1/10 Calheta Beach – Madeira ★★★★
Four-star Savoy Calheta Beach is an all-inclusive family resort with large lagoon-style swimming pools, dreamy spa with Turkish bath, indoor pool and sauna, and direct beach access to Praia da Calheta. Kids get their own pool, games room and club with daily activities and playroom. Behind the hotel lie Madeira’s mountains, so all 153 modern rooms come with either sea or mountain views. There are two restaurants and three bars at Calheta Beach. The neighbouring marina also has plenty of choice for a day or evening out of the resort. Other activities families may like to take advantage of during a stay at Calheta Beach include a Madeira cooking class, hiking tour of the region or Portuguese lessons.
What’s included?
- 7 nights all inclusive hotel stay
- Easter holiday: 8th April 2020 – 15th April 2020
- Return flights from London Gatwick
- Total price: £2333.00 for a family of four (£583pp)
2/10 Grand Sunset Princess All Suites & Spa Resort – Cancun ★★★★★
The Grand Sunset Princess Hotel is a five-star all-inclusive beachfront resort located just a few minutes from buzzy Playa del Carmen. It’s a large resort with 674 suites. Guests can upgrade for direct pool access and hot tubs. The resort has a choice of 12 swimming pools, a wet bar, hydromassage pool, many themed restaurants and bars and plenty of sports including tennis and scuba diving. Kids can splash about in four swimming pools or have lots of fun in the club for four to 12 year olds, which has a craft area, outdoor games patio, climbing wall and its own water park. Staff organise daily activities from a puppet theatre to nature classes. For older children, there’s a weekly disco and organised beach games.
What’s included?
- 10 nights all inclusive hotel stay
- Summer holidays: 29th July 2020 – 9th August 2020
- Return flights from London Gatwick
- Total price: £5587.00 for a family of four (£1396pp)
3/10 Mitsis Family Village Beach Hotel – Kos ★★★★
Mitsis Family Village is a peaceful family beach resort, built at the foot of Dikeos Mountain. This all-inclusive resort is a short walk away from a pebble beach. There are 219 bungalow-style rooms. Family suites have separate sleeping areas for children. Guests can be as active or as laid back as they like, with a range of water sports, swimming lessons, tennis courts, horse riding and beach volley plus six pools to swim in or relax by. Children get their own pool with water slides to lark about in. A mini club caters for youngsters aged four to 11 in a morning and afternoon session, with arts and crafts, cooking competitions, mini disco and playground. Older children might like to have a go at the adrenaline-pumping escape room. Staff also host many entertainment activities such as live music, theatre production, dance and karaoke.
What’s included?
- 7 nights all inclusive hotel stay
- May half term: 24th May 2020 – 1st June 2020
- Return flights from London Gatwick
- (Returning flight is late at night, so a day off school would be needed)
- Total price: £2734.00 for a family of four (£683pp)
4/10 Serita Beach – Crete ★★★★★
Built with faultless architecture and painted with pretty pastel colours this hotel provides unforgettable holidays for all ages, directly located by the Cretan Sea. The hotel comprises a total of 276 rooms (with 10 suites) spread over 3 floors along with a number of bungalows. The hotel features a foyer with 24-hour reception desk, a lift, several lounges and an air-conditioned restaurant with terrace, high chairs and non-smoking area available for use. Those arriving by car may take advantage of the car park. Younger guests may let off steam in the playground and participate in the kids’ club activities (4-12 years). Babysitting on request and for a charge. A laundry service rounds off the facilities on offer.
What’s included?
- 7 nights all inclusive hotel stay
- May half term: 24th May 2020 – 31st May 2020
- Return flights from London Gatwick
- Total price: £2759.00 for a family of four (£689pp)
5/10 Suite Hotel Atlantis Fuerteventura Resort – Canary Islands, Spain ★★★★
Families will love this four-star all-inclusive resort next to the stunning sand dunes of Corralejo in Fuerteventura. The resort has eight swimming pools including a splash pool for babies and a children’s pool. The tropic and activity pools are also suitable for younger visitors. Fun water games are often held at the activity pool such as aqua aerobics and water polo. The resort also runs the ‘Dolphin Swim School’. There are three kids clubs to suit different ages. The mini club looks after four to six year olds and Atlantini Kids Club caters for six to 12 year olds, and there’s no shortage of novel entertainment from swimming with mermaids to planting a vegetable garden. Teens can kick back in the Atlantis Teen Lounge, which is filled with computer games, videos and DVDs on a big screen. Families can also take advantage of the huge range of activities on offer at Suite Hotel Atlantis Fuerteventura. There’s surfing, mountain biking, tennis coaching, beach volleyball, sailing and quad biking.
What’s included?
