Which is the best resort on the Greek Islands to take 3 teenagers?

Question

we need a resort that caters for both teenagers and oldies! Dont want anything too commercialised, but has to have enough nightlife to keep them happy, (they're all 16).

Answer 1

I think you shouldn't be looking for a "resort", with inclusive clubs, animations and so on. There are many hotels like this in Kos or Rhodes or Crete. But people who go there I believe lose all the magic of the island! Smaller islands are wonderful, and the entire island is like a resort. If you go to Santorini or Naxos for example, it will be magic for all of you, exploring the wonderful beaches, ancient monuments, etc., and the nightlife in the town will be great for the teenagers! So all you need to do is stay in a hotel in the town and not in a remote area, where the kids should take a car or motorcycle in order to get to town. And choose any island you like, the ones I mentioned, including Kos, are my favourite.

Answer 2

Protaros, near Ayia Napa or Limassol, in Cyprus. Both have brilliant clubs, but still very family orientated, Protaros has large water park if thats their thing. Many water sports such as para-gliding etc. Paphos and Old Limassol more historical if you like that kind of thing. Limassol Town has large amount of shops, rather more commercialised. Try Tsokkos Apartments in Ayia Napa. RIght next to Square for clubs but strangely quiet! Just be wary if your kids decide to try out the night life, each club offers a free "shot" to potential customers to go inside. These are alcoholic and pre-poured. Make sure they either refuse the shot or ask for fruit juice instead. That way they can keep an eye on what they are drinking. Within spitting distance there is a Burger King, MacDonalds, and Pizza Hut if they are fussy eaters as well as many very nice restaurants that do a decent cheap 2 course meal from a fiver each if you are on a budget. Ten minutes by bus to Protaras and if you head the other way towards Paralimni you will find Nissi Beach, one of the nicest in Cyprus, a ten minute walk from Ayia Napa Centre.
Crete is another good option. My kids loved the Water Park there, its HUGE. biggest in Europe apparently! Some nice boat trips if you fancy things a little more sedate! Try Hersonissos. Don't bother with Zante, extremely dull!

Answer 3

Kos, it has many resorts but tingaki caters for everyone. kardamena is really the party resort so steer clear. ilios Hotel in Tingaki offers everything a family needs, nightly entertainment and loads to keep teenagers happy. there are no clubs, but enough bars and restaurants to go to a different one every night, the bars welcome kids and teenagers and some have pool tables etc,, to keep them busy. There is a go Kart track and a water park nearby. The good thing about tingaki is that everything is in one place so the kids will never be too far from you.

have a great holiday!!!!

Answer 4

Take them to Piskopiano, it's small village over looking the bright lights of Hersonnasis. This village is full of restaurants and roof top gardens which little tavernas and Irish bars. but for your teenagers there's Hersonnasis which is only a ten minute walk (down hill) but it only costs €5 in a taxi down. Down here you have many Irish bars and disco bars, but also the streets are lined with restaurants looking over the port. I love Crete and have been there 4 summers in a row and even spent last summer there working. piskopiano is nice and quiet and is a rest from the hustle and bustle of Hersonnasis. Hope you enjoy Crete.

Answer 5

You're brave.

This is a hard question, since it depends on how liberal you are. Anything that the caters for "clubs" with the international party scene is going to be a worry for any responsible parent. Spiked drinks, ectacy - you name it, you can guarantee all the "fun" places will have it.

I can't recommend enough to keep away from "clubs".

Have a look through the pictures of hotels on this directory of Greece accommodation, and look at the official Greek National Tourism Office's website. Keep the kids happy with activities - sun, swimming - exhaust them so that they would love to sleep by 12pm latest - it's the safest and best way.

Hoep these links help your research:

Answer 6

Tingaki in Kos. It has an excellent beach, many lovely restaurants and has a couple of bars for the teenagers.

Answer 7

Skala Eressos, Lesvos. its the best! Im a teenager & i go every single summer! It has things for people of all ages!

Answer 8

in gialtra aidipsou euboias of course
they have everything
i go there every summer
has things for all ages

Answer 9

Crete has one of the most vibrant night scenes of all the Greek islands. There's a huge amount and diversity of nightlife ranging from brash Brit bars and frantic foam parties to more traditional evenings of Cretan music and dancing. Head for the big package holiday centres for all-night anything goes partying in high season or join the locals in the more sophisticated night scene of the main north coast towns.

The twin resorts of Hersonissos and Malia, east along the coast from Iraklio, are the two main hot spots for package holiday party animals. Both resorts are awash with bars and discos catering for young, foreign visitors hell bent on serious round-the-clock revelling. The drunken antics of foreign clubbers (mainly British) have prompted a police clampdown in recent years but you'll still find a wild, on the edge party scene here. Sexily-clad nubile bar staff do their utmost to encourage outlandish behaviour from their co-operative clientele of drunken youngsters who frequent aptly-named clubs such as "Orgasmic" and "Corker's".

It's not worth hitting the clubs much before 1am and the serious stuff doesn't take off until much later. Then the drinking, dancing and degenerate behaviour continues till dawn. New pubs and clubs, many of them British owned, come and go but there's always a plentiful supply of sports bars, theme bars, cocktail bars, Irish nights, techno, trance and whatever else you want from a wild night out.

The main towns of Iraklio, Hania and Rethymno all have a lively nightlife with numerous music bars and dance clubs where you can take your pick of international chart music, Greek pop or traditional Cretan entertainment.

In Hania, which must rank as one of the most beautiful towns in the whole of Greece, you can join the locals in their early evening " volta " (a stroll with no particular aim or destination in mind) before relaxing over a sundowner or taking a ride in a horse-drawn carriage down at the harbour. Most bars and discos here are gathered around the inner harbour and scattered throughout the old quarter. The town has a thriving gay scene and from July to September there's an arts festival with various events including classical music concerts, jazz and traditional music and dancing. Open-air film screenings (often in English) are often held in the public gardens.

The capital Iraklio also hosts a big arts festival in the summer with various entertainment ranging from ancient Greek and renaissance dramas to ballet and Greek music, both modern and traditional. Most of the events take place either on the roof of the Koules Venetian fort or at the Kazantzakis Garden Theatre and the Hadzidaksis Theatre. There are also three outdoor movie venues in town.

You can savour traditional Cretan cooking and fresh fish grilled al fresco at one of Iraklio's good quality but inexpensive ouzeris. For Cretan music and dancing head for Aposperides on the road out to Knossos or Sordina, five kilometres south west of the city centre.

Rethymno holds a Renaissance Festival in July and August with ancient Greek dramas, folk and rock concerts, films and art exhibitions. Many of the performances take place in the magnificent setting of the town's 16th century Fortezza - the massive Venetian fortress dominating the headland at the western edge of Rethymno. The town's annual wine festival takes place in the Public Gardens and involves music, dancing and sampling the local wines.

The attractive town of Sitia in the eastern corner of the island holds a Sultana Festival every August in honour of its prime local export. Locals and tourists alike dance and down copious quantities of locally produced wine.

Agios Nikolaos, overlooking the beautiful Gulf of Mirabello, holds an arts festival from late July until early September with traditional Cretan dance troupes and musicians. The locals sometimes throw parties for visiting foreigners who favour a night out at the festival over the clubland cacophony of nearby Malia.