Golf:
Skane is a golfer’s paradise with more than 70 golf courses spread throughout the region. Here you will find parkland and seaside courses to suit all abilities, and some of the best championship courses in Europe including Barsebäck where the European Golf Tour plays each year. Sunvil Discovery is able to pre-book Green time at many of the golf courses in Skane, including those detailed above. Green fees range from £34.00 per person to £78.00 per person (for the Masters course of Barseback).
Malmo: Many excellent golf courses are located within a 30-minute drive of Malmö including:
• Bokskogens Golf Club, Bara
• The PGA golf course of Sweden, Bara
• The Masters course of Barseback, Loddekopinge
• Falsterbo Golf Club, Falsterbo
• Rönnebäcks Golf Club, Oxie
Hackeberga Slott: Romeleåsen Golf Club and Assartorp Golf Club, both 18-hole courses, are located within a 10-minute drive from Hackeberga Slott.
Karlaby Kro: Österlen Lilla Vik Golf Club, Osterlen Djupadal Golf, Tomelilla Golf Club and Ystad Golf Club are the closest golf courses to Karlaby Kro.
Ystad Saltsjobad: Österlen Lilla Vik Golf Club, Osterlen Djupadal Golf, Tomelilla Golf Club and Ystad Golf Club are located within easy reach of Ystad Saltsjobad.
Ystad Film Studios and Wallander:
In addition to winning the BAFTA TV award for best drama, the series Wallander, adapted from the books by Henning Mankell, has just scooped 4 TV Craft BAFTA awards – a celebration of the work that goes on behind the scenes in television – for best original music, production design, photography and lighting as well as sound for a fiction/entertainment programme.
Before the new series is broadcast on our screens towards the end of 2009, why not book a thought-provoking trip to the Skåne region in Sweden to explore fictional detective Kurt Wallander’s base of Ystad, an historic, serene town on the southern coast?
Delve deep into Ystad on a guided tour, absorb the medieval atmosphere and hear the town watchman blowing his horn every fifteen minutes from 2115 – 0300 daily. Visit the Ystad Film Studios, where Kenneth Branagh filmed scenes for the first TV series, get a feel for the dedication given to the multiple award-winning behind the scenes production work and you never know, you might spot the man himself filming for the new series!
Malmö:
Hire a bike or take a gentle stroll and explore the parks and squares of the city of Malmo; visit museums and art galleries, cruise the canals by sightseeing boat, enjoy a delicious local meal in one of the cities many restaurants, shop to your hearts content and relax on the sandy beach of Ribersborg– the decision is yours!
Beaches:
Skåne has 400km of coastline – sandy beaches and rocky coves – which are a delight to explore at any time of year, whether windswept and peaceful or drenched in summer sun. Malmö is one of the few cities in Sweden where you can enjoy fine sandy beaches without leaving the city. The 2.5 kilometre long Ribersborg beach is where the residents of Malmo and visitors from around the world enjoy swimming, sunbathing, or just generally lazing around the summer months.
Copenhagen:
A 40-minute direct train, across the spectacular Öresund Bridge – the longest combined road and rail bridge in Europe, links the city of Malmö and the capital of Denmark. Why not take a day excursion to Copenhagen and explore the ancient streets, museums, galleries, royal palaces and gardens of the city?
Culinary Skåne:
Skåne and good food are synonymous! Why not explore the district by car stopping at coffee shops, bakeries, farm shops and restaurants handpicked by the Skane culinary programme?
