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Year-round warmth, short transfers in the south and lots of pool-led family resorts.

A short flight from the UK, with shallow sheltered bays in the north.

The quiet Balearic, with sheltered calas made for toddlers and a short flight.

The dunes, breakwater-calmed beaches and winter sun on UK time.

The longest sand in the Canaries and reef-sheltered lagoons made for paddling.

Winter sun on UK time, with breakwater-calmed bays for little ones.

Shallow east-coast coves and short transfers, well away from the two club zones.

The short cheap flight, a buggy-friendly coastal train and a real city on the beach.

Shallow golden sand, a 15-minute transfer and PortAventura next door.

Green and wooded, with calm east-coast bays and one of the shortest transfers in Greece.

Greece's biggest island, with sheltered coves and a sea still warm into autumn.

Sheltered east-coast bays, a free castle town and a sea still warm in October.

A flat cycling island, with transfers in minutes, shallow sand and a toddler seat on the back.

Protected shallow bays, nesting loggerhead turtles, short transfers and no night flights.

Loggerhead turtles in the harbour, red-sand shallows and a short ferry, on the largest Ionian island.

Three sandy peninsulas, gulf-sheltered water and a boat you can hire without a licence.

A numbered beach bus, pine shade down to the sand and planes low overhead.

Eight all-inclusive resorts across Greece and Spain, with à la carte dining and a crèche from six months.

Calm freshwater with no waves, ferry days between the towns and mountains behind.

Two airports either end, white-sand shallows, Mount Etna and granita for breakfast.

Shallow clear water, some beaches you now book a ticket for and flamingos behind the sand.

Flat boardwalk beaches, golden cliffs and no time difference at all.

Year-round mildness on UK clocks, with lidos, cable cars and whale boats instead of sand.

Pool-led resorts, dinosaur footprints and a safari-park island, on a short flight to Croatia.

Driving on the left, UK plugs and a sea that stays warm into November.

English everywhere, UK plugs, Calpol on the shelf and a map of where the sand is.

Large all-inclusive resorts and a warm sea into autumn, on the Antalya coast.

A warm sea for January swims, reef shorelines to wade over and the visa and health admin to plan for.

A warm Gulf sea in winter, big family beach resorts and a seven-hour flight. Check the live travel advice before you book.

A warm shallow lagoon you can swim in with a baby, once you have weighed the long flight and the cost.

The theme parks, villa country and the practical admin of a Florida trip with young children.

Wide sandy beaches, a sheltered south and a surf-facing north coast, the Eden Project for wet days.

Sheltered sand on the south coast, Atlantic surf in the north and Dartmoor ponies in between.

A short ferry from the mainland, flat sandy beaches and classic attractions close together.

No flight, lake cruises and steam trains, short low-level walks and indoor options for wet days.

Flat traffic-free trails for the buggy, show caverns, the Chatsworth farmyard and a cable car.

No flight and no time difference, with cities, lochs and white-sand beaches on the west coast.

A UK beach week without a flight, with Pembrokeshire beaches, mountains, castles and steam trains.

A warm indoor pool in a car-free forest, with lodges among the trees and traffic-free paths to scoot.