Camping Serenella

If you can drag yourself away from your private lido and bar, have a change of scenery and languish on the sand at Baia Calenella (25 minutes), or go snorkelling off Zaiana Beach (40 minutes). There’s plenty of adventuring to be done in Gargano National Park (accessed from the site). For easy family hikes, head for the Umbra Forest (40 minutes’ drive, spot the wild orchids in spring) or combine walking with birdwatching for flamingos and herons on the shores of Lake Varano (15 minutes). Take a boat trip from Vieste (55 minutes) to the dramatic rock arches at San Felice or the caverns at Tomato Cave and Smuggler’s Cave. Still out on the water, catch a ferry from Rodi Garganico (10 minutes) to visit the clifftop Abbey of Santa Maria a Mare on San Nicolas in the Tremiti Islands. For more local culture, visit the National Archaeological Museum and walk the ramparts of the Swabian-Angevin Castle in Manfredonia (an hour and 10 minutes). Alternatively head inland to hilltop Monte Sant’Angelo (an hour) to visit the famed Sanctuary of San Michele Arcangelo and its grotto church.