For the ultimate insider knowledge on Manhattan, try the Family Package at the Gramercy Park Hotel. Concierge David Moreno will custom craft a family itinerary especially for you, whether it’s designing skateboards at Paragon Sports or peace and quiet in the private Gramercy Park...

Old Bahama Bay on Grand Bahama Island is a chic resort offering an amazing Family Escape package: three nights costs from US $1,815 (£896) and includes an Ocean View Junior Suite sleeping four, breakfast, transfers, four hours of babysitting, and a

.Stay at… Mount Cinnamon, a boutique resort overlooking Grand Anse Beach and offering lots of watersports and a spa. Children under 16 stay and eat for free. Prices in May start from £279 per night for a one-bedroom villa sleeping four. 

. There are also activity specialists for older children. The resort’s rooms have been divided to accommodate various ages: a sleeping room for infants, a computer room for when the midday heat is too strong and covered outdoor areas, including a swimming pool

and the emphasis is firmly on upmarket tourism.Perhaps surprisingly, Mauritius is also the ideal family destination. Whilst it may be a 12-hour flight away, many of the services are overnight, so you can get some sleep on the way: it’s also due south, so jetlag

Kate Winslet character, but obviously without the poverty or the tendency to sleep around.So off we went to Marrakech in Kate’s footsteps, albeit to a fancy hotel rather than a single room in the Medina, the old, walled city that Kate called home

The feeling is familiar: you’re sitting in the departure lounge waiting to board that long-haul flight, watching your fellow travellers milling about, hoping, praying, that the two small children screaming and climbing over the seats

made a finger pot instead. My attempt, sadly, was rather more along the lines of a disaster on The Generation Game. Once again, the pool was a big attraction, and of course, there’s the romance of sleeping under the stars, especially embroidered golden