Camping meets Cartier on the lovely beaches of Île de Noirmoutier in the Vendée region of France at Domaine Les Moulins, a new luxury campsite (above). The brainchild of Alain Dominique Perrin, former Chief Executive of the Richemont group of luxury

and port cellar. Even the new Caudalíe Vinotherapie Spa’s relaxing treatments extend the wine theme with the likes of the Cabernet Scrub. Michelin-star chef Ricardo Costa heads up the hotel’s fine-dining restaurant, while spacious rooms enjoy views

The founders of Luxury Family Hotels, who previously set-up a selection of fabulous luxe hotels for families in the UK, have now turned their attention to the Continent with a whole new venture and this summer sees the opening of the Martinhal Hotel

of adobe – a mix of sand, earth, straw and water.Kevan is the European Associate of Earthship Biotecture, the brainchild of American Mike Reynolds, which saw the first Earthships land like alien life forms in the desert of Taos, New Mexico back

country of stunning natural beauty and the new Meridien Lav resort, near Split, is set in gloriously landscaped gardens and has access to 800 metres of this country’s beautiful coastline. The hotel rooms are the largest available on the Dalmatian coast

in London.Then, on our most recent Danish holiday, my son Lloyd, nine, honed a new chant that he would say when we were out enjoying another new experience – maybe at the Viking Museum, or leaping in waves on beaches where the horizon opens up so wide you