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

overlooking a pristine lagoon. Due to reopen this November after an 18-month, £60-million transformation, the luxury all-suite hotel has six restaurants, six garden pools and spacious tropical gardens. Seven nights’ half board, including flights, costs £1,655

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

, trois, en bas.”The original Club Med was founded in 1950 as a non-profit tent village on a Mediterranean beach – now there are over 80 resorts in 40 countries, with over 1.2 million guests a year. We were novices in the whole Club Med experience, but we

at Chamarel, ending the day at La Vanille Reserve, home to 2,000 Nile crocodiles and over 1,000 giant tortoise, the largest numbers in captivity. For a few Mauritian rupee, we bought veggie treats to tempt these prehistoric creatures with and, once we got them

and quiet in the private Gramercy Park. A stay also includes B&B and admission to top attractions such Central Park Zoo. Four nights in a deluxe double room costs from $2,220 for a family of four until September 5.For more great city breaks, visit our Travel

-to-navigate maps.Mauritius, Réunion & Seychelles by Jean-Bernard Carillet and Brandon Presser (Lonely Planet Publications, £16.99)Everything from breathtakingly beautiful beaches to adventure options to wonderful wildlife-spotting opportunities is covered