Italy's camps take advantage of a country built around art, food and design as much as landscape, with programs spread from Rome and Milan to smaller towns in the Lombardy hills. That range shows up directly in the activities on offer: cooking classes and cultural exploration sit alongside fashion, art and design courses in Milan, and outdoor pursuits such as rock climbing, orienteering and horseback riding further into the countryside.

Elsewhere, camps combine more conventional academic and sports programs — English lessons, swimming, athletics — with excursions to landmarks and day trips such as visits to Lake Como. Between city-based design and fashion camps, countryside adventure programs, and general academic and sports camps, families have a genuinely wide choice of setting and focus across the country.