-to-shoulder with the ‘yummy mummy’ brigade. This café is well-stocked to keep younger customers happy and it even offers a children’s organic picnic platter for £4.95 (which includes organic crisps, Parma ham, cheese and bread). Toys and books are also available to borrow

something new, and this month sees the launch of the first ocean-going ship with a lawn. Strange as it may seem, Celebrity Solstice will have an area on deck with real grass, used for picnics and pétanque (French bowls), creating the feel of a park. The ship

Holmes, and offers nature discovery walks, rock climbing, yoga, picnics, swimming, mountain biking, fossil hunting, alpine activity trails, handicrafts and painting, tennis and Italian cookery classes. For more details, visit www

playing boules in the early evening). There are deckchairs for dozing and grassy areas for a picnic or a crepe au chocolat picked up from one of the vendors. The gravel paths are the only downside, as they become very dusty in the heat.If you fancy sight

for rock pooling and a picnic. Gyllyngvase is Falmouth’s sandy resort beach with water sports and a popular café, while Swanpool is a sheltered sand and pebble cove with crazy golf and a café. Just a mile south of Falmouth, Maenporth is a sandy beach

and had a little picnic on the seafront. Our trip coincided with the inaugural Eastbourne Cycling Festival, so we stopped to watch the boys performing a host of fancy stunts on high ramps and obstacles for a bit, before the grown-ups took a slow amble

the luxury accommodation, enormous pool and five beaches (Mauhault is perfect for secluded picnics and turtle-watching), there’s snorkelling, windsurfing, jet skis and scuba diving. There’s a tennis centre at Godhal Beach, boat trips to Mustique and Petit St

. For the kids Theatre and puppetry, trails through the woods to find the fairy queen, a jolly Famous Five picnic and donkey rides at the beach. There’s also the chance to meet children’s authors, including David Lucas, or dance in the woods to Polly

, enormous pool and five beaches (Mauhault is perfect for secluded picnics and turtle-watching), there’s snorkelling, windsurfing, jet skis and scuba diving. There’s a tennis centre at Godhal Beach, boat trips to Mustique and Petit St Vincent among others

into Palma Nova and Magaluf (neither of which is nearly as bad as it’s made out to be) to the two fantastic water parks, which are easily enough for a whole day’s entertainment. Take a picnic, though, as the food is expensive and not great. Nearby is Pirates