The grandest golf courses in Europe await you in this putting paradise. If golf is on your mind this is where you should be heading.

Portugal is often regarded as one of the best golf destinations in the world. For such a small country, it has, mainly on the Lisbon Coast and in sunny southern Algarve.

France is still the world’s most popular tourist destination - Paris, charming countryside inns, campsites in Brittany, the chateaux of the Loire…

1. SCOTLAND - ST ANDREWS: There is nowhere in the golfing world quite like it - and nowhere quite as old.

Some 1,500 years ago, in the area of Quintana Roo, Mexico, the Mayans sliced through the jungle of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and founded their magnificent communities.

Think Switzerland, think skiing the Alps. Think of sampling the chocolate and cheese, think finely crafted watches, and highly secretive bank accounts.