of burping, which unfortunately broke that serene spell of calm. Set in 27 hectares of Morocco’s oldest palm grove, Marrakech La Palmeraie has a picturesque setting with walkways lined with sunken water gullies, fountains and pretty vegetation. Its

fruit and vegetables and diluted fruit juice.Of course, most children will want a sweet treat. If you want to add a treat, offer homemade fruit muffins or flapjacks and always offer fruit alongside.Introducing varietyMany children enjoy routine and like

foot. You can tuck the pieces inside the fevered child’s socks, but make sure the vegetable touches the underside of her feet. For babies, mash a garlic clove and rub the liquid into the soles of her feet.THE DOCTOR SAYS Garlic and onion come from

of lush vegetation and fruits so plentiful – juicy red tomatoes ripening on the vine, plump pears and figs, and boughs bowing with lemons – that Grace, 13, and Joe, four, were already plotting their own mini harvest festival.The remainder of our party

in Tenerife, and Princesa Yaiza in Lanzarote. The Abama at Guia de Isora, part of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, is a luxury Moorish-style resort set in an oasis of palms and lush vegetation emerging from the foothills of Mount Teide. A plethora

, Peter strays into his neighbour’s garden and proceeds to eat his vegetables, only to be chased away by an angry Mr McGregor. Potter’s writing style has the quaint, mannered charm of its period. 20The Magic Faraway Treeby Enid Blyton Egmont, £5