Bönabo Norrgård

Get out to stretch your legs in the unspoilt bog country of Store Mosse National Park (35 minutes’ drive), where you can follow raised wooden walkways while keeping a look out for cranes, eagles and elusive moose. If the kids are with you, take the Path of the Forest Trolls from Naturum Visitor Centre (also 35 minutes), which leads past sculptures of mythical creatures, or join a longer hike around Lake Kävsjön to spy on the abundant birdlife. When you’re visiting in winter, get your daily exercise on the slopes at Isaberg Mountain Resort (15 minutes), which morphs into an outdoors hub for disc golf, treetop rope courses and mountain biking during the summer months. All the family can channel their inner cowboys/girls at High Chaparral (40 minutes), a Wild West theme park where activities include panning for gold, holding up a bank at gunpoint and taking a journey through the backcountry on a vintage steam train.