Sam Tremlett takes on all three courses and more at Quinta do Lago, one of the most heralded resorts in Portugal’s golf-rich Algarve

FROM A CONVERTED BANK WITH A SPA IN ITS VAULT TO A NILE CRUISE THAT ESCHEWS THE CROWDS, THIS IS TRAVEL, ELEGANTLY DONE

Last autumn we embarked on a campervan adventure through Portugal, a country largely unknown to us, despite spending several winters touring its neighbour, Spain. There is free movement between them n

The stand-alone spa building at the South Lodge hotel, near Horsham, has to be seen to be believed. From the long, window-lined pool that overlooks an outdoor hydrotherapy area to the Botanic restaura

Ingliston Estate & Country Club, Old Greenock Road, Bishopton, Renfrewshire PA7 5PA T 01505 864333 W thepaddocksrv.com OPEN All year The 100-acre Ingliston Estate, positioned between Loch Lomond and G

With its wooden chalets with flower-laden balconies, snow-capped fir trees and incredible mountain vistas, you can’t help but fall in love with the picture-perfect village of Alpbach. Getting here fro