El Bosque Golf After the DANA:
What Visitors Should Know in 2026

This post exists because none of the major golf travel sites have updated their El Bosque pages since the floods. We're a small independent guide based in Valencia — we'd rather tell you what's actually happening than pretend nothing changed.

What happened in October 2024

The DANA (depresión aislada en niveles altos) that struck Valencia on 29 October 2024 caused one of the worst flooding events in Spanish modern history, devastating large areas of the province. Beyond the human cost, the floods reshaped landscapes, broke infrastructure, and shut down dozens of businesses south and west of Valencia city.

The Chiva area, where El Bosque sits, was directly affected. The Magro and Poyo riverbeds that fan out across the inland Valencia plain saw water flows hundreds of times their normal volume.

How El Bosque was affected

El Bosque Golf Club confirmed it was a beneficiary of two recovery programmes:

1. IVACE — ARA Empreses 2025: a regional grant for businesses damaged by the DANA, used by the club to fund reconstruction of irrigation, drainage, bunkers and cart paths.

2. Asociaciones y entidades community grant: for the associative and community fabric in affected municipalities.

In the weeks that followed the floods, third-party booking platforms reported the course was playable with a reduced layout. Twelve months later, the club is back to a more regular operation, but the recovery work is still visible — and so is the impact on green fees and tee-time availability.

What's playable in May 2026

This is where we have to be honest about the limits of our information.

What we can confirm: the club's booking system (elbosque.golfmanager.com) is live and accepting tee times. The clubhouse, restaurant and academy are operating.

What we can't confirm publicly: the exact 2026 green-fee schedule, whether all 18 holes are in regulation playing condition, and whether any temporary tee/green configurations remain in place from the recovery period.

Bottom line: the pre-DANA tariff we used to list (€105–€125 weekday/weekend for 18 holes) is not something we'd publish as the current 2026 rate. Until the club updates its public tariff or confirms it directly, treat any older numbers you see floating around as historical.

We are reaching out to the club for a 2026 tariff confirmation. When we have it, we'll update the main El Bosque page and add a note here.

If you want to play at El Bosque

The right move is to call or email first:

Ask three things:

1. Current 18-hole green fee (weekday and weekend).
2. Is the course playing the full 18-hole regulation layout today?
3. Are tee times available for the date you want?

If yes to all three, book direct via the official booking system and bring your handicap certificate — El Bosque has always required one and we have no signal that has changed.

Valencia alternatives if El Bosque doesn't work for your dates

If timing or availability gets in the way, three nearby clubs are operating normally:

For the full comparison see our Valencia courses overview.

How we're tracking this

We re-verify every club on this guide before publishing prices, and we date every figure. El Bosque is currently the only Valencia club where we cannot publish a confirmed 2026 green fee — so we don't. When the club publishes its new tariff, this post and the El Bosque page will be updated the same week.

If you've recently played El Bosque and want to share what you saw — green-fee paid, course condition, which holes were in play — we'd value the data point. Reach us at the contact page.

A note about the broader DANA recovery

This post focuses on the operational facts of a golf course. The DANA event itself was a tragedy for the Valencia region, with significant loss of life and lasting damage to communities, homes and businesses. Choosing to spend a day at a course that's still recovering — and tipping or buying from the local restaurant after — is a small way visitors can support the area's return to normal.