- 11 nights all inclusive hotel stay
- Summer holidays: 1st August 2020 – 12th August 2020
- Return flights from London Gatwick
- Total price: £4183.00 for a family of four (£1045pp)
6/10 Hotel Mediterraneo – Benidorm ★★★★
Hotel Mediterraneo is a good value all-inclusive hotel 900m from Levante Beach in Benidorm. Mediterraneo is also just 250m from Aqualandia and Mundemar theme parks, for scream-inducing days out for all the family. Hotel Mediterraneo is not far from the centre of Benidorm, but comes alive during the evening with a programme of entertainment from live music to karaoke should families not want to venture too far. The resort caters well for families, with a separate play area for children, mini club, playground and spacious rooms with a kids’ TV channel. The resort has a huge outdoor pool with fountains and bubbles, plus water games like zorbing and aqua aerobics. There’s a quieter heated indoor pool and gym plus pretty gardens and outdoor games to enjoy too.
What’s included?
- 14 nights all inclusive hotel stay
- Summer holidays: 28th July 2020 – 11th August 2020
- Return flights from London Gatwick
- Total price: £4422.00 for a family of four (£1105pp)
7/10 Alborada Ocean Club – Tenerife ★★★
All-inclusive Alborada Ocean Club Tenerife sits in the southern part of the island, next to the fishing town of Las Galletas where catamaran tours can be taken to see whales and dolphins. The resort has 285 apartments, perfect for families who need a little extra room. Outside there is a saltwater pool with direct access to a small beach plus large terraces with sunbeds and shade to relax on and a nearby snack bar to refuel with. The buffet restaurant has lovely views over the sea and offers three theme nights a week. Alborada Ocean Club can organise snorkelling and diving trips and table tennis, pool table, board games, archery, bowls, carbine rifle shooting, aqua gym and darts is readily available at the hotel. Kids have everything on tap, from a children’s pool to play area with swings and slide. The mini club has a wide range of things for little ones to do, from face painting, arts and crafts and a mini disco.
What’s included?
- 7 nights self catering hotel stay
- Christmas holiday: 21st December 2019 – 28th December 2019
- Return flights from London Gatwick
- Total price: £3700.00 for a family of four (£925pp)
8/10 Anastasia Beach Hotel – Cyprus ★★★★
Anastasia Beach Hotel is a recently renovated four-star hotel that overlooks the sea and the golden sands of Marlita Bay. The buzzy town of Protaras is only 20 minutes’ walk away for a day out and Pernera, with its many bars and restaurants, is on the doorstep. The 241 rooms here are light and bright, with furnished balconies. Family rooms have mountain views and sofa or bunk beds. There’s an indoor and outdoor pool at Anastasia Beach Hotel for all the family to enjoy, but the main draw for kids will be the Aquamania Waterpark, located next door. Other perks at the hotel include a buffet and Chinese restaurant, poolside bar, spa, gym and tennis and scuba diving lessons. If parents want to relax a little more, there’s a kids club at sister hotel Marlita which guests can use.
What’s included?
- 7 nights all inclusive hotel stay
- October half term: 23rd October 2020 – 30th October 2020
- Return flights from London Gatwick
- (You would need one day off school, but it saves £300)
- Total price: £2084.00 for a family of four (£521pp)
9/10 Club Mac Alcudia & Waterpark – Mallorca ★★★
Club Mac Alcudia is a large all-inclusive family resort built around the S’Albufera wetlands in the quiet coastal district of Port d’Alcudia in North Majorca. Rooms come with bunk beds or a suite with separate room for kids. A free shuttle bus transports families to the beach 800m away, though there is so much to do within the resort, you may not even reach that far. There are eight pools and guests have free entry to the water park next door. There are three buffet restaurants here, well equipped for families with children’s menus, high chairs and purees for babies. The kids’ club (four to eight) is outstanding, starting with a mini train that transports little ones to the door. Inside there is a playground, toddler pool, two stages with daily shows and plenty of innovative activities like MasterChef competitions, a reptile show, science experiments workshops, princess and pirate dress ups and children’s parades. Sports facilities for all the family include mini golf, sand sports court, running track, tennis courts and archery. At night there are themed parties to enjoy as well as six bars and a local market stall for shopping.
What’s included?
- 7 nights all inclusive hotel stay
- May half term: 24th May 2020 – 31st May 2020
- Return flights from London Gatwick
- Total price: £2463.00 for a family of four (£615pp)
10/10 Pine Bay Holiday Resort – Izmir, Turkey ★★★★★
Pine Bay Holiday Resort in Camimani Bay, Kusadasi was completely renovated in 2014. The hotel sits on a private Blue Flag beach, perfect for families, and is close to a marina for sailing and a huge range of water sports including parasailing, wakeboarding, snorkelling and diving. At the resort there’s more water fun, with three outdoor pools, four children’s pools and a water park with big and small waterslides. The expansive spa has a hammam, sauna, steam bath and indoor pool. Should youngsters want a change from the beach and water park, there’s a playground, plenty of land sports like football and tennis, a youth club, games room, mini disco, mini golf and kids club. Teens will appreciate the beach and pool parties too.
What’s included?
- 14 nights all inclusive hotel stay
- Summer holidays: 28th July 2020 – 12th August 2020
- Return flights from London Gatwick
- Total price: £5031.00 for a family of four (£1257pp)