Grab your ski gear and head for the... Caribbean

If just lounging around on a beach isn’t for you, then get ready for action. A new 20,000 sq ft sports centre in Mexico’s Riviera Maya offers the first opportunity to go skiing and snowboarding in the Caribbean, as well as skateboarding, BMX, trampolining and parkour.

The Woodward complex at the five-star all-inclusive Hard Rock Hotel near Playa del Carmen offers private or group sessions and is available to hotel guests with resort credit and non-guests for a fee. A Grand Opening Package offers two free sessions per room for bookings up to October 30 for travel to December 22. BA Holidays has seven nights at the Hard Rock between December 1 and 22 from Gatwick from €1,115pp based on a family of four. ba.com, hrhrivieramaya.com