‘Our most successful holiday’: 10 trips our teenage kids loved

From hiking in the Lakes to surfing in Biarritz, our writers share their success stories and tips on how you and your kids can have a happy holiday

We swam everywhere in Lake Garda, easing into its fabulously warm waters on sun-baked beaches to the west, or charging off piers in impossibly picturesque towns to the east, with bellies full of massive ice-creams.