The company has two ships, based in Montego Bay and Barbados, each offering two fabulous routes. From Montego Bay, for example, you could visit Mexico, Belize, Grand Cayman and Honduras; or do Barbados to Tortola, St. Maarten, St. Kitts, Antigua and Dominica. Both ships offer fre...

This summer,  the new luxury Martinhal Beach Resort & Hotel will be welcoming families when it opens on Portugal’s Algarve. Surrounded by a national park, the resort includes a five-star boutique hotel, spacious village houses and privately owned

As the son of the world-famous oceanographer Jacques, it’s no surprise that Jean-Michel’s resort offers spectacular diving trips, while a marine biologist is also on hand to educate young explorers. On land, there are village excursions

& Beach Resort in Portugal. There’s a glamorous hotel on site but it’s the gorgeous villas for families (some with private pools) that catch the eye with breathtaking ocean views, designer interiors, daily maid service, wireless internet access

 and the chance to see dolphins at the Dolphinarium.Parents will love... To follow in Hemingway’s footsteps, enjoying a mojito in the city’s coolest bars or a fishing trip from the village of Cojimar. You can also see the Tropicana cabaret show or have a rumba

resort, and if you are looking for stylish luxury combined with a laid-back vibe, it’s already hard to beat. There’s a 38-room ocean-front boutique hotel and holiday villas set in lovely landscaped gardens with a lively village square at its heart where

Oriental, has plenty for families and the island is easy to explore – a lush, tropical slice of Britain in the Atlantic with quaint villages, colonial history and tiny, rocky coves as well as stretches of the powder sand. Seven nights’ B&B for a family

of the hotel’s facilities and restaurants. Prices start from £2,950 for a family of four, for one week, including flights and transfers. Book via Tots Too.Also in the Algarve, the Martinhal Beach Resort has a village of splendid villas, each with a pool

Shiel boat trip at Seahouses and you’ll be spotting seals and puffins on the wonderful Farne Islands. Coastal Retreats has a wide range of chi-chi self-catering family properties, including Craster Rocks in the harbour village of Craster, famous for its

Lydia, overlooking the bay at Lakka village, sleeps four to five, is close to the beach and five minutes’ walk from the harbour, so you don’t need a car. To explore, rent a boat – there’s a mooring just below the villa. There are child discounts so