little prince or princess.Outside London...Magical Ice RinkOctober 22-February 26Get your skates on and head to the Eden Project for their fabulous new-look ice rink. Promising to be a veritable winter wonderland of icy tunnels, light effects and glacial

Heidis and mini-Bonds in the mountains: there are carriage rides, snowboarding tuition, ice-skating, climbing-wall sessions and pottery – anything and everything can be arranged locally. Further afield, the pretty town of Annecy is less than an hour

’s many festive attractions, from gift shopping or seeing a West End show to ice skating at Somerset House or building a snowman in nearby St James’s Park. The package is for a family of four between December 12–23 and 26–30 and includes one night’s stay

visit to the quaint Christmas market and be dazzled by the stunning Christmas lights in Casino Square. Go ice skating by the harbour and visit the city’s excellent Oceanographic Museum. Two nights’ B&B at the Columbus Hotel  December 9–20 costs from €350

Arctic fun but want to avoid the extreme cold, why not head to Lapland UK in Lamberhurst, Kent? Children can decorate gingerbread in Mother Christmas’s kitchen, go ice skating, meet husky dogs and reindeer, and have a personal audience with Father

And Jerry's Sundae Musical Festival.Summer Skate SpectacularJuly 25Come along to Lee Valley Ice Centre to skate the day away in the summer ice rink.Children's ActivitiesJuly 26–September 2There's lots going on at the Bentall Centre in London this summer

Magical Ice RinkOctober 22-February 26Get your skates on and head to the Eden Project for their fabulous new-look ice rink. Promising to be a veritable winter wonderland of icy tunnels, light effects and glacial displays, Eden’s magical rink

babysitting, should they wish to venture out on their own!), as well as out-of-hours shopping sprees at Hamleys. The hotel also hosts seasonal events, such as treasure trails at Easter or ice-skating at Hyde Park’s Winter Wonderland at Christmas, or children

to the Chicago River. There’s a flamboyant procession with free activities that set the festive mood for the coming weeks, including a ice-skating rink at a festivally decorated Millennium Park with the impressive Chicago skyline and Lake Michigan as a backdrop

leisurely towards the village square, past an iced-over stream where a lone duck skates precariously, much to the amusement of the children, I begin to feel at one with nature, breathing in the fresh air with its heady woodland scent, so unlike the polluted