Càmping Bonavista

If seeing the sea has made you want to spend more time in or on it, pay a visit to the watersports centre at Calella, where you can sign up for a wide range of aquatic activities, including sailing, windsurfing, waterskiing, paddleboarding, snorkelling and scuba diving. Lessons and kit hire are also available. For historic attractions, take a walk to Las Torretas (10 minutes), military towers that were constructed in the mid-19th century. The buildings themselves are fairly ruined now but it’s a good place for kids to stage family battles and there are some great coastal views from here as well. If you need a little bit of shelter on a hot day, head underground to the Refugio Antiaereo, the town’s air raid shelter, now opened up as a museum with a short film showing Civil War survivors talking about their experiences of spending time in the tunnels. You could also call in to the Museum of Tourism, which tells the story of how Calella became a tourist resort, as well as looking at the development of mass tourism around the world. Away from the resort itself, the setting is well placed for a day trip to Barcelona; take the train from Calella and an hour later you can be ambling down Las Ramblas…