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KILKEE HOLIDAY HOMES, IRELAND Closer to home still there’s plenty to draw families in, and for rolling pastures, postcard-pretty villages and windswept coastal walks, it’s hard to beat Ireland. For a beachside retreat on a budget, Irish Ferries recommends Kilkee Holiday Homes, where two-bedroom apartments overlook the Atlantic Ocean and the rugged trails of the Wild Atlantic Way are just a stone’s throw away. “Active families can bring their bikes along or hop into a kayak,” says Marie McCarthy, Irish Ferries’ passenger sales manager for the UK and Ireland. “Visitors can also head into Ballharbour and take a chocolate


tour at Hazel Mountain Chocolate or visit the Burren Perfumery. This kind of break doesn’t need summer weather to be a winner.” Book it: Seven nights starts at £590 for a family of four, including return ferry crossing with a car on October 23. irishferries.com/holidays


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MALTA MARRIOTT HOTEL & SPA, MALTA Direct families in search of impressive art and architecture to Malta, where capital Valletta – all baroque buildings, limestone-sided alleys and 16th-century city walls – meet archaeological sites including the Megalithic Temples, dating back to before 3000BC. For those wanting to combine cultural exploration with beach time, suggest the seaside town of St Julian’s, where the Malta Marriott Hotel & Spa has just undergone a €30 million refurbishment and now boasts four restaurants, three bars, a rooftop pool, kids’ pool and Balinese-style spa among its lures, with rooms


and suites overlooking the picturesque Balluta Bay. Book it: Mercury Holidays offers a week’s B&B from £747 per person, based on two adults and two children sharing a Superior Town View Room, and including flights from Luton on October 23. mercuryholidays.co.uk


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