Camping Daino

If you’re a sporty sort who’s fond of a clamber, then you’re very well set for a number of good climbing spots around the Piccole Dolomiti area near the northern end of Lake Garda: the closest Via Ferrata route begins at the quarry in nearby, which has climbers scrambling up a big wall to the flat, grass-topped peak of Casale for smashing views toward the peaks that surround. More sporting options are a cinch around here too, as the lush lakes of Cavedine, Garda, Ledro and Molveno are within easy reach for watersports like windsurfing and sailing, as well as heaps of hiking and cycling trails around them and the wooded slopes they lie among: in fact, more than 500 kilometres’ worth of mountain biking trails lie around the locale. Around 35 minutes’ drive away are the pistes of Vaneze, which are set 1,300 metres above sea level and five kilometres from Trento. It’s a small and friendly family resort comprising 21 kilometres of Alpine ski slopes and 35 of Nordic pistes, and when you triumphantly reach the summit you’ll be rewarded most handsomely with 360-degree views of the surrounding peaks before you ski speedily off down blue, red and black runs. Also splendidly, for more seasoned skiers the off-piste forest terrain here takes you down some utterly spectacular descents, and there’s a top-notch Olympic half-pipe for freestylers, as well as snowshoeing, ice skating, curling and sledging should you wish to take things decidedly down a notch.