and port cellar. Even the new Caudalíe Vinotherapie Spa’s relaxing treatments extend the wine theme with the likes of the Cabernet Scrub. Michelin-star chef Ricardo Costa heads up the hotel’s fine-dining restaurant, while spacious rooms enjoy views

Beneath the stunning white facade of the Chapter Hotel in Montpellier, Cheltenham, beats a child-friendly heart with a new Family Package that sees children under 12 stay for free. Facilities include baby baths, high chairs and cots, while the

Want a break from the hurly-burly of modern life and lots of space for your child? Dolly Cottage, in rugged, rural Eire’s Donegal, is a 200-year-old thatched cottage sleeping up to four, set in seven acres of gardens leading to the River Stragar

 cuisine from your own chef at the elegant poolside gazebo, then relax on the sundeck overlooking the Caribbean sea. Prices with Private Label Worldwide start from £10,650 for a family of four staying seven nights. This price includes flights, transfers, use

super nights from October 22 at Disneyland Paris – all for just £1,163, including ferry. For more fabulous child-friendly holiday ideas, visit our Travel section.

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

of Chianti.Palazzetto, 53012 Chiusdino, Tuscany. Tel: 00 39 0577 75 1222.Prices from £282–£626; Santo Pietro suite, £1,530. Rates include Continental breakfast. Extra beds (£78) and cots (free) can be supplied to suites.EMELISSE HOTELKefalonia, GreeceWith its

of our puppy). Turn into short-order chef. One wants scrambled eggs, one pancakes and one bacon butty. Depends on the night before as to how amenable I am!7.45am The older two, Archie, 13, and Poppy, 12, leave the house and go to school on the tube. Two

days; 11–17 years £158; 5–10 years £127; under-fives free. (Three- and four-day, and daily tickets also available). Extend your stay Stay at family-friendly Woolley Grange near Bath with activities for the children and babysitting and pampering for you