Families can enjoy the great outdoors and come home to a cosy fireside and gorgeous food at Dunraven Arms Hotel in County Limerick, Ireland. Nearby this 18th-century coach house in the beautiful village of Adare, there are family activities

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

, if music be the food of love, play on… It costs from £239 per night for a family of four.There are lots more places to stay in the UK in our Travel section.

to ten, there is a 50 per cent discount on all food. Parents, meanwhile, canrelax in the hotel spa and enjoy the scenery. Prices for a family of four start from £275. For lots more UK travel ideas, see our Travel section.

from its very own championship polo fields, the Desert Palm in Dubai has unveiled five new Polo Suites, which are perfect for pony-loving families. From £1,299 per adult and £399 per child for seven nights with Western & Oriental. The Rosevine

. Extend your stay The stunning five-star Stapleford Park country house hotel is less than 30 miles away from the festival site, and is family-friendly. Activities available include falconry and horse riding, as well as outdoor games like croquet. The spa

.Veggie-licious Quesadillas (courtesy My Lunch Box, Chronicle Books, £9.99)A stay-hot food container will make these cheesy quesadillas taste just-melted. This recipe makes four servings – lunch for the whole family, then?Ingredients4 large wholewheat tortillas25g (1oz

not owned by families where both parents are working. If, however, you have the time to take on the responsibility, dogs with good temperaments include golden and Labrador retrievers, Welsh corgis, boxers, collies, Irish setters and whippets. Going large

Siena’s medieval mini-districts. Nothing is too much trouble here: gourmet meals (including baby food) are prepared with ingredients from Borgo’s organic orchards and kitchen garden, and when you can’t face the restaurant, your room-service dinner

definitely funky! We’d boogie between floors to the sound of YMCA and the flash of disco lights, standing like statues whenever the doors opened. It was when we caught another family doing the same thing (and then joined them for a mini disco night between