Many famous and common ships entered to the Southampton port before and now. One of the most known ships ever entered to the port is the Titanic. In 1912, April 10, Titanic entered to the port, which is the five days earlier date of its sinking. The port holds over two thousand years of history from Roman regulation of Great Britain.
Twin towns
There are twin towns in Southampton with places like Le Havre (France), Rems-Murr-Kreis (Germany), Hampton (Virginia), Kalisz (Poland), Trieste (Italy), Qingdao (China), Busan (South Korea). You can rent a car and travel around these places and get a feeling to be traveling throughout the world. Hiring a car in Southampton is relatively cheap and would be much cheaper if you book online as earlier as possible. You can visit New Forest in the city. SeaCity museum you can freshen up you knowledge about Titanic.
Skateboarding Parks
You can take your kids to several parks in Southampton such as Northam, Hoglands, West Quay ledge, Bittern and Bittern leisure center, Wood-mill bridge and so forth. Provided that you have skateboards and a rental car you are way to go to skateboarding.
Restaurants
Paul Pizzeria, Sip n Soda, LaParmigiana, Golden Pear are few to name. If you want to drive-travel while having something to eat Tate’s Bake Shop is recommended.
Other Activities
You can play mini-golf at Animal Kingdom, surf at Coopers Beach and drive for a shopping to many boutiques and stores available in Southampton. Nightlife is one exciting time. Rent a car and drive at night in the city with full of lights and beautiful landscape. In summer and in any time period there would be lots of festivals, events, and concerts you can enjoy in the city.
The benefits of renting a car to travel around are first of all it saves your time, saves money if you are traveling with family, gives you an opportunity to fully rejoice the trip while not worrying about the transportation, it makes easier to go beyond the city and any kind of weather conditions will not hinder you to stop from traveling.
Smooth roads and availabilities of the parking slots are other plus sides along with ability to travel from one point to another see sight in short time and get to know Southampton and beyond in your short period vacation.