For children the island offers a safe environment with vast areas of sandy beaches, quality apartments and hotels with their own designated swimming pools. These basics are a great platform for children to build their holiday enjoyment.

The north-easterly trade winds that predominate in the summer months ensure flat seas, a protected coastline and warm offshore breezes. These conditions are ideal for cruising or sailing and trips to spot the dolphins and turtles that can be found in the area.

Get them to experience a 90 minute Baywatch-style lifeboat run by Waterproof Adventures of Isla Canela. This fun boat journey has you speeding over the water at a thrilling 35 knots with the occasional roller coaster rush. The trip also benefits from sighting of bottle-nosed dolphins from time to time.

For those that wish to run the terrain, mountain biking is available either by hiring bikes and exploring or by booking mountain biking sessions - complete with team leader - through www.themountainbikingadventure.com .

In both directions one can find Adventure Water Parks. To the east is Magic Island theme park in Seville (just over an hour away) whilst over the bridge into Portugal there are two or three water parks to be found.

Other pursuits to be sampled include wind surfing, kite boarding, Jet Skiing and big game fishing as well as the more general pursuits offered through the hotels at Isla Canela.