Sport and Fun Holidays: Italian sports tour operator since 2006.
Go Play Abroad is the sports tour brand of Sport and Fun Holidays S.r.l., the Italian company behind Champions’ Camp and NextGen Rugby, and the exclusive licensee for Italy of NBA Basketball School and Buffon Football Academy. One Italian sports tour operator, twenty years of youth sport.
Go Play Abroad is the sports tour brand of Sport and Fun Holidays S.r.l., the company behind Champions’ Camp and NextGen Rugby, and exclusive licensee for Italy of NBA Basketball School and Buffon Football Academy.
An Italian sports tour operator, not an intermediary.
Sport and Fun Holidays S.r.l. is an Italian sports tour operator specialised in holidays and programmes for children, teenagers and youth teams. Since 2006 we have been designing camps, tournaments and trips where sport is the heart of the experience.
With Go Play Abroad we put the same organisation at the service of clubs, academies, schools and agencies bringing their group to Italy: training, friendly matches and tournaments with our own club network, plus the cities, culture and food that make the trip unforgettable.
With Go Play Abroad we put the same organisation at the service of clubs, academies, schools and agencies bringing their group to Italy.
Contract, programme, transfers, stays and on-site support all sit with us. One partner, accountable for everything.
Five brands, one organisation.
Two international licences held exclusively for Italy and three brands of our own: the network that lets us run serious programmes across several sports, with proven staff, venues and standards.
Two international licences held exclusively for Italy and three brands of our own.
NBA Basketball School
The NBA’s official youth development programme, brought to Italy through our exclusive partnership with NBA Properties Inc.
Buffon Football Academy
The goalkeeper academy founded by Gianluigi Buffon. Sport and Fun Holidays developed its format and led its first steps worldwide.
Champions’ Camp
Our original brand, running since 2006: summer sports camps in Italy for children and teenagers.
Go Play Abroad
Sports tours in Italy for teams, clubs, academies and schools: training, friendly matches and tournaments, with Italy all around them.
NextGen Rugby
Our youth rugby project: summer camps, clinics and programmes for the next generation of players.
Safe hands, on and off the pitch.
When a group of young athletes travels, safety and organisation come before everything else. Twenty years of camps and trips with minors taught us how to get both right.
When young athletes travel, safety and organisation come first. Twenty years of camps and trips with minors taught us how to get both right.
Licensed tour operator
A licensed Italian sports tour operator, with all the protections that apply to package travel.
All the protections that apply to package travel.
ISO 9001 certified
How we design and deliver our services is certified to the ISO 9001 quality standard.
Services designed and delivered to the ISO 9001 quality standard.
Insurance & safety
Insurance cover and safety procedures refined over twenty years of camps and trips with minors.
Procedures refined over twenty years of trips with minors.
One contract
Sport, stays, transfers and activities in one written proposal, with one accountable partner from start to finish.
One accountable partner from start to finish.
Bilingual tour manager
One of our tour managers travels with the group in Italy, from arrival to the last match.
With the group from arrival to the last match.
Trusted by global brands
The NBA and Buffon only license their programmes to partners who meet their standards.
The NBA and Buffon license their programmes only to partners who meet their standards.
Discover, Dream, Have Fun.
Our values guide every programme we run: transparency, honesty, fairness, integrity, respect and trust. Alongside them, the drive to improve, innovate and make every experience unique for the people who live it.
The values we share with NBA Properties Inc.: transparency, honesty, fairness, integrity, respect and trust. And the drive to improve and innovate, to make every experience unique.
“A wonderful experience at the Buffon Academy in Marina di Pietrasanta. Professional and very capable coaches, attentive to the kids in the training […]”
Frequently asked questions
Who is behind Go Play Abroad?
Sport and Fun Holidays S.r.l., an Italian sports tour operator based near Bologna and working in youth sport since 2006.
Do you organise the trip yourselves?
Yes. We design the programme, book stays and transfers, arrange matches with our club network and stay with the group on the ground.
Yes. We design the programme, book stays and transfers, arrange matches and stay with the group on the ground.
Which sports and groups do you work with?
Soccer, basketball, volleyball, rugby and tennis, for clubs, academies, schools, coaches and sports agencies.
Soccer, basketball, volleyball, rugby and tennis, for clubs, academies, schools, coaches and agencies.
How is my group protected?
As a licensed, ISO 9001 certified tour operator, with insurance cover and safety procedures built on twenty years of trips with minors.
Licensed, ISO 9001 certified, with insurance cover and safety procedures built on twenty years of trips with minors.
Tell us the group. We send the programme.
Sport, age group, number of travellers and period are enough to start. You get a written proposal with programme, cities and prices, with no commitment.
Sport, age group, number of travellers and period are enough to start. No commitment.