easyJet are offering four flights a week from London Gatwick on Saturdays, Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout the summer. Rhodes has something for all the family – ancient history, beaches, shopping and wonderful walks and cruises

or classic Start-rite on their feet”- The Little Fashion Gallery Shop “Do come and visit! We’re open Monday to Friday from 9am till 7pm.”3 rue du Jour, 75001 Paris; www.littlefashiongallery.comOur Petit Paris article will tell you more reasons why the French

. Stay at the Excelsior Hotel Ernst from €230 per night (www.excelsiorhotelernst.com).If you love shopping then you may also wish to read Shop till you drop from Delhi to New York in our Tips & Advice section.

, miniature toiletries, and a PlayStation. A morning "newspaper" service is also available, with a choice of Mickey Mouse abd Geolino comic books. And if all that shopping hasn't caused weary heads to hit the pillow, the hotel is on hand with complimentary

friendly restaurants and activities, book hire cars that offer child seats, shop around for family deals on attractions and baby centric hotels. Any hotel offering itself up as a child friendly destination should be able to offer high levels of facilities

to hopefully make your journey a little less of a bumpy ride.It takes timeThink how much longer any task tends to take with your child in tow - the weekly shop, car journeys etc. - and apply the same logic you would in these situations to air travel. Always

the mountains for superb views and walks. Even more exciting for our children was the Shafbergbahn – the oldest cog mountain railway in Europe. The antiquated wood-panelled carriages are shunted and heaved by a wheezing antique steam engine to the top

-and-Gretel trail of fashionable crumbs as an aide-memoire: past the Louis Roederer champagne shop, Burberry on your left, right at Ralph Lauren on the corner. Ah yes, we’d made a serendipitous landing in fashion central. After pootling and admiring the oh

rarely see a traffic jam outside the city, you might find a great fresh fish shop or come across a cute café in a secluded spot near a clutch of beach houses.North Zealand is spacious and green, particularly the towns Humlebæk, Helsingør (as in Elsinore

, Portugal is a very special place indeed. Located in an unspoilt, idyllic area in the western Algarve, just steps from the beach and a protected national park, it is perfect for a relaxing family holiday. Martinhal aims to become Europe’s finest family