Under £300

Lounge by the shores of Lake Garda for a week with Page and Moy (0870 010 6434; www.pagemoy.com). It offers three-star accommodation with breakfast, departing on 12 May from London Gatwick for £249pp or from East Midlands for £279pp.

Head to Sorrento with Voyages Jules Verne (0845 166 7035; www.vjv.com). Seven nights departing 7, 14 or 21 May costs £299pp, including flights, transfers and three-star hotel with breakfast.

Under £600

Holiday on the Adriatic this May with Eurocamp (0870 366 7552; www.eurocamp.co.uk). A 14-night stay at the Vigna Sul Mar park in Lido di Pomposa costs from £501 for a family of five sharing a self-catering Venezia holiday home.

Take an early summer break to Italy with Club Med (08453 676767; www.clubmed.co.uk). Departing 7 May, seven nights at Club Med Kamarina in Sicily costs £549pp. Kayaking, sailing and archery are included in the package price, as are flights, transfers and all meals.

Under £700

Stay at the 17th-century Palazzo di Bagnaia, near Perugia in Umbria, from £651 per week. The palazzo sleeps up to nine in apartments and an independent farmhouse with Carefree Italy (0870 330 3133; www.carefree-italy.com).

Under £800

Idyllic Italy can be discovered in Naples and Ponza island from £720pp with Key2Holidays (020 7749 3634; www.key2holidays.co.uk) for 10 nights. The price includes return flights to Naples, transfers and breakfast. Departures between 15 May and 15 July.