busy.

I would definitely go back.

Marina is basically a muni course. Upkeep and conditions are fine to not great (several burned out areas on fairway, tee boxes in so so shape, cart paths pretty bumpy, etc). However the greens are in good shape. Those are nice. FYI - Course is Bermuda grass but greens are not.

Some fun holes for sure with cool layouts, nice to have hole on the ocean and overall it's a decent track for hole design.

Main thing about Marina is it should be like a $60-80 course if was in pretty much any city in the USA. They can charge more bc tourists staying walking distance in the area say "what the heck, I want to play at least once while I'm down here so I don't really care if it costs 2x what it should"

Will play it again, but recommend looking for deals or afternoon rates so get your value.

All good , some wear and tear but golf maintanence underway.

This course continues to offer superb conditions of play. From tee boxes to fairways to green.

Once the ride up to the golf course is done with, it is a great experience.

Will come back, often.

Lotsvof dog legs makes it challenging fairways and greens excellent shape