THIS Christmas and New Year, the experts in family travel, Luxury Family Hotels, have a superb range of breaks on offer at their seven family-friendly properties around the country.

From coastal escapes to country house weekends, there is plenty to choose from.

The festive season at Luxury Family Hotels is all about spending quality time together as a family, and also for adults to have valuable time to relax and unwind.

Christmas activities at the group’s two Cornish properties, Polurrian Bay Hotel and Fowey Hall Hotel include visits from Santa and his reindeers, party games, bracing coastal walks and Boxing Day swims, whilst at New Year what better place to celebrate than with a traditional house style party in the comfort of the magnificent Moonfleet Manor Hotel overlooking the Fleet Lagoon.

There are also some superb ‘recharger’ offers for that time in between the celebrations when you just want to get away from it all.

Christmas, New Year and Recharger packages are also available at the other four Luxury Family Hotels – The Elms in Worcestershire, Woolley Grange in Bradford on Avon, The Ickworth in Bury St Edmunds and New Park Manor in the New Forest. Full details on www.luxuryfamilyhotels.co.uk.

All the Luxury Family Hotels offer comfortable, stylish interiors with a wonderful ‘home away from home’ feel and have fantastic facilities for families.

These include complimentary childcare in their OFSTED registered ‘Dens’ for children up to the age of 8, swimming pools, cinema rooms and ‘blue rooms’ with activities for older children as well as baby-listening in the evenings so that everyone gets to relax.

For those looking for Christmas or New Year on the coast, Polurrian Bay Hotel and Fowey Hall Hotel have some wonderful activities: Boxing Day Swims and Bucks Fizz Breakfast at Polurrian Bay Hotel: Set in private gardens up on the cliffs, with magnificent views over the coastline of the beautiful Lizard Peninsula, Polurrian Bay Hotel near Mullion is West Cornwall at its most tempting.

Christmas at Polurrian Bay Hotel begins in style with Christmas Eve wine tasting, traditional party games and carol singing before dinner.

Bucks Fizz is a great start to Christmas Day before Santa arrives, followed by a five course lunch accompanied by tricks from a table magician. Christmas cake, a fun quiz and gala buffet round off a memorable day.

Walk off the Christmas pudding on Boxing Day morning, with a coastal path walk, before meeting on the beach to join or watch the annual Boxing Day swim with hot pasties and mulled wine.

Rates from £895 per room for a three night package.*

Escape to Polurrian Bay Hotel at New Year for a relaxing break with the whole family, with time for walking, talking and the occasional spa treatment.

Rather than a traditional band or disco, toast in the New Year after a grown up New Years Eve dinner while children are entertained with music and games.

New Year’s Day has a leisurely start with brunch and bucks fizz before blowing away the cobwebs on a coastal walk, or indulging in spa treatment to really relax.

Later, there will be a fun family quiz followed by high tea and a family film. Rates from £450 per room for a two night package.*

A Magical Christmas and New Year at Fowey Hall Christmas at Fowey Hall is like being invited to a magical house party, with traditional entertainment, fine food and a wonderfully relaxed atmosphere.

A grand Queen Anne mansion reputed to be the source of inspiration for Toad Hall in the Wind in the Willows, Fowey Hall is set up on the cliffs above the pretty fishing town of Fowey. The four night Christmas break starts on 23rd December with a local choir singing around the Christmas tree with mulled wine.

On Christmas Eve Santa and his real reindeers will be paying a visit. On Christmas Day after a leisurely breakfast in your room, a champagne reception is the perfect start to a traditional Christmas Day lunch.

Spend the afternoon playing board games or watching festive films in the cinema room. Wrap up the day with a pantry supper and a festive quiz for all the family.

Boxing Day morning is spent on a guided walk around the town to walk off some of that turkey, with a children’s entertainer performing at the hotel in the afternoon. Rates from £1295 per room for a four night package.*

The Fowey Hall Recharger Break is the perfect antidote to Christmas stress, with time to recharge and rejuvenate before New Year.

Enjoy family time exploring the town of Fowey or enjoy a day out at the renowned Eden project.

The Den is open every day with supervised activities & the blue room is stocked full of the latest games.

Each evening there will be high tea, a festive family film and a 3 course dinner for the adults. Rates from £875 per room for a three night package.*

Welcome 2015 in at Fowey Hotel with two or three night relaxing family break. New Year at Fowey is all about time to chill out and spend quality time with the children. There’s lots of free time to take a walk or to indulge in a spa treatment.

Children will be entertained with music and games on New Year’s Eve or enjoy a family dinner and be wowed with the table magician.

On New Year’s Day breakfast will be on offer for the early risers but for those wanting a lie in brunch will be available too! Why not blow away the cobwebs and take a walk with the local guide followed by a children’s magic show in the afternoon before a family dinner or high tea and a movie for the children and a candlelit dinner for two.

Rates from £650 per room for a two night package.*

Traditional House Party Fun at Moonfleet Manor Hotel A handsome Georgian manor house overlooking the World Heritage listed Chesil Beach and Fleet Lagoon near Weymouth, Moonfleet Manor offers a welcoming ‘house party’ style atmosphere for all the family and is the perfect setting for a memorable Christmas or New Year.

In keeping with its past, Moonfleet exudes an atmosphere reminiscent of adventure and exploration.

With a grand yet welcoming home from home atmosphere, the spacious lounge areas are decorated in a contemporary come colonial style, with large sofas and deep chairs just perfect for a spot of paper-reading. Steeped in smuggling history, many of the rooms at Moonfleet Manor are named after characters in J. Mead Faulkner’s swashbuckling novel of the same name.

With facilities including an indoor pool, treatment rooms and a huge indoor soft play area – The Verandah – there is plenty for the whole family to enjoy, whatever the weather.

Christmas at Moonfleet has a traditional feel to it, with Carol singers from the village, festive films and readings of ‘The Night Before Christmas’ on Christmas Eve. Christmas Day features a Santa hunt, a traditional family Christmas lunch and entertainment from a Master Balloon Artist as well as time for some fun in the pool.

The celebrations continue on Boxing Day, with a party for children with high tea followed by Popcorn and Christmas films for younger guests, and a black tie ‘Bond Evening’, complete with Martini’s and a Moonfleet Manor Casino. Rates from £1560 per room for a three night package.

New Year at Moonfleet also has a welcoming house party atmosphere. Children will love the activities on offer - an inflatable obstacle course in The Verandah, entertainment from the Balloon Artist, inflatables in the pool, a special children’s party and movies and popcorn.

For adult guests there are also some wonderful activities, including wine tasting with sommelier Manuel as well as a range of Spa treatments and a New Year’s Eve party to remember, with a black tie dress code, featuring champagne, cocktails and a gourmet feast followed by a live band and dancing until the early hours. Rates from £1010 per room for a two night package.

Lead in rates at all hotels are based on two adults sharing a standard double, which can also accommodate at least one child. Children can share rooms as appropriate on a complimentary basis, with a surcharge being payable for food. Family suites and interconnecting rooms are also available.

For bookings or further details visit www.luxuryfamilyhotels.com or call 0844 482 2152