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Cornish treasures
By Junior on 09/08/2011 15:49:26
With lazy days of exploring golden sands and rock pools, Cornwall is every child’s dream destination
, send an email into space or design a city fit for the next century. Best reached by the excellent Park & Float at Ponsharden, on the outskirts of Falmouth, the National Maritime Museum (tel: 01326 313388; www.nmmc.co.uk) is awash with nautical nuggets
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Brilliant Family Holiday Offers
By Kate Donoughue on 19/07/2011 16:11:52
The best of the best family holiday offers
while staying in one of Natural Retreats’ nine family-friendly villas in Playa Blanca, each with four bedrooms, sleeping up to eight people. If you can tear yourself away from the private pool, visit beautiful Timanfaya National Park. A seven-night stay
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Party on down with the family at the Penha resort in Portugal
By Catherine Hudson on 07/12/2012 16:13:23
Six Senses Spa for mummy, an early round of golf for daddy and brilliant activities for the children children’s club, all at the Penha Portugal
Penha Longa Resort & Spa, Portugal This luxury resort is set amid the lush surrounds of a national nature reserve, where you can wander on a nature trail, or jog or cycle on the dedicated keep fit routes, not to mention a choice of fabulous
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The Magical Martinhal
By Clay Johnson on 02/06/2010 15:49:28
Find family-friendly fun in this Portuguese paradise
for children. If you fancy a night in, you can even order a home delivery dinner from the resort’s gourmet village store.The setting is idyllic as the resort is located within a protected national park, so there’s plenty of wildlife and nature to enjoy
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Wales’s Famous Five
By Junior on 18/08/2011 11:37:29
Admire the Famous Five locations in Wales with grand hotels, fairytale castles, rural retreats, urban resorts and coastal destinations
grandparents’ kitchen – under canvas. The whole experience reflects the rural daily life of yesteryear. Evenings are spent storytelling, singing and communal dining beneath the stars. Visit www.featherdown.co.ukCoastalThe Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
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Winter sun
By on 20/04/2010 11:54:18
Head to one of these destinations for some winter sun
National Park. While August and September are low season in the Caribbean, that makes it an even better time for families to travel. Thomas Cook Signature offers seven nights at The Verandah on a room-only basis during September 2009 from £3,532 for a
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Cornwall – the cool place for cool kids
By Sykes Cottages on 17/10/2012 11:03:02
It’s cool, it’s chic, it’s paradise found... rent a cottage in Cornwall and you’ll soon see why
. Walk bite-size chunks of the coastal path. Theme parks, farm parks, shipwreck centres, industrial heritage, National Maritime Museum, chocolate factories, Cornish ice-cream, Land’s End...everything’s here!And if you do decide to travel in peak season
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Eureka!, West Yorkshire
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 25/07/2011 13:58:10
Spark the imagination – and possibly even discover a future career – at this museum for children
Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX1 2NE.Also in the area National Media Museum, Shibden Park.
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February and half-term events
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 07/02/2011 10:47:24
Keep busy this half-term with our pick of great events
at Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Puppet MakingFebruary 23Be inspired by the artwork at the Oriel Ynys Môn gallery and make a puppet. Northern IrelandGet into the grooveFebruary 26The Market Place in Armagh City is hosting a Little People Big Noise musical
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Junior's guide to jungles and safaris
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 15/08/2011 15:29:12
Admire regal lions, magnificent elephants and playful monkeys - a trip to the jungle and safari promises to be sensational
in the Kakadu National Park. A three-week tour with Bridge & Wickers (www.bridgeandwickers.co.uk) could include a camping safari around this Crocodile Dundee territory, as well as a trip to the broad, sandy beaches of Queensland, Port Douglas and a stay
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