Superbreak lines up the best ‘educational’ summer family short breaks

Look, listen and learn! From history to science, wildlife to the environment there’s no reason not to learn more this summer.

Packages for the summer holidays include:

SCIENCES - Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum - £95 per family
This is a brand new state-of-the-art digital planetarium and ten galleries of historical artefacts, modern interactive displays and fascinating futuristic facts. Packages include one night’s accommodation and a one day entrance ticket to Thinktank. Prices are from £95 per family of four based on two adults and two children sharing a family room at the there star Britannia Hotel in Birmingham. Breakfast is included for the adults, children pay locally. Valid at weekends until 27 August 2006.

PALEONTOLOGY – Dino Jaws, London
Dino Jaws is a new exhibition at the Natural History Museum in South Kensington offering the chance to learn a little more about these pre-historic creatures. Feast on a world of devouring dinosaurs and come face to face with ten of the most incredibly lifelike moving dinosaurs ever created. Packages cost from £131 per family of four based on two adults and two children sharing a room at the three
star Novotel London West in a family room. Price includes one night’s accommodation and a ticket to the exhibition for all the family. Breakfast is included for the adults, children pay locally. Valid at weekends in July and then any day of the week in August.

WILDLIFE – Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, Bedfordshire - £123 per family
Learn more about the animals of the wild at Whipsnade Wild Animal Park. Watch Lions, see penguins or catch a wallaby wandering by. Breaks include one night’s accommodation and one day’s entrance to the park. Prices are from £123 per family of four based on two adults and two children sharing a room at the three star Old Palace Lodge hotel in Dunstable. Breakfast is included for the adults, children pay locally. Valid Friday and Saturday until the end of September.

ENVIRONMENT – Eden Project, Cornwall – two nights £432 per family
The Eden Project is a living theatre of plants and people and tells the fascinating story of man’s dependence of plants. Breaks include two night’s accommodation and a day’s entrance to the project. Packages cost from £432 per family of four based on two adults and two children sharing a room at the four star Royal Duchy Hotel in Falmouth. Breakfast is included for the adults, children pay locally. Valid 14 July – 31 August 2006.

HISTORY – Jorvik Centre, York - £122.50 per family
Families can travel back 1000 years and learn about the Viking Age – complete with sounds and smells and over 800 artefacts. Breaks include one night’s accommodation and a day’s entrance to Jorvik. Packages cost from £122.50 per family of four based on two adults and two children sharing a room at the three star Ramada Encore, York. Breakfast is included for the adults, children pay locally. Valid Monday to Thursday from July to September 2006.

For more information or to book call Superbreak on 01904 644455 or visit Super short breaks (http://www.superbreak.com )

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Based in York, England, Superbreak specialises in booking 2-5 star hotel accommodation throughout Britain for the leisure traveller. Superbreak hold allocations of rooms at all hotels and we can book up to and including the day of departure.