Nowhere does decadence quite like Paris... and the Seven Hotel, in the pretty Fifth Arrondissement, is no exception. Jenny Coad checks in and finds her inner ten-year-old is thrilled.

Beach, spas and kids' clubs galore - the Sensatori resort, in sunny Crete, is a family treat, says Jeremy Daniels. And let's face it, if your children are happy on holiday, so are you.

Actress and all-round national treasure Joanna Lumley recalls some of her travel adventures, from the wilds of Malaysia to the poverty of the Sudanese desert.

Glastonbury was pipped to the title of Europe's best festival by Budapest's Sziget Festival. Gary Edwards visited Hungary to find out how Glastonbury can reclaim its crown.

The city of Denpasar is an assault on the senses, but as Chris Hall heads into rural Bali he falls in love with peaceful scenes of locals tending lush lands.

Group swimming is a reassuring way to take to the open waters. Catherine Eade finds new friends and new techniques on a sea swimming break in the Balearics.

Every year, it hits the headlines thanks to its bull-running festival of San Fermin. But there is far more to the Spanish city of Pamplona than animal slaughter - as Chris Leadbeater discovers.

Expansive resorts tend to be huge, man-made affairs, but Sani, on Greece's Kassandra peninsula, has left its wetlands intact, making it perfect for a spot of bird-watching.

Brian Viner is enchanted by a remote corner of Australia where the local park is a million acres, the lake contains 30,000 crocodiles and the rocks are older than life itself.

The red squirrel population was decimated when their grey cousins were introduced from America in the 1800s - but one place you can spot them is Formby, on a specially-designed walk.

A cruise from Singapore to Hong Kong, via Thailand and Vietnam, seemed like the trip of a lifetime to novelist Philippa Gregory. And it certainly didn't disappoint.

Robert Hardman enjoys one of the rides of his life in Hong Kong where he finds there's something for all the family, from shopping and cocktails to aquatic parks and Disney characters.

Being a disabled traveller isn't easy but there are plenty of companies who are experts at helping holidaymakers get to where they want to be, says the Crafty Traveller

Recently voted among the best resort destinations in the US, Newport Beach is enjoying a purple patch. Gareth Huw Davies lists the six best ways to occupy yourself there.

Genoa is full of famous old bones, says Sarah Gordon. If you picked the city up and shook it, the skeletons of some of history's most iconic figures would clack in their ornate boxes.

James and Ola Jordan head to the Sandals resort at Emerald Bay where they practise their golf swing, swim with pigs and sign up for a James Bond themed Thunderball trip.

Neil Clark sets off on a four-day cruise taking in Holland's cultural highlights, from the elegant Het Loo palace to Keukenhof, the world's largest bulb flower garden.