Holidays overseas with Kids
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So looking to next summer we will have 3 little ones by that time (oldest will be 5).
The question is where and how do familes go on holiday to the Med?
1. The flight it will be 4 on one row (baby so no seat) -and me on another switching to share the parenting as best we can.
2. Hotels they don't seem to offer two or three bedroom hotel rooms. It's either all in one "family open plan room" - they would wake when we come in from the balcony. Otherwise it's suites but the cost of those is extortionate exceptionally rare to find too.
Villas I guess are another option but they come with not very big pools and our kids love playing in huge pools which you'd only get at hotels.
Need some help/advice.
Also staying in hotels in the U.K. How do you do it? Kids cannot be alone in another room
The question is where and how do familes go on holiday to the Med?
1. The flight it will be 4 on one row (baby so no seat) -and me on another switching to share the parenting as best we can.
2. Hotels they don't seem to offer two or three bedroom hotel rooms. It's either all in one "family open plan room" - they would wake when we come in from the balcony. Otherwise it's suites but the cost of those is extortionate exceptionally rare to find too.
Villas I guess are another option but they come with not very big pools and our kids love playing in huge pools which you'd only get at hotels.
Need some help/advice.
Also staying in hotels in the U.K. How do you do it? Kids cannot be alone in another room
I have 2 very young children and this year visited Tenerife for the first time. Stayed at a place called Villa Maria and it was fantastic (heading back in June). We had a 3 bed villa which had a pool - small as you say but it's a resort full of villas that has a huge communal pool/restaurant/poolside grill/bar/children's club etc as well as your own private one.
It's also close to a town (Adeje I think it was called) which has some great restaurants and there's a supermarket or two nearby to load up the villa.
Highly recommended - had never done the Canaries before as we usually go further afield but couldn't face an 8 hour flight with 2 little ones
It's also close to a town (Adeje I think it was called) which has some great restaurants and there's a supermarket or two nearby to load up the villa.
Highly recommended - had never done the Canaries before as we usually go further afield but couldn't face an 8 hour flight with 2 little ones
matt666 said:
The hotel room situation you described above is the reason I switched to villas. The ones I've used in Lanzarote have heated pools, and there are waterparks you can visit for the day if you want a change
I had a look at the villas and really it makes a lot of sense to go for a huge villa if you can get a group of families together. Much better however to organise holidays with others isn't that easy / plus some people's usual budget might be £300/person while others £5k/person and finding that acceptable sweet spot is so hard. we've stayed at https://www.barcelo.com/barcelohotels/en_gb/hotels...
all inclusive or 1/2 board, we've had a family room, which was two rooms with an adjoining door (that locks) with separate balconies, one room was a double and the other was two singles with a travel cot. For us it worked very well.
Travel time to Menorca is about 4hours which is our limit with an 18mnth old + 5yr old. We tried Lanazrote once with a single 2yr old and the flight was awful, just too long (6yr I think) for his patience and ours when you factor in airport waiting around, passport control etc.
Hotel was cheaper booking direct and has a nice children's area and 5min walk to a small sandy beach, some shops and restaurants. But the bigger towns are an easy bus ride away.
HTH
all inclusive or 1/2 board, we've had a family room, which was two rooms with an adjoining door (that locks) with separate balconies, one room was a double and the other was two singles with a travel cot. For us it worked very well.
Travel time to Menorca is about 4hours which is our limit with an 18mnth old + 5yr old. We tried Lanazrote once with a single 2yr old and the flight was awful, just too long (6yr I think) for his patience and ours when you factor in airport waiting around, passport control etc.
Hotel was cheaper booking direct and has a nice children's area and 5min walk to a small sandy beach, some shops and restaurants. But the bigger towns are an easy bus ride away.
HTH
Edited by familyguy1 on Monday 24th October 10:22
Plenty of villas with biggish pools but, failing that, somewhere like this, with a huge pool complex:
https://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/rentals/calpe/10...
Cala D'Or Marina D'Or III complex has a nice big pool too.
Nerea Complex in Peniscola has 2 big pools and 2 kids pools.
https://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/rentals/calpe/10...
Cala D'Or Marina D'Or III complex has a nice big pool too.
Nerea Complex in Peniscola has 2 big pools and 2 kids pools.
We went to Sardinia this year with our 3 year old and found it a really good destination. We stayed in a hotel and the room was a family one with everyone in one room which wouldn't help you. But the reason we went was because a friend recommended Sardinia (having been with their little one) and she stayed at a Villa next to a hotel which had access to the hotel facilities including the pool complex.
I can't remember exactly where it was and I don't know if it's common or not over there but if you can't find anything similar and it's of interest drop me a PM and I'll ask her.
Oh and the driving's good over there, well the road's are nice but the driving standard is awful
I can't remember exactly where it was and I don't know if it's common or not over there but if you can't find anything similar and it's of interest drop me a PM and I'll ask her.
Oh and the driving's good over there, well the road's are nice but the driving standard is awful
familyguy1 said:
Travel time to Menorca is about 4hours which is our limit with an 18mnth old + 5yr old. We tried Lanazrote once with a single 2yr old and the flight was awful, just too long (6yr I think) for his patience and ours when you factor in airport waiting around, passport control etc.
I agree that is too long.
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