Camping Jena

You can ditch the car here if you so wish, setting out on foot or by pedal along the walking and cycling trails of the Enghuizen estate edging the site, or by taking a canoe out on the IJssel over to Doetinchem or Doesburg. An adventure centre with trampoline park, high ropes course and indoor swimming pool is three kilometres away, as is a heated outdoor pool at Hessenbad. Hit the right note with the kids by arranging a day at the theme park Land of Punch, reachable by bike about 10 kilometres from the site. (Tandem bikes are available to rent if you think your littlies might need some assistance with their pedalling; if you do decide to drive, the theme park is about 20 minutes along the N317.) As you might have cannily figured out, this is a park dedicated to the amusements of Punch and Judy: on offer for your under-eights are puppet shows (natch), indoor and outdoor playgrounds, a castle with theatre, a miniature train, a rope bridge and a maze. Retrieving the car for day trips, it's about 35 minutes' drive to the wildlife park and 19th-century English gardens of Anholter Schweiz, and an hour and 15 minutes to the adventure playgrounds and rollercoaster of Speelpark Hoge Boekel adventure park.