-restored hilltop house near Siena with a private swimming pool and tennis court, sleeps ten and has amazing views across the Tuscan countryside. A farmhouse kitchen leads onto an outdoor dining area with a shaded patio. In addition, there are furnished terraces

Resort & Spa in Huvahendhoo in the Maldives. There’s plenty for parents to indulge in too, with a choice of open-air and fine-dining restaurants, and with the Platinum Plan, everything is included, so there are no hidden extras. The Turtles children

of four stay, with two children under 12 in a superior junior room (which is interconnected), the more expensive room receives a 50 
per cent discount, making the total cost £1,473 per night for a superior room and £5,500 for a suite duplex per night. Tel

-bedroom abode that sleeps six and is a short distance from Pollenca. Stylish and chic, with all mod cons, the living areas are on the upper level and the bedrooms and the children’s playroom are on the lower level of the house. With an outdoor dining area

and shot at them with blanks. Thankfully, there were no such shenanigans in our very grand suite – so posh, in fact, that even the bathroom’s rubber ducks were wearing crowns. The children were treated like royalty too. By Joe’s bed, there nestled a junior

and need a big chunk of après-ski each day, that hotels that only open their dining room doors at 7pm for dinner are a killer, and that a friendly, English-speaking instructor makes all the difference to your child’s experience.  But wouldn’t it be great

streets developed around a solid medieval fortress, Limassol Castle, inland from the port. The castle is still there, floodlit at night and surrounded by excellent restaurants – the perfect place to dine on a warm, summer night. You can’t visit Limassol

to life in a riot of colours and sea spray. Mollies is a bohemian boutique hotel in the trendy Ponsonby area where a junior suite costs NZ$540 (around £228) per night. A three-hour drive south lie the geysers of Rotorua: their explosions and sulphury burps

massive circular dining table and a daybed so big that half a dozen people could lie on it quite comfortably (an assumption later proved correct). But perhaps the most eye-catching aspect is the enormous tree trunk that takes pride of place in the centre

European sites, specifically the Costa Brava, Italian Lakes and Lauterbrunnen in Switzerland. Each has two bedrooms, a kitchen (including a fridge and a gas hob), sun loungers and a decking area with dining furniture – perfect for the reluctant camper. A