| The opening of the Costa Navarino Resort with | | | | pot bunkers and link element which make it so unique |
| Greece's first integrated signature golf course will give | | | | and playable. |
| the local economy in Messinia a much needed boost | | | | The Costa Navarino's Agora is designed to look like a |
| and increase employment in the area. | | | | traditional village and has entertainments such as an |
| Costa Navarino is spread over 130 hectare of west | | | | open-air cinema and a Greek amphitheatre as well as |
| facing coast line and rolling hills of the Messinian | | | | shops, cafes, bars, and restaurants. Other facilities in |
| countryside. The resort centres round the luxury | | | | the resort include tennis, squash and basketball courts, |
| Romanou hotel, designed to look like a modern | | | | a football pitch, various water sports and a spa centre |
| Nestor's Place and the family-oriented Westin hotel, | | | | which add to the year-round activities for guests and |
| inspired by rustic Byzantine and Ottoman influences, | | | | tourist in the area. |
| which have over 700 rooms and suites between them. | | | | The general manager, Enda Mullin said that when the |
| These hotels are already up and running and are | | | | resort reaches its peak it will employ about 900 people |
| proving to be popular with guests. In addition, the resort | | | | that have undergone intensive training programmes. |
| has a state of the art conference centre which has | | | | The resort will bring new custom which will benefit the |
| had back-to-back bookings since it opened. | | | | area of Messinia. Mullin affirms that the resort has |
| The Dunes signature golf course is due to open to the | | | | been received extremely well; people are please with |
| public in July. It was designed by Bernard Langer the | | | | what they see and are looking forward to returning. |
| former US Masters Champion and Ryder Cup Captain | | | | Navarino's second golf course, near Pylos is due to |
| in association with European Golf Design. Troon Golf | | | | open in the spring of 2011 and will stimulate growth in |
| Enterprise will be managing the 18 hole, 72 par course | | | | Messinia's economy further still. |
| with its undulating greens, wide fairways, steep-faced | | | | |