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Neilson sailing holidays: the lowdown

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Anne Dickins and her daughter on a Neilson holiday in Sivota, Greece. Image courtesy of Anne Dickins

Anne and daughter on a Neilson holiday in Sivota, Greece. Image courtesy of Anne Dickins

Anne Dickins MBE is a Team GB paracanoeist and Olympic gold medallist. She has two teenage kids and as a family their favourite holidays are Neilson sailing holidays. I went to meet Anne to find out why these holidays work so well for them. This is what she told me:

I’d not considered this kind of holiday before but it sounds like it works really well for families with kids of all ages. I like the fact that it offers the chance for everyone in the family to try lots of different activities. What do you think? Has your family been on an activity holiday?

If you’d like to follow Anne’s story you can pop over to her blog. For more information about Neilson holidays  click here.

Anne Dickins celebrating her gold medal win at the 2014 Canoe World Championships in Moscow. Image courtesy of Anne Dickins

Anne Dickins celebrating her gold medal win at the 2014 Canoe World Championships in Moscow. Image courtesy of Anne Dickins

Note: This isn’t a sponsored post – I just wanted to find out more about this type of holiday.

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  5. Hi Gretta
    I enjoyed the interview with Anne. I have often contemplated a Neilson holiday and this made me keener than ever to do so. I like active holidays and they sound great fun. I am going to take a look at the website. Will my children participate though? That’s the dilemma.
    Ginny

  7. I love your interviews Gretta – and so funny that Anne wasn’t initially looking for a sailing holiday but then got so much out of it. We aren’t the most active family and much more into our sightseeing so I’m not sure if it would be for us but it was interesting to find out about it. Maybe when my children are older and perhaps more into sporting activities we would give it a try. Good that there’s lots of opportunities to get off of the resort.
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    • Thank you, I’m glad you like the interviews! I enjoy finding out about other people’s holidays and why they’ve