Luxury Family Hotels cater specifically for families. The children’s menus contain organic, wholesome foods, while the facilities include Ofsted-registered childcare, babysitting, baby equipment and children’s toys and a host activities

to the spa and leisure facilities, as well as lunch in the new Pear Terrace Brasserie. The hotel offers a Parents’ Revival Package which includes an hour’s treatment for two in the spa, two nights’ accommodation, lunch, evening babysitting and daytime crèche

With specially made mini bathrobes, milk and cookies at bedtime and a range of informal dining options, Thorpe Park Hotel and Spa treat children as mini VIPs. What’s more, as the hotel has teamed up with Safehands – Britain’s leading national

Older children (three to 12) receive a teddy bear, rubber duck, robes and slippers, their own newspaper and access to a spa swimming pool. Adults can enjoy the golf, the beach and the hotel’s spa. An Eden Suite for two adults and two children

For meditation, yoga, healthy eating and, above all, a well-earned rest, head for rural Worcestershire, where The Elms hotel is planning two specially themed family breaks in May and September. All the meals, juices, the organic herbal tea bar

Family-friendly fun combines with luxury at The Elms Hotel & Spa in Worcestershire. Set within ten acres of beautiful gardens overlooking the Teme Valley, this Queen Ann mansion aims to make travelling with children just as relaxing as a romantic

For an idyllic break in the Cotswolds, luxury Hotel Cowley Manor has made the prospect of a stay even more enticing by opening C.Side – a new spa with a host of luxury treatments, sauna, steam room and gym. The indoor and outdoor pools are also

Foxhills, a luxury hotel and country club in Surrey, has opened a new children’s clubhouse. Fun facilities include table football and Wii, and there are supervised activities such as dance classes, judo and tennis. A family suite costs £300 per

side, it can also add to tensions when the generation-gap stresses start to appear. After three hours on the road – and a slight (and unintentional) detour via the Brighton Road – we were all rather relieved to see the glorious sight of The Grand Hotel

interiors. From this hotel, you are on the doorstep of the city centre as well as the stunning Mumbles and Gower coastline with parks and gardens. Activities include sailing, surfing, sea angling, canoeing, rowing and hiking. Visit www.morganshotel.co.uk