The Canary Islands’ location in the Atlantic Ocean close to the African coast makes for year-round sunshine. I enjoyed several winter holidays there pre-children and I’m sure my kids would love a trip there. The Spanish islands make a great holiday destination and are visited by millions of tourists every year. Tenerife is the largest […]
Things to do around Bovey Castle and Dartmoor with kids
When I stayed at Dartmoor’s Bovey Castle with my husband and children there was so much to do at the hotel that we didn’t leave the grounds. From learning how to shoot with air rifles to making sloe gin to building woodland dens this wonderful Devon pile offers a huge range of country activities. Bovey Castle was built […]
Things to do in St Lucia with kids
This is a guest post by Sharmeen Ziauddin. Sharmeen is a blogger, freelance journalist, and mum to three children aged seven, five and one. Sharmeen and her family travelled to Saint Lucia during the October half-term break. Saint Lucia is one of the Caribbean’s most mountainous islands. Located about 100 miles from Barbados on the eastern stretch […]
Things to do on the Costa Brava with kids
Beyond the famous sandy beaches and tourist resorts there are plenty of other interesting things for kids to do on the Costa Brava. The beautiful and rugged Costa Brava stretches along 124 miles of Spain’s Mediterranean coast from the French border down as far as Blanes. I had a great family trip there this year with […]
Things to do in the Isle of Wight with kids
There are loads of things to do on the Isle of Wight with kids. The island lies just a few miles off the coast of Hampshire in southern England and is a motorway-free oasis. I visited the Isle of Wight one October half term with my husband and ten year-old son. We stayed at the island’s […]
Things to do in Amsterdam with kids
I visited Amsterdam recently with my ten year-old son. We had a great time and it’s definitely somewhere I’d recommend for families. Here are some ideas for things to do with kids in the Dutch capital. Make a splash Just in front of the famous Rijksmuseum is an attractive, formal garden with manicured hedges and […]
Top 5 things to do in Singapore with kids
This is a guest post by Aimee Chan, who is the editor of the family travel website Suitcases & Strollers, and who is based in Singapore. When she’s not working, Aimee enjoys hanging out with her young son and here she shares her favourite things to do with children where they live. Sentosa It’s tacky, kitschy […]
Top 5 things to do in Sydney with kids
Guest post. I used to share the school run with my friend and fellow blogger Amanda Ansell. Now she lives in Sydney with her family and is busy writing about luxury travel. But when she’s not sampling Michelin-starred restaurants (someone’s got to do it) she’s hanging out with her 8 and 9-year old boys. Here are Amanda’s […]
Things to do in Malaga with kids
We loved our day in Malaga this summer. The eldest was not keen on our parking spot, by the bullring, but we distracted her from what happened in the bullring and walked through the old part of town to the Picasso museum. The artist was born in the city, although he never returned after the […]
Things to do in Gibraltar with kids
The main street of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar reminded us of Bromley, we decided. But much hotter. Arriving in Gibraltar On a family holiday to Andalucia we were so close to the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula that it seemed rude not to visit. No buses cross the border from Spain, and parking […]