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 ...

Supervised by trained staff, and complete with nappies, cots, milk and baby food, this dedicated baby area is situated near the pool and is a new addition to the existing Pony Junior Club for four- to 12-year-olds. This elegant resort also has

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

reality with their attention to the needs of each and every guest. There are fantastic Scott Dunn children’s clubs at a host of Mediterranean resorts – Pine Cliffs in the Algarve, Aphrodite Hills in Cyprus, Daios Cove in Crete and Verdura in Sicily – where