Tenuta Primero Grado Family Collection

Get yourself over to Grado pronto after arriving at Tenuta Primero Grado Family Collection: this comely harbour is known as the sunny or golden island and has a modern lido to make a change from days on the beach. Both Venice and Trieste are only a few kilometres away for city day trips. Sporty sorts will find lots to keep them active around these parts: there's a golf club just over the road, and you can sign up for windsurfing, rafting and other watersports in Grado. If you just wanted to stretch your legs a bit, the Valle Cavanata nature reserve, a kilometre away, is a lovely place for a stroll. More into pootling around historic sites? This area's packed with places to visit – a wander around Grado might take in the Basilica della Corte and Casa del Musica, followed by a boat trip to the pretty island of Barbana. Aquileia and Monfalcone (both 15 minutes by car) are other good places to seek out fine architecture from across the ages; if your tiddlers (or indeed yourselves) are into dinosaurs, take the half-hour trip to the Villaggio del Pescatore palaeontology site instead.