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Unless stated, all prices are per person, based on two sharing, and include flights from London. For other UK or Irish departures, contact the operator

Buckets and spades

Sunsail (0870 112 8487, www.sunsail.com) opens its best-ever beach club in Turkey this summer. Club Phokaia, near Izmir, will have three swimming pools, mountain- biking, tennis, sailing, windsurfing, a Turkish bath and clubs for children aged 2-16 all included in the price. A week’s half-board costs £569 in May, £1,289 in August.

Calabria, the toe of Italy’s boot, is tough to reach by air from the UK, but this summer Thomson (0870 550 2555, www.thomson.co.uk) starts charter flights from Gatwick and Manchester. Some of the region’s most beautiful beaches are in the resort of Capo Vaticano, where a week’s half- board at the Villaggio Stromboli Hotel costs £385 in May, £625 in August.

Book a family summer holiday at Cobblers Cove, on the west coast of Barbados, and up to two children under 12 sharing their parents’ suite stay free. The kids also get free tennis and sailing lessons, watersports and supervised games, plus free dinners at the hotel’s restaurant. A week’s B&B in August costs a total of £3,398 for a family of four, with Latitude (0870 443 4483, www.latitude-online.co.uk). Book by March 1.

New British Airways (0870 850 9850, www.ba.com) flights from Gatwick to Dalaman in Turkey, beginning in May (from £130), will spell good news for classy family hotels such as the Hillside Beach Club (00 90 252 614 8360, www.hillside.com.tr) in nearby Fethiye. Overlooking a picturesque private bay, the hotel has sailing, windsurfing, archery, tennis and a supervised children’s village for ages 4-12 all included. A week, full-board, costs £542 in May, £1,183 in August, excluding flights. Under-13s go half price; under-6s free.

Adored by honeymooners and high-rollers, the Seychelles aren’t well known for welcoming families. That’s about to change with the opening of the four-star Le Meridien Barbarons, on Mahé, which has tennis, watersports, minigolf, a children’s pool and a club for kids aged 6-12. Summer is the time to go: a week’s B&B costs £1,198 in May, £1,450 in August (under-12s sharing £399/£679), with Elite Vacations (01707 371000, www.seychelleselite.co.uk).

With Montenegro’s unspoilt coastline, uncrowded beaches and low prices, it was only a matter of time before charter flights arrived. First to land is Cosmos (0870 443 1823, www.cosmosholidays.co.uk), which has a week’s B&B at the four-star Hotel Maestral, in Milocer, for £614 in May, £744 in August.

Mark Warner (0870 770 4222, www.markwarner.co.uk) made its name in the Med with upper-middle- market all-inclusive beach clubs. Now it’s offering something different: apartments with kitchens where guests can prepare their own meals. Set in a nature reserve on Portugal’s Algarve, the Pedras d’el Rei resort has tennis, watersports and children’s clubs, plus reduced green fees on nearby golf courses. A week, half-board, costs from £545 in May, £992 in August.

Lap of luxury

The latest extravagance in the Maldives: rent an 86ft yacht and get your own private island thrown in. The boat boasts a spa bath, barbecue and outdoor lounge. The island has a swanky villa with open-air bathroom, pool and butler. A week costs £19,539 for two, including meals, scuba-diving and unlimited spa treatments, with Abercrombie & Kent (0845 070 0611, www.abercrombiekent.co.uk).

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