Camping Village Parco della Gallinara

You’ll need to be organised to see something of Rome (50 minutes on the Co.Tra.L. bus line, which stops outside the camping village) in a day; check out the Colosseum, Forum and the Pantheon (they’re within walking distance of each other), grab a pasta lunch in lively Piazza Navona and then cover up (no bare shoulders or shorts) to tour St Peter’s Basilica and the extraordinary museums at the Vatican City. After all that culture, treat well-behaved kids to slides at the water park and sea lion shows at Zoomarine (20 minutes), or head for the rollercoasters and planetarium at Rainbow MagicLand (an hour and 10 minutes). Visit Cinecittà World (half an hour) for adrenaline-inducing thrill rides, time travel in Spaceland and movie-themed fun. For more restful pursuits, get out hiking among the sulphur springs, soaring cliffs and carefully preserved Mediterranean scrubland in the coastal Riserva Naturale Regionale Tor Caldara (10 minutes), or take the hydrofoil from Anzio port (20 minutes) for a day exploring the rocky coastline of Ponza in the Pontine Islands.