at Djurgården Island, which houses many of the city’s top attractions including the Skansen – the world’s oldest open-air museum, and home to over 150 Scandinavian buildings dating back to the 18th century, as well as over 60 species of animals, including bears

, Vancouver, various American cities, Cairo, Cape Town, Copenhagen, Dubai, Moscow and, closer to home, Lille (by Eurostar), Inghams’ exciting brochure offers lots of fabulous choices. Prices start at £160 per person at the two-star Hotel Bordeaux, Paris

where you can barter for everything from clothes and jewellery to carpets and scarves. The Topkapi Palace in the Old City provides an oasis of calm amidst this chaotic capital, with a wonderful garden for children to run around. Take a day trip on a

by metro from the city centre. Doubles from around £150. Tel: 0042 0 2611 91 111; www.corinthia.cz£ Hotel Europa is a beautiful hotel with wonderful art nouveau decor. Triples from around £75. Tel 0042 0 2242 28117; www.evropahotel.cz EATING£££ Nebozizek

.ba.comfrom Heathrow, Manchester and Birmingham. The CAT (City Airport Train) costs around £6, whilst a taxi will cost around £30. Visit www.vienna.info for more details about public transport and ticket options.STAYING£££ Hotel Sacher is the place to stay if your

de Boulogne, Le Jardin d’Acclimatation, if you have a spare day. It has a menagerie, the Exploradôme museum, miniature golf, pony rides and educational workshops. For a grand hotel that is only a stone’s throw from Le Jardin de Tuileries, book

in full swing since March 13), with a mass of tri-coloured flags and funny hats already on display as we drove through the city to our hotel. We were staying at The Merrion, an award-winning five-star hotel on the edge of Merrion Square. The luxury hotel

BarcelonaThis is a city that could have been designed for children, by children. With its mix of bright paint-box buildings, parks full of crayon-coloured sculptures and museums stuffed with crazy modern art, it’s a perfect break for all the family

. It was a first visit for the whole family to the city that floats on water – a city which, for me, had been a collage of clichéd postcard images and corny ice-cream ads. Yet, in reality, there is little that is clichéd about Venice, and catching a glimpse

AFTER NINE HOURS of movies, food and a few snoozes, we landed in the Sunshine State, where – right on cue – the sun was blazing. But we were about to embark on our wettest holiday ever… Our hotel, the Renaissance Resort, was situated a stone’s throw