Five-time motor racing world champion Lewis Hamilton and tennis aces Venus and Serena Williams are among the stars to have embraced a vegan diet to help them to sporting success, and sports fans can follow their lead at Spain’s La Manga Club this summer and autumn.
With increasing numbers of people opting to copy the example of leading sporting figures and celebrities by switching to a plant-based diet, the iconic resort has created a new vegan menu at its Amapola restaurant in the five-star Hotel Principe Felipe.
A long-term advocate of promoting a healthy lifestyle, La Manga Club’s latest menu features a range of tasty dishes including grilled marinated tofu with kimchee sauce and braised endives with quinoa and spiced sweet potato.
The new service adds to the extensive list of culinary treats on offer at La Manga Club, with guests having more than 15 bars and restaurants and a variety of global cuisines to choose from.
Among the options available, classic Mediterranean flavours can be found in abundance at the Amapola, La Bodega and La Cala resort restaurants, while Asia, India and Luigi restaurants also provide an incredible gastronomic experience without the need to leave the resort.
Situated in Murcia, south-east Spain, La Manga Club has set the benchmark for sports and leisure destinations across Europe for more than 45 years.
The official overseas training base of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), the resort’s facilities include three 18-hole golf courses, a 28-court tennis centre and 2,000sqm Wellness Centre, while La Manga Club is the home to Spain’s only official Chelsea FC Foundation Soccer School. In addition, it features the choice of a five-star hotel and four-star serviced apartments and townhouses.
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About La Manga Club
La Manga Club is a sports and leisure resort, located in the Spanish region of Murcia on the Mediterranean coast.
It covers an area of 560 hectares, three times the size of the Principality of Monaco.
Located in a magnificent natural environment next to the Calblanque Regional Park and the Mediterranean, with a mild year-round climate and exceptional security and privacy, the exclusive resort of La Manga Club (Cartagena, Murcia) offers luxury, leisure and sport in a unique setting. It is just a 30-minute drive from the region’s new Corvera airport and an hour away from Alicante airport.
Boasting more than 300 annual days of sun, the resort is surrounded by natural parks and untouched beaches and its extensive facilities include:
- A five-star hotel, Hotel Príncipe Felipe
- Las Lomas Village 4* apartments
- Three 18-hole golf courses, which received royal status in October 2017
- A 28-court tennis centre, including 20 clay courts
- Eight FIFA-sized football pitches
- A European Cricket Performance Centre
- 2,000m2 Wellness Centre
- More than 15 bars and restaurants including the famous La Cala restaurant, overlooking the Mediterranean
- A residential community of more than 2,000 luxury residences
Recently, the resort has become part of the Grupo Inversor Hesperia (GIHSA) a company that has 20 years of reputed experience within the hotel sector. It has a prominent presence in the main urban and holiday destinations through 29 hotels.
After almost five decades of commitment to excellence, La Manga Club has become not only Spain’s flagship resort, but also one of the most decorated holiday resorts in Europe.
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For more information on La Manga Club contact Pete Simm on 01730 711920 or email petes@theazaleagroup.com