are older), but book the Loews Miami Beach Hotel with its special Kids Camp for children aged four to 12. Price from £1,737 for a week for a family of four.For Hawaiian beach bliss, Kapalua Beach in Maui is a gem of beautiful golden sands, bounded by swaying

. Book via Seasons In Style with prices from £3,185 per person for one week, including B&B and flights.Check out Best beaches for kids: Indian Ocean and Best beaches for kids: Middle East.

-sized bathrobes and slippers, plus there is free access to the children’s swimming pool and Kimo Kids club. Seven nights’ B&B for a family of four, including flights, costs £3,090 with Elegant Resorts.For more opulent glamour, the beaches in Dubai are outstanding

, which has a long private stretch of sandy white beach perfect for snorkelling, paddling and watersports. All Beachcomber hotels – including Sainte Anne Resort in the Seychelles – offer a host of land and watersports, and a free Bob Marlin Miniclub

With private butlers, a lovely 1km white sand beach and Sanctuary Spa, The Residence in Mauritius is renowned for its ability to soothe the stresses of its adult guests. But children also receive star treatment at the Planters Kids Club. Open from 9

prayers rang out.Unsurprisingly, it’s not like this with children, even well-travelled ones like mine. For a start, even the most dedicated junior shopaholic is unlikely to want to spend a whole morning sifting through identical iron candleholders on 20

: Petit Club Med for two to three years; Mini Club Med, four to 10 years; and Juniors’ Club Med from 11 to 17 years. Baby Club Med facilities are available for babies up to 23 months, if you reserve when booking. The design of the children’s club takes

the Black River Gorges National Park where white-tailed tropicbirds with long streamer tails glided like kites on warm thermals. We drank sugarcane juice (the sign said it helped with the growth of sexual organs, which greatly appealed to my sons’ schoolboy

British Airways has launched three new routes to the Maldives and Sharm el-Sheikh and Las Vegas – all featured by Thomson Tailormade. There are three flights weekly from Gatwick to the Maldives from £530 per adult, £450 per child return. Seven nights at this paradise island costs...

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