ponies on the beach. L’Hôtel de Toiras also offers four-poster beds and in-room spa treatments. Prices for a family of four staying seven nights start at €3,080. 

Maya, which translates as “dream”, offers a combination of tranquility and adventure. Located in southern Sri Lanka, this five-suite villa is set in tropical gardens and boasts fine local cuisine, four poster beds and a swimming pool. Best of all

bespoke bed and custom-made cars, track sets, games and gadgets – has been added, along with a second Barbie Fashion Icon room for older girls. The Hotel Plaza Athénée Barbie and Hot Wheels offer includes one of the three themed rooms along with one

of Arabic cuisine together at cookery classes in the Al Mar restaurant, famed for its fusion of Lebanese and Egyptian food. Sovereign Luxury Travel is offering families a ten per cent early booking discount on a seven-night stay for a family of four, bed

– and staying in a castle should appeal to younger guests, too! A seven-night stay for a family of four, in a deluxe room with two queen beds, costs from £2,060, including Irish breakfasts each day,a one-hour family falconry lesson and a one-hour family horse

build up an appetite for a scrumptious meal in the family brasserie. Then, before bed, why not relax together in the family spa with its ice fountain, rasul mud therapy room, experience shower, swimming pool and fitness suite? Prices for a family of four

/mummy now.• Don’t let your child wander around with a bottle; it is less likely to become an object of comfort if it is given in controlled circumstances. • The last bottle of the day should be drunk on your lap rather than in bed. A mobile child often finds

at the office and make a cup of tea (usually the first food of the day for me), open my computer and start checking emails. Kate, who runs wholesale, and Clare, our Bookkeeper, will both be there as well as one or two sales girls. We occupy one huge room, which

.Prices from £173–£630 per night, including breakfast and taxes. Baby cots are free; extra bed for ages 12 and over, £31–£63.BORGO SANTO PIETRO,Tuscany, ItalyOnce a soul-reviving pit stop for pilgrims en route to Rome, this honeymoon-worthy 13th

light on. There he would sit gazing at the colourful bubbles until, in a stupor, he was put to bed. The beds themselves were, unfortunately, rather too narrow – all three kids fell out at least once (quick end to stupor there) and I was aware of having