Adventure summer camp in Trentino, ages 7–17

Orienteering and survival are the backbone of the camp: compass work and map reading, treasure hunts across the mountain, building an emergency shelter, knots, pitching a tent, lighting a fire and trapper-style cooking. Each session closes with a night in a tent.

The stay is sold by the week or the fortnight, full board included. An optional insurance cover is offered, a discount to returning participants and to siblings.

Children sleep at the Hotel Polsa, a three-star mountain hotel the camp keeps for its own guests; the Hotel Bellavista and Hotel Dolomiti are used the same way. Rooms have been renovated and have private bathrooms with a shower.

Full board at the hotel, with two choices at each main meal planned against age-based dietary tables.

Sport fills the rest of the day: tennis, horse riding, archery, golf, football, volleyball, climbing on an artificial wall and the Crazy Jump, with dance, guitar and aerial silks in the creative sessions. Excursions include the Sentiero della Pace, a half-day mountain walk past First World War forts cut into the rock, and the tree-top course at the Parco Avventura di Polsa, included on fortnightly sessions. Gardaland and the Cavour water park are optional, in groups of about ten with an educator.

The camp sits in the Monte Baldo Nature Park above Brentonico. The hotels are reserved for camp guests; there are tennis courts, an artificial climbing wall and an archery range, and the hotel pool is opened at set times under supervision when it rains.

The day runs from an 8:00 wake-up to lights out at 22:00: activities, breaks, meals, a siesta and evening entertainment, with times varying by age group. An assistant is awake overnight and keeps a phone line open to parents if needed, and a doctor sleeps in the building.