Rimini Family Camping Village

Rimini and its surrounds have culture and seaside entertainment in spades (as well as sunshine much of the year around), while the Emilia-Romagna countryside is home to swish seaside resorts and peaceful hilltop towns. Start your trip in the centre of Rimini, taking in the cathedral, the Roman bridge and the Piazza Cavour (10 minutes' drive), then tote the tiddlers along to the outskirts for the Italia in Miniatura model village amusement park with its 273 teeny-tiny replicas of recognisable Italian and European buildings as a reward for being so well-behaved (fingers crossed). Younger travellers will think the watery rides at Aquafan (25 minutes) and the dry-land entertainment at Mirabilandia and Ducati World theme parks (45 minutes) are top too; the beaches around Riccione (25 minutes), meanwhile, also tend to satisfy small fry with their sweeping sandy shores. Not got any kids with you? That’s an excellent excuse to indulge in more history by roving around Ravenna’s spectacular mosaic-covered basilicas (45 minutes) or setting off for a little country-ticking trip to San Marino, the old hilltop capital of the independent country of the same name (40 minutes).