Three in four people prefer to go away with their partner rather than their friends according to a survey by visitbirmingham.com. Now uber-couple Brangelina have chosen to move to Berlin after six months in Provence, reportedly to patch up their marriage, maybe a trip to Europe's "alternative" capital is just what you need.

Find your own Palais Schlosspark

Short of a bob or two for a multi-million pound Palais Schlosspark, like Brad and Angelina's? Some of the best hotels in Berlin can be found in nearby Steglitz-Zehlendorf, while the cheap hotels in Berlin are mainly located in Friedrichshain.

Low rents attracted a laidback artistic community in Friedrichshain. There are plenty of low-price bars, cafes and restaurants here, where you can mock up your own Brangelina getaway.

Fly by night

Rekindle the romance by taking your pick from one of several flights around the city with Air Service Berlin. Brangelina have a helicopter pad at their new gaff, so why can't you chopper around the city too?

The Air Service Berlin company runs Raisin Bomber flights with leather armchairs, seaplanes from the Spree River and flights by hot air balloon. All the experiences take in the Berlin Wall, Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag building. The price is €146 (£116) with children under 11 half-price, which would be perfect for Brangelina's young brood.

Want to see Wannsee Lake?

Brad and Angelina's new mansion skirts Wannsee Lake, which is made up of Grosser and Kleiner (Bigger and Smaller) Wannsee. The waterways are located on the river Havel and are separated only by Wannsee bridge. The larger of the two lakes covers 2.7 sq km, leaving little hope of catching a glimpse of the Hollywood couple from the other side.

However, Stern and Kreis do offer 25 different trips around Berlin by water, with some on a hotel boat lasting several days. Not many people know seven per cent of Berlin is made up of water and Wannsee is well known as a natural swimming area. According to the Berlin Tourist Office, you can even surf it. Unlike Brad and Angelina there is a charge to get to the water to enjoy a picnic by the pool with your spouse. In Steglitz-Zehlendorf nothing comes for free.

Best chef in Berlin

If Angelina and Brad haven't swiped him for their place by now, they should have. Michael Kempf was voted best newcomer by his international peers at this year's Best Chef awards. He perfected his culinary talents in numerous star restaurants, such as the Wald und Schlosshotel Friedrichsruhe, Restaurant Fischerzunft Schaffhausen in Switzerland and more recently at Restaurant Dieter Mueller near Cologne.

The Michelin one starred restaurant Facil where Kempf now works in Berlin, can be found behind wall to ceiling windows on the fifth floor of the inner courtyard of the Mandala Hotel. Choose four courses from food like terraine of foie gras, cream of cale fumet or lombardian sturgeon for €75.

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