Our recent trip to Corsica, staying at the San Lucianu Beach Resort, was our fourth holiday with Mark Warner and the fourth time we’ve taken advantage of their tennis set-up. The POD Father and I signed up for the classic course, which gives 4 x 1 hour mornings of tennis tuition for £80, with in this case a single coach, Blake. Previously we’d played tennis at San Agostino, Lakitira and Levante where there are more courts and three coaches respectively.
Having played a fair amount before POD’s arrival, but not at all since until the Levante Beach Resort earlier in the year, we were still a bit rusty but looking forward to practicing what we’d learned in Rhodes and picking up any new tips Blake had up his sleeve to help improve our game.
We also took POD along to the Mini Tennis Drop In (€15) one morning before Kids Club – which was unfortunately less successful. Nothing to do with Blake’s abilities and more about POD being spoiled with one-to-one coaching by ‘Frosty’ at Levante. She was in a group this time.
I booked a serve clinic mid week for €20 which was excellent and gave me some much needed confidence. As well as giving you the chance to develop your tennis skills the course offers the opportunity to get to know other guests, on the course itself and during social tennis sessions in the evenings.
Sport is a great leveller to steal an old cliché and obviously one that Mark Warner is well aware of providing as all the resorts do many opportunities to get involved. From the structured tennis and sailing courses to the ad hoc volleyball, football and table tennis games. If you love sport as we do you’ll have plenty of chances to participate. If not you’ll be equally welcome to soak up the sun and dip in the pool.
As someone who sits behind a desk far too much I recommend you dust off your PE kit and grasp every opportunity to get active. If tennis is your thing you’ll be well catered for. The facilities and coaches at all the Mark Warner resorts we’ve enjoyed have been superb. The San Lucianu Beach Resort is the smallest of the 4 but still offers an excellent service (I wish mine was!).
The introduction of a fridge court-side which arrived on our last day is a very welcome addition. Cold water is available for you to fill your bottles from taps across the resort, but in temperatures of 30° it soon heated up. Oh and watch out for the over hanging palm trees. They’re a great source of shade on court but not so great when receiving a high bouncing ball!
San Lucianu lived up to our previous tennis experiences leaving us happily at 4 – 0 to Mark Warner.
Disclaimer: Mark Warner covered the flights, transfer and half-board accommodation at the San Lucianu Beach Resort. Opinions are our own.
