Holidays

Daish Holidays, a family business, has hotels in Newquay, Isle of Wight, Torquay and Bournemouth. Anne, Olivia and Harriet Coates went to stay at the Barrowfield Hotel in Newquay and report back on this family-friendly hotel.

Ideal for holiday-makers with small children, Thomson Al Fresco Altomincio Family Parc also offers plenty to keep older children happy and occupied too as Anne Coates discovered on her recent trip there.

Anne Coates had never been to a Family Parc abroad before so a visit to Thomson Al Fresco – Altomincio Family Parc near Lake Garda was a new and welcome experience, spending a week there with daughter Olivia and Harriet (14 months).

If you spend a holiday in Tunisia, it is well-worth going on the "Sahara Explorer" excursion, which is a two day trip, including an overnight stay, covering a large and diverse area of the country, as far as the Sahara desert in the south and the border with Algeria in the west.

Mathilde and Rhiannon, both aged 12, spent a week at PGL's Little Canada Centre on the Isle of Wight and discussed their multi-activity holiday with Anne Coates.

Sian Minett and her family were guests of Eurocamp Holidays at the beautiful parc of Val de Cantobre, France. Read about how much they enjoyed their holiday.

In the South Western Camargue you will find Les Petits Camarguais, a parc has everything you need for a fun-packed holiday with a very well-stocked shop, bakery, bar, restaurant and take-away, ATM and exchange facility plus library, writes Sian Minett.

The cost of a continental package holiday, particularly for larger families, can be shockingly expensive once flights and under-occupancy supplements are factored in. It can also be difficult to accommodate everyone comfortably and ensure that they all have a great holiday. Eurocamp Holidays, writes Sian Minett, enables you to achieve all those things with self-catering mobile home holidays offering a choice of 160 parcs in 16 countries and islands across Europe and America.

Sarah Edmonds and her husband took their three year old son and one year old twins to Abelia, Charente France where the family-friendly gite booked through Tots To Travel ticked all the right boxes.

Continuing her review of La Vallé at Houlgate, Louise Pollard describes the facilities and activities on offer.

Louise Pollard and her family spent a week at a Keycamp's La Vallée on the outskirts of the small coastal town of Houlgate in Normandy, France. After a stressful start, the Keycamp magic worked to provide a relaxing and enjoyable holiday. This is the part one of Louise's review.

Whatever the weather, families can enjoy the fabulous spa facilities at Alpen Therm as well as a stay in the 4* Hotel Österreichischerhof in Bad Hofgastein, Austria.

Osterreichischer Hof Hotel (4*) is an excellent base for a skiing, hiking or spa holiday in Bad Hofgastein, Austria.

Madrid is an ideal European destination for a short city break for families with pre-teens or younger teens. Julia Bairstow spent three days there with her 14 year-old daughter, Lucy, and there was more than enough to keep her occupied and interested.

In the second of her articles about Legoland Billund Resort, Alex Bell writes about the resort's fabulous new contemporary chalets, part of a holiday village which opened April 2009.

For their first holiday as a family of four, the Bells went to Denmark, where they stayed at the brand new and hugely impressive Legoland Billund Resort. Legoland and Lalandia are two of Denmark’s largest theme parks and resorts, and Alex describes her family's enjoyment of them.

Camping had never appealed to Sian Minett but a few years ago she was persuaded to give it a go and much to her surprise was immediately hooked! With the economic situation, an increasing number of people are giving camping a go for the first time so here are Sian's Top Ten Tips.

New York City is a destination that really does have something for everyone. In particular Sian Minett was amazed at how clean New York is and how safe it feels, even at night. So great for a family city break.