Villa Kennedy, GermanyWith a history dating back to 1393, Frankfurt's Christmas market is one of the most elaborately decorated in Germany. Centred around a huge Christmas tree, it is famous for toys, handicrafts and hobby-horses. It feels like Christmas every day at the city's V...

Princesa Yaiza Suite Hotel Resort The festive season kicks off on December 7 at the Princesa Yaiza Suite Hotel Resort in Lanzarote, with a cocktail party and ceremony to switch on the Christmas lights, followed by an exciting array of shows, events

Enjoy the many delights of Berlin, one of Europe’s coolest cities. The concierge service at a festive Hotel de Rome can arrange for young fashionistas to make a bag at the workshop of iconic label Milk, and budding Banksys can join a tour

Tallinn in Estonia has a picture-perfect one in the medieval Town Hall square featuring everything from fine knits to roast pork. Three nights at the Kalev Spa costs from £359 per adult and £98 per child (www.balticholidays.com). The Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark, has a l...

From the moment your child steps inside the Hotel Métropole, Monte Carlo, and sees its huge tree adorned with giant biscuits, pocket watches and rock candies, she will be enchanted by its Christmas Wonderland. Children can also indulge in festive

Where?The northern Lapp village of Saariselka.Why go there?To really feel that festive spirit and visit the home of Father Christmas, of course! Children will love...Rides on reindeer-pulled sleighs or snowmobiles, husky dog sledding and tobogganing

Hotel Plaza Athenee, ParisAdd a touch of magic to your family's Christmas celebrations with festive ice-skating at La Cour du Jardin at Hotel Plaza Athenee in Paris. As your child perfects her pirouettes, you can sit back and relax with patisseries

minutes away, hosts a cartoon festival in January and a toy festival in November; grown-ups will enjoy the buzzing cafés that spill out onto cobbled streets. For those more into kayaking than cappuccinos, the countryside offers golfing, canoeing, fishing

, all age groups will enjoy the sealions, seals and dolphins at Zoomarine Algarve.Parents will love...The quad bikes, too! Plus the harvest from the Algarve’s fine vine-growing “terroir” and the many local festivals at which to indulge.Stay at…The Vila

. The Parque das Nações on the northeastern riverfront has the Oceanarium, the largest aquarium in Europe, home to 25,000 fish, birds and mammals, and is strikingly designed with a two-storey aquarium that features wildlife from across the globe. Travel from