Oriental, has plenty for families and the island is easy to explore – a lush, tropical slice of Britain in the Atlantic with quaint villages, colonial history and tiny, rocky coves as well as stretches of the powder sand. Seven nights’ B&B for a family

of the plane journey is sheer bliss. Barbados is a good place to start if you’re exploring the Caribbean for the first time or taking your first long-haul family holiday. It’s straightforward to get to; it’s highly developed, with some of the best family hotels