this. All breaks include pre-booked activities, child-friendly accommodation, and babysitting. A two-night stay for four costs from €3,150. To get the best out of your trip to Paris, read The Insider's Guide to Paris.

■ The Llawnroc hotel has just opened in the village of Gorran Haven, Cornwall, featuring 18 lovely rooms and fine local cuisine, such as Fowey Estuary mussels steamed in Cornish cider. Book before December 20 and get a 30 per discount, so a double

Parents can recharge their batteries while children frolic on the beach at the Kempinski Hotel, Soma Bay, by the Red Sea. From windsurfing to pampering spa treatments… you decide how energetic you want to be. Families can also discover the joys

has revealed that major sporting events lead to average hotel price hikes of nearly 30 per cent.Virgin Atlantic was namedBest Airline For Travelling With Babies in the Holiday Extras Customers’ Awards2011.For more tips on travelling with children

Where? The Algarve, in the country’s far south.Why go there? For the beaches, the unspoilt countryside east of Faro and the year-round sun.Children will love... A cross-country quad-bike trek. Book for older children through Quad Ventura. Meanwhile

are sharing with your child. Books can also broaden the vocabulary you use with your child. They bring places and events to life outside our everyday experience. Reading also encourages your child to talk. The best way to use books is as a stepping stone

Heston Blumenthal, Michelin-starred chefIf children are helping you cook, don’t expect them to make a dish from start to finish. It’s the interaction that’s the best thing – they can learn from you and you can learn from teaching them.Mimi Doe

your agency carefully. A good model agency will save you time, money and stress, and help your child’s modelling career. It should help you find the best jobs for your child, whilst making sure her needs are put first and the law is complied with.2 Don

at the Potting Shed for advice on bringing autumnal colour into your home. Time: 10.30am–5pm. Cost: £13 adult, £7 children 5–15 (castle and gardens). Ages: All. Tel: 01732 865224; www.hevercastle.co.uk3. Escape to Brownsea Island, an island in Poole Harbour

Nominated Best Family Festival for every year since its launch, this is a leading boutique family festival with the emphasis on music and fun. Musical interludes A strong line-up includes The Charlatans, Robyn Hitchcock, Ian Anderson, Cornershop