Berlin is a city where families will feel welcome.
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When it comes to exceptional escapes, the South African province of Limpopo is ahead of the game. Just a few hours drive or a short flight north of Johannesburg, Limpopo offers visitors the unique opportunity of combining safari and first-rate golf. It's home to both one of the largest game parks in the world, the prestigious Kruger National Park, and a wealth of word class golf courses.
If you want to drive your South African experience into another league, check out our choice of six of the best golf spots in Limpopo.
Not content with being the world’s longest and highest par 3, Legend Golf & Safari Resort's Extreme 19th has taken the ingenious approach of combining time on the links with safari for an experience like no other. The course is situated right in the Entabeni safari conservancy and its not uncommon for golfers to share their time on the fairways with wandering antelope, zebra and giraffe.
Each of the first 18 holes at the Legend’s Championship Course has been designed by a different world-famous golfer. You'll get to test your skills on the creations of legends like Justin Rose, Colin Montgomerie, Ian Woosnam, Padraig Harrington, Sergio Garcia and, of course, South Africa’s own Gary Player, Trevor Immelman and Retief Goosen.
The Extreme 19th, perched atop Hanglip Mountain, can be reached only by helicopter. Once you arrive, you're faced with a shot to a green that's shaped like the African continent itself. However, it looks an awful lot smaller at 470 yards below. Your ball will take an agonising 20 seconds to land but, don’t worry, Mulligans (do-overs) are allowed, if not expected. Much more relaxing is the shorter Tribute Golf Course, where the 10 holes are each a replica of famous par 3s elsewhere in the world.
Legend Golf and Safari Resort © Limpopo Tourism Agency
Voted the best walking course in South Africa, the fairways at the Hans Merensky Hotel and Spa also benefit from an incredible location that means bushland spectators are not unusual. The spectacular Kruger National Park borders the course with elephants and antelopes often seen ambling around the green spaces while hippos and crocodiles sometimes add an extra element to water hazards.
Hans Merensky was a German geologist who made his fortune in South Africa in the search for platinum, diamonds and coppers. The resort named for him pays tribute to the wealth created locally from his discoveries, particularly in the nearby former mining town of Phalaborwa, now a tourism centre.
The Hans Merensky Hotel and Spa © Limpopo Tourism Agency
The 18-hole championship course at
is South Africa’s first ladies signature course. It's the first-ever design by the legendary Annika Sorenstam, the female golfer with the most wins to her name. Set
Berlin is a city where families will feel welcome.
There is a long and rich tradition of rambling in Germany.
Germany, birthplace of the autobahn, is a wonderful country for driving tours. It’s big and varied enough to allow longer, more ambitious trips, yet has plenty of small, distinctive regions begging for in-depth exploration. Throw in a superb road network (including over 13,000km of autobahnen), an orderly and predictable driving culture and a wealth of rental options, and you’ve got everything you need for a driving holiday.
Berlin has long enjoyed a reputation for being a city of bargains, but don’t be fooled: it’s catching up with London, Tokyo and New York – and fast!
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For grand castles and gritty industrial architecture, half-timbered taverns and edgy techno nightclubs, head to Germany.
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Kalmoesfontein Farm
If you've got wheels, wanderlust and a spot of time, a road trip in Europe offers the chance to see the continent at a more relaxed pace. From the sunny shores of Portugal to the dungeons of Dracula's castle in Transylvania in Romania, the following itineraries can be easily combined, shortened or altered to suit your wayfaring tastes. Here are 9 of the best road trips in Europe, a clutch of which also feature in our run-down of the best countries for summer in Europe.
Time does strange things in southwest Germany. Even before Einstein hit on his Theory of Relativity in Ülm, Mark Twain had realized something was up after taking to the waters in the smart spa town of Baden-Baden. “Here at the Friedrichsbad,” he wrote, ”you lose track of time within ten minutes and track of the world within twenty.”