Grande Glamping

If you want to stay local, head down to the Adriatic Sea’s lively Soline Beach (20 minutes’ walk), where you can find plenty to amuse the kids, from safe swimming in gentle waves to clambering about on the inflatable climbing course and renting paddleboards to explore the volcanic coastline. If they are still running on excess energy, Adventure Park Biograd (five minutes’ drive) might just tire them out with kart racing and rope courses wending through the tree canopy. Buzzy Biograd na Moru (also five minutes) is a pretty spot for ambles around cobbled streets or evening drinks in seafront bars, and it’s also the jumping-off spot for day trips to the scattered islands of Kornati National Park (around 90 minutes on a boat cruise with swimming stops). Zadar (40 minutes’ drive) makes a popular day trip for its historic Roman-era centre and handsome Byzantine churches, and don’t miss the surreal Sea Organ – played by the tidal ebb and flow of the sea – designed by architect Nikola Bašić and found on the beachfront esplanade.