Bikers Camp

Start local explores by scooting over to the seaside town of Poreč (10 minutes’ drive), where the Old Town is packed full of gothic and baroque buildings and the coast is lined with well-equipped beaches. Games of tennis, miniature golf and beach volleyball can all be had at the town’s beaches and there are plenty of watersports facilities including the Ski Lift Poreč for wakeboarding. Poreč is also a bit of a party town, with plenty of open-air bars and festivals going on (the Jazz in Lapidarium summer festival is one of its big draws). Fuzzy heads from any such indulgences can be washed away at Aquacolors – Croatia’s biggest waterpark is 10 minutes’ drive away and has 13 slides, two sizeable pools and half a kilometre of lazy river to float down. Not into the party scene? Aim for the sixth-century Byzantine Euphrasian Basilica, the elegant Zuccato Palace or the ancient Trg Marafor forum (all 15 minutes) for a bit of culture, or get the five-minute shuttle boat from Poreč harbour to the island of Sveti Nikola for strolls through the forest and picnics on the beach.