The 15 best international summer camps for teenagers

What do you do with a teen whose summer holiday plans amount to sleep and Snapchat? Try an international summer camp...

In the US, summer camp, with its inexhaustible daily diet of screen-free outdoor fun is practically obligatory (at least for affluent East coasters).

Now, British kids are waking up to the delights of a parent-free adventure overseas. For the right teenager hungry for a bit of adventure and keen to broaden their horizons, an overseas camp is a chance to show real independence, forge lifelong cross-cultural friendships and maybe even pick up a new skill or two.

The real deal is the traditional American lakeside cabin camp, but there are plenty of choices in Europe too, with all kinds of specialities on offer – from language tuition and all-action adventure to robotics and performing arts.