Holidays

Last year four members of the Parenting Without Tears team spent a long weekend aboard a Herbert Woods' cruiser. Here Anne Coates sums up the experience and recommends this as a great holiday for families.

As part of the press trip to Thrace in Turkey, Anne Coates visited two of the dozens of vineyards in the area both of which offered hotel accommodation: Barbara Vineyards and Bakucha SPA at the Arcadia Vineyards.

Edirne is a city which needs a lot more time than the one day allocated during the Thrace trip organised by the Trakya Development Agency. However one attraction that should be on everyone's itinerary is the Beyazid II Complex which includes the Health Museum, writes Anne Coates. 

Ta? Odalar Butik Otel is the perfect base for some quality time in the fascinating city of Edirne, in the Thrace region of Turkey, writes Anne Coates. 

At the end of last month, Anne Coates was a guest of the Trakya Development Agency and visited various destinations and attractions in the Thrace region of Turkey. As a prelude to the articles which will be posted in the coming weeks, here are Anne's Top Ten Thrace experiences.

Harriet and Anne Coates spent a four-day break at Family Activity Adventure Holiday at Barton Hall PGL, in Devon. In the first of her articles, Anne reviews the accommodation.

Sue O'Neill, one of the Parenting Without Tears team invited to try out a short Herbert Woods cruise, gives her impression of the weekend on the Norfolk Broads.

Our Herbert Wood cruiser was extremely well equipped – better than we'd expected – so we thought Sian Minett (who doesn't travel light) should be the team member to comment on the facilities on board.