Camping Village Laguna Blu

This beaut setting on Sardinia's north-west coast is under 15 minutes' drive or about 20 minutes by bus from the spectacular fortified town of Alghero, settled since prehistoric times and colonised by the Crown of Aragon among others (Catalan is still an official language of the town, so no need to blink in a puzzled manner if you hear it out and about around this part of Italy). Archaeological sites by the pile are around Alghero – see for example the Anghelu Ruju necropolis and the seven towers and three forts of the old walls – but there are several beaches around town too if your tastes tend more towards the sandy. Two protected nature areas, the Regional Nature Park of Porto Conte and the Area Marina Protetta Capo Caccia - Isola Piana, are in the vicinity for walks and wildlife wanders. This is a land of caves and caverns too, so go to see the stalactite cave of Neptune's Grotto, about 25 minutes' drive away in the Porto Conte natural park on the southernmost tip of Cape Caccia, or investigate the caves – and coves – of the Punta Giglio promontory. Watersports, birdwatching, diving and fishing are also available nearby.