To truly experience peace on Earth this Christmas, head to Enna in central Sicily and stay at the tranquil Poets’ Corner – the seven-bedroom, four-bathroom former holiday home of the aristocratic Grimaldi family. It sleeps 12 and was designed as a

Soak up Sicilian sunshine at the Verdura Golf & Spa Resort, 30 minutes’ drive from Palermo. Facilities at the resort include three golf courses, a 60-metre swimming pool and separate children’s pool, a spa and fitness centre, tennis and water sports, as well as three restaurants ...

gardens, a separate children’s pool and a private beach. Six nights at the Kempinski Hotel costs £23,500 for a family of four.For more information, tel: 00 39 092 367 5000; www.kempinski-sicily.com

Il Gattopardo, near the pretty resort of Taormina, is a 19th-century manor house with stunning lavender- and hibiscus-filled gardens. Surrounded by a private vineyard and lemon plantation, the villa is an hour’s drive from Sicily’s famous volcano

) for children aged 2–12 years. For more information, visit www.aruba.com and www.arubamorgansisland.com Sicilian sunshine Book a luxury villa in Sicily before March 31 and save €150 per week with villa specialist soloSiciliy. Il Gattopardo

can say they don’t like something if they have never tried it. What’s the most unusual food you ate as a child? Bottarga, which is a delightfully salty pressed fish roe that is popular in Sicily and Sardinia. What’s your favourite restaurant? New World