Camping Green Village

Windsurfing and sailing are top picks from Gandario beach if your tastes tend towards the more energetic, or you could set off on the three-and-a-half-kilometre coastal path hike to nearby Sada. If you're feeling energetic indeed, cut through countryside on the 20-kilometre tramp to A Coruña for a highly virtuous sample of the city's bars and restaurants. A Coruña's a must-see however you get there: Galicia's second most populated city is teeming with stuff to see and do including its medieval Old Town and several museums including the Castle of San Antón Archaeological Museum and the Unión Fenosa Museum of Contemporary Art. If you only have time for one attraction, make it the Roman Tower of Hercules, a lighthouse that's been flashing over these waters since the second century; it's now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Those on holiday with little squirts should arrange a day at Aquapark Cerceda (40 minutes' drive away) for a splashingly splendid day among its flumes, pools and huge slides.