Because Berliners love the outdoors, visiting a park or garden is no guarantee of getting away. In the summer, the beaches are packed, but as soon as you start to walk through the woods or round the lakes the crowds disappear. The Botanical Garden is nice, and has a dinky cafe.

Nearest S-Bahn: Botanischer Garten or 101 bus

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In the summer months you can get a ferry across from the bus stop of the same name (bus route 218) and eat by the water in perfect peace … (The island restaurant goes by the tacky name of Call-a-disco. Tel: 030 8036584)

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Magical island near Wannsee, reachable only by ferry (€2). Gardens, fountains, fake ruins, peacocks … (in May big patches of Lily of the Valley). Afterwards (with your back to the water), go right up into the woods and have supper on the terrace of the Blockhaus Nikolskoe. Built in the style of a Russian Dacha, you can watch the sun set over the island. Alternatively, go left and down from the bus stop to a picturesque river beach with willow trees.

Pfaueninselchaussee 14109, Berlin-Zehlendorf; Tel: 80 58 68 30

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Idyllic lake in Berlin’s main park, the Tiergarten. Hire a boat and drift among the ducks and the blossom. Relax in the cafe afterwards over a big yummy beer.

Nearest S-Bahn: Tiergarten; Cafe am Neuen See, Tel: 2544 9300

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