Hoi An · With kids

Gently shelving sand four kilometres from the old town, with beach restaurants, sunbeds and lifeguards in the dry months. Any age.

Round coracles spun through the water-coconut palms by boatmen who make a performance of it; short, cheap and shaded. Ages 4+.

A big park south of town with a water zone, a river safari and a domed aquarium, half an hour by taxi. Ages 3+.

Hour-long studio sessions in the old town where children build and take home a collapsible silk lantern. Ages 6+.

The pedestrian hours make the old town safe but the stones defeat strollers. The river floods most Octobers and Novembers; kitchens open from about five.