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

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

encounters and haunted trails. Bushbaby Travel offers a five-night break at the Hotel Palomar for a family of four (two children under 12) in a Family Room from £2,650 (including flights from Heathrow). If you're interested in holidays Stateside, we've picked

and breakfast, departing February 7, 2012, from £4,689.  Also read our Best Beaches For Kids: Middle East feature.

No doubt your child will be making excuses to make the journey between Oman’s Barr Al Jissah Waha (below) and its sister hotel Al Bandar more times than is necessary – it’s not everywhere that you can travel between two hotels on a 500m lazy river