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10 April 2012

On Easter Sunday, a traditional roast lunch is available from £25 extra per adult, and there's a chance to walk this off with an Easter Egg Hunt in the hotel's gardens. Call 01789 279955 or visit www.barcelo-hotels.co.uk Quote "EASTER 10" at time of booking. Offer valid for two-night stays between 3 & 6 April.

2) Haven Leisure offers three-day breaks from Good Friday at selected parks from less than £200 for families of up to six people.

A "standard" two-bedroom holiday home is available from £199 and features a fun-packed package of Easter activities, including free Learn2Swim lessons, free football coaching, kids' clubs and a whole programme of daytime and evening entertainment.

The special Easter deal is available at Riviere Sands in Cornwall, Doniford Bay in Somerset, Reighton Sands in Yorkshire and Presthaven Sands in North Wales. For details call 0871 230 1900 or visit www.haven.com

3) Lake Vyrnwy Hotel & Spa, a four-star country-house hotel set between lake and mountains in mid-Wales, encompasses spectacular views and facilities to complement the excellent food, and offers two-night breaks with dinner, B&B from £350 per couple in a garden view room in April/May.

For many years it has championed the cause of local food producers and buys most of its meat and fish from those employed — or formerly employed — on the 24,000-acre estate just over the border in Powys.

Former hotel chef Shaun now owns a fish shop in Pwllheli and ensures that only the finest and freshest is delivered to Lake Vyrnwy. Hotel general manager Anthony Rosser is a firm believer in the local connection.

"Food production is a vital part of the economy in our little corner of Wales. It's not just a commercial enterprise but an integral part of community and family life." Call 01691 870692 or visit www.lakevyrnwy.com

4) The Cary Arms, located in Babbacombe Bay, Devon, has the perfect formula for a traditional English springtime break beside the sea. A three-night Easter break for two in a luxury sea-facing room, including full English breakfast and a trip around the bay in an original Fifties Italian Riva speed boat costs £750.

Located in Babbacombe Bay, hotel guests can reach many coastal trails within minutes. For further information call 01803 327110 or visit www.caryarms.co.uk

5) At the Ironbridge Gorge Museums, Shropshire, families can join in a myriad of creative, hands-on and quirky activities from 2 to 18 April.

These include egg rolling, an Easter Bonnet Parade at Blists Hill Victorian Town and china painting and clay modelling at Coalport China Museum. Join the residents at Blists Hill Victorian Town as they celebrate Easter over the Bank holiday weekend (April 2-5) and try the unusual pastime of egg dancing.

Another activity to try is the Easter Tile Decorating workshop at Jackfield Tile Museum (6-9 and 12- 16 April). For further information from the Ironbridge Tourist Information Centre call 01952 884 391 or visit www.ironbridge.org.uk The Q Hotel offers two-night stays from £115 per room per night (dinner, B&B per couple), with children sharing their parents' room staying free and paying only for meals taken.

The price includes tickets for entry into the museums on any one day. For reservations call 0845 074 0060 and quote "Telford - Ironbridge Experience" or visit www.QHotels.co.uk

6) From Friday three nights' room-only at the four-star Copthorne Tara Hotel in Kensington starts at £273, based on two sharing a standard double room, a 20 per cent hotel saving which also offers 1,000 Nectar Points.

This hotel is two blocks from Kensington High Street shops and half a mile from Harrods. Chocolate lovers can get personalised Easter eggs at Harrods Chocolate Room and Chocolate factory. For reservations call 0871 226 0808 or visit www.expedia.co.uk

7) Follow the White Rabbit Easter trail in Cornwall: self-catering specialist Classic Cottages offers a week at Sea Breeze, sleeping four, for £92 per person (£366 total), from 2 April.

This is a smart apartment by the sea in south-east Cornwall, near where recently-released Alice In Wonderland was filmed. Over Easter, its splendid grounds play host to the White Rabbit Easter trail. For reservations call 01326 555 555 or visit www.classic.co.uk

8) It's not just a great day out, try a family break to Alton Towers and try an amazing new ride, the ultimate roller coaster, Th13teen, which launched last Saturday. The ride has been developed to combine physical and psychological fear — to create what experts are dubbing a PSYCHOASTER'.

A Superbreak package costs from £173 per family of four and includes one night at a supersaver mystery hotel in Stoke with two-day tickets to the park. For reservations call 0871 222 3055 or visit www.superbreak.com

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