Whatever your child’s favourite sport, there will be expert coaching on offer at the Forte Village Resort in Sardinia this summer. The five-week Rugby Academy for children aged six to 15 has the likes of Jason Leonard passing on skills, Pat Cash

experience in its ample spa and great children’s activities, including summer tobogganing. But arguably the biggest draw is an overnight stay at the Walig Hut. Perched 1,700m above the village of Gsteig, the chic mountain retreat offers families breathtaking

and canyoning. The choice of accommodation includes Chalet Rousset, a beautiful wooden chalet with six bedrooms sleeping 13, that is within easy walking distance of the resort centre. Prices are decidedly less expensive during summer than the ski season: £1

-year-old Olivia’s sun hat. Welcome to the Austrian Alps in summertime.The Sommerrodelbahn, or summer toboggan, is the fastest, wiggliest metal slide you can imagine – a good way to pretend to be in the Olympic luge team. It shoots down a forested slope below deep

easyJet are offering four flights a week from London Gatwick on Saturdays, Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout the summer. Rhodes has something for all the family – ancient history, beaches, shopping and wonderful walks and cruises

. The Parque das Nações on the northeastern riverfront has the Oceanarium, the largest aquarium in Europe, home to 25,000 fish, birds and mammals, and is strikingly designed with a two-storey aquarium that features wildlife from across the globe. Travel from

This summer,  the new luxury Martinhal Beach Resort & Hotel will be welcoming families when it opens on Portugal’s Algarve. Surrounded by a national park, the resort includes a five-star boutique hotel, spacious village houses and privately owned

, with the option to shorten routes by taking a cable car, gondola or bus. Highlights include an exhilarating ride on the summer toboggan course and a trail on the ‘cheese route’ to Allmenalp to see how the holes are put into Swiss cheese. From £795 per adult

Mountain playground Megève – the traditional Rhône-Alpes town in the shadow of Mont Blanc – may attract more trophy-dog toting oligarchs than La Croisette, but there’s a good reason that it’s so popular with the jet set: summer or winter, it’s a

The founders of Luxury Family Hotels, who previously set-up a selection of fabulous luxe hotels for families in the UK, have now turned their attention to the Continent with a whole new venture and this summer sees the opening of the Martinhal Hotel