How to do it: Red Savannah (01242 787800; redsavannah.com) has several beautiful gulets for rent, sleeping up to 20; while Blue Cruise (020 8968 7770; bluecruise.co.uk) offers affordable shared cruises
Admission requirements? Access without testing for the fully vaccinated and under-12s; via PCR or antigen test, or proof of recovery, for others. Online form (register.health.gov.tr).
13. Become a Jedi Master in Florida
For: children older than seven
An out-of-this-world experience adventure begins this March in Florida: a two-night “journey” aboard the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser. Launch Pods transports Disney World children and parents through hyper space to the Starcruiser, an immersive space where they will meet and collaborate on Star Wars characters, take the ship’s controls, learn to use light guards, join missions and join a cabin will sleep looking at galaxies. far far away.
How to do it: Disney World (disneyworld.co.uk) is offering a 14-night Galaxy’s Edge package from £ 932pp, including accommodation and a Disney 14-day Magic Ticket.
Admission requirements? Evidence of complete vaccination, plus negative PCR or lateral flow test taken no more than one day before travel. Testing may be required with three to five days of arrival, unless you have proof of recovery. Unvaccinated children aged 2–17 years require a negative Covid test taken up to 1 day before travel.
14. Anchors weigh in Anchorage
For: only parents and children older than seven
National Geographic has teamed up with G Adventures to create a series of Family Journeys. The small group excursions are designed to give young travelers meaningful encounters, and to learn something while they are busy – with like-minded company for parents / children traveling alone. Destinations for 2022 include Alaska, where kids can earn junior ranger badges while making memorable memories: dog sledding across a glacier, watching whales break in and going on a bear hunt.
How to do it: G Adventures (0344 272 2080; gadventures.com) offers a nine-day Alaska Family Journey from £ 3,599pp for adults and £ 3,449 for children.
Admission requirements? Proof of full vaccination, plus negative PCR or lateral flow test taken no more than 24 hours before travel. Testing may be required with 3-5 days of arrival, unless you have proof of recovery. Unvaccinated children aged 2–17 years require a negative Covid test taken up to 1 day before travel.
15. France on two wheels
For: teens
Amateur cyclists can conquer Normandy this year on the new Seine side cycle route: La Seine à Vélo, which winds 270 scenic miles from Paris to the sea. From Notre-Dame, the route takes you along the city’s hip Canal Saint-Martin district and the Seine’s old towpaths, via Renoir’s immortal terrace on the Ile des Impressionnistes. Up, past bowls, wooden frame houses, orchards. This is Impressionist land: at Giverny you will see Monet’s house; later Medieval Rouen and, on the coast, picturesque Honfleur.