holiday ideas?

Question

i have never been on a foreign holiday with my children.i live in the uk and want to take my children aged 14 and six abroad.does anyone have anlocation ideas it needs to be english and child frindly with lots of ammenities close by as i do not drive financies are tight so good value for money oh yeah one last thing sunny but not really hot.ANY IDEAS PLEASE HELP not sure where to start

Answer 1

how about Turkey ?

it's very very cheap, plus there's great beaches, fantastic history, so you can show the kids the things they are learning about in school (like Roman, Greek history in places like Ephasus).

If they ask why they're going to somewhere like Ephasus and looking at boring roman stuff, point to their Nike shoes or tee-shirts (with the Nike 'tick' brand on them) and tell them the tick comes from the Greek Goddess of Victory, and at Ephasus they can see a stone with the Greek Goddess on it that looks like the tick! Now that's a cool 'photo, the kids standing next to the stone of Nike, wearing their Nike tee-shirts and baseball caps!

The gulet cruises from Fethiye to Olympos around the islands are brilliant too and VERY cheap.

Plus if you take them to Gorome in Cappadochia, you can show them the underground cities where the Hittites hid from the Egyptians and the Christians hid from the Romans...not ot mention the strange landscape of the Fairy Chimneys...best balloon flight I've ever taken, and I've taken a few :)

and all that plus great food, nice people, and fantastic beaches like Oludinez (where they filmed The Blue Lagoon!)

If not Turkey, how about Croatia, again, fantastic beaches, great roman history...!

Other than that I can only suggest Italy, Greece, or Spain!

Hope that helps

Philip

Answer 2

I'm a single mum with a ten year old daughter and nearly every year we go to Puerto Rico in the Canaries. Its beautiful and cheap enough loads for the kids to do, kids clubs, a water park, shops, restaurants, kids discos in the pubs at 6 o clock in the evening, all in walking distance! Whatever you decide I hope you have a great time!

Answer 3

North of Spain, fabulous at this time of the year all the way till winter! Barcelona airport offers exceptionally transport connecting to dozens of interesting places by train ( you don't even have to leave the airport to get on to trains ), buses or coarches. Check out the INternet or trave agents, lots of them organised cheap coaches trips UK-Barcelona or Girona, many incluging hotels which are reletively cheap especially you take full pension, that is, including all meals.

Answer 4

As you live within the EU, your best bet is France (especially the South), Spain, Italy, Greece.
I lived in Cyprus, and would recommend it as a holiday destination. I've also heard good things about Malta.

Answer 5

Why not try disney World in Paris and it's not too far away to travel from the uk,and you get the child friendly ,and the weather isn't to hot,your children will love it and wont ever forget it....good luck to you.

Answer 6

Take them to Margarita Island, in Venezuela is cheap, not to hot, many white and beautiful beaches, some thematic and water parks, and nice hotels.. is a very good proposal

Answer 7

Portugal (Algarve), Canaries, Balearic's, Costa's or you could try Orlando(some good deals around at the moment, the pound buys a good dollar rate).

Answer 8

Try Arenal d'en Castell in Menorca - stayed there loads as a kid and loved it. Or you could try the Canaries - Tenerife maybe ? Stay in Los Cristanos though its nicer !

Answer 9

I totally agree with bebpcox, i have been lots of times with my own family, it really is a great place all year round.

Answer 10

well your children are in stage of education and would help to see what they learn at school you can combine both by going to Greece or Italy i hope i helped have Good time