A massive 120-hectare estate with an 18-hole golf course, a nine-holer, a three-hole training course and a golf academy with lake range.

Set in an appealing countryside location close to the airport, it’s ideal for your first or last day’s golf. The main course is quite daunting off the back tees but the tree-lined fairways are far more enticing off the forwards. Very flat, quite technical and with a little bit of water and lots of bunkers, Pessac is very agreeable – and you should play to your handicap. There’s a warm welcome and good food in the modern clubhouse. Seven miles west of Bordeaux.