ITALY: Show Jumping Training €1,650

Tucked into the Marche countryside near Fermo, this is Isabella and Franco's world, and you are very lucky to be in it. A proper showjumping centre with serious horses and serious standards.

The week is built around the jumping. Daily sessions with Jochen, your Belgian trainer, on highly schooled horses that know their job. Flatwork to sharpen you up, gymnastics to fix what needs fixing, courses to put it all together. Tell him your level, your goals, your bad habits. He will build the rest.

First class facilities. Elegant clubhouse, immaculate arenas, sixty acres of countryside with the old town of Fermo on the horizon. Stay in the guesthouse or the centuries-old country house, beautifully restored. Infinity pool, jacuzzi, sun decks, long lunches in the gazebo, al fresco dinners that go on too late.