Marrakech is a marvellous, magical city with plenty for children to enjoy, including snake charmers, horse-drawn carriage rides and the musicians, dancers, and story tellers of Djemma El Fna – the central square. In the heart of the old walled

Orient-Express Ubud Hanging Gardens resort is a haven of peace perched among jungle-covered mountains in the cultural heart of Bali. And the hotel has introduced a novel way for children to experience the island’s culture first

. In the heart of downtown Vancouver, Rosewood Hotel Georgia is now offering a Rose Buds Junior Spa Menu, with treatments including facials, manicures and pedicures designed for children aged five to 13 years. You do have to accompany your child, so enjoysome

sits on the site of Inca Amaru Qhala’s palace in the heart of Cuzco and provides the perfect base from which to explore.The concierge can create a personalised itinerary, and following a day of sightseeing, your butler will be on hand to draw a bath

in 2012 in style at the three-star Midtown Hotel in the heart of Boston’s Back Bay. Priced from £2,676 for a family of four, this package includes seven nights’ room-only accommodation and flights with Delta Air Lines from London Heathrow on 28 December

from £1,680.Situated on a mile-long arch of beautiful white sand in the heart of a Mexican luxury resort, Rosewood Mayakoba is built along a network of lagoons. Children will love the new Rose Buds programme for children aged three to 12 years

The feeling is familiar: you’re sitting in the departure lounge waiting to board that long-haul flight, watching your fellow travellers milling about, hoping, praying, that the two small children screaming and climbing over the seats

Assumption, they say, is the mother of mess-up. Oh, and what a fool was I to assume that on a long-haul flight with a duration of 11 hours there would be back-of-the-seat in-flight entertainment to keep a five-year-old amused. Instead, there was one

’t be empty for long, though, as the GOs are encouraged to mingle, so you tend to end up making polite chit-chat. We were also a bit disapproving of the continental trait of smoking in the restaurants and a couple of times we inadvertently sat down

Three little seconds of your life. That’s all it takes. One second, two seconds, three seconds – and it’s over. So how come it’s such a big deal? Maybe it’s the death-defying near-vertical drop and the stomach-churning feeling of having your heart