North Africa has always captured the imagination and Simpson Travel have some wonderful ideas like cookery classes in a Kasbah and desert exploration by camel as well as city breaks to Marrakech. For active families, winter is ideal for a walking

children’s clubs and all of them have beautiful white sandy beaches and offer every watersport under the sun.The whole island is encircled by a coral reef but the West coast tends to be more protected, and it’s here that you’ll find long stretches of sandy

of £50 per person is available if you book by February 28 and travel before October. An Easter holiday departure, April 5–16, is available from £1,849 per person and £1,549 per child (including £50 discount), with further departure dates in July

and quiet in the private Gramercy Park. A stay also includes B&B and admission to top attractions such Central Park Zoo. Four nights in a deluxe double room costs from $2,220 for a family of four until September 5.For more great city breaks, visit our Travel

Children can follow in the footsteps of Captain Jack Sparrow on the island of St Lucia with a stay at Smugglers Cove Resort & Spa. Aside from the luxe resort’s activities and children’s club, one of the highlights of the trip is setting sail aboard the Brig Unicorn – complete wit...

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

at the museum, as well as 2 hours for return travel. For more information visit www.ghibli-museum.jp Visit Crayon House Feast on sashimi, noodle and tofu dishes, then let the children explore the Japanese toys and 50,000 children’s books for all ages at Crayon

stay for seven nights in September from £4,388 with Sovereign Luxury Travel, including flights and transfers. For more long-haul destinations, see our Travel section.

tents or Little House On The Prairie-style timber houses. There are full- and half-day Kids Corps programmes every day for children aged five to 12, as well as daily feeding of the baby animals at the Cow Pokes’ Corral. The Bushbaby travel group offers a

The Visitor Complex is full of once-in-a-lifetime experiences: buckle up for the Shuttle Launch Experience that provides the sights and sounds of a shuttle launch, while the New Exploration Space explores the future of space travel. There’s even a