Via Claudia Camping

There’s heaps and heaps to do around here: try something water-based with swimming, boating, rafting or canoeing on Lechsee lake, or explore the land around it on two wheels or on foot. If you’re one for going gooey over golf, then you can play a round or several at the local 18-hole golf course, five kilometres from base, among utterly fab vista of the Allgäu, Tyrol and Ammergau Alps. At Neuschwanstein Castle, not too far from Lechbruck am See, there’s a weekly holiday programme to keep kidlets entertained, as well as lots of music and culture events for grownups. For more culture, you’re also less than two hours’ drive from the lights and sights of Munich; as beer fans will already be well aware, the city is famed the world over for its beer halls (and its annual Oktoberfest celebration of the hoppy stuff), including the famed 16th-century Hofbräuhaus. Wander the streets of Munich’s Old Town to tour the city’s centuries-old buildings and myriad museums, and be sure to visit central Marienplatz square while you’re there for a regular and rather fab glockenspiel show at the town hall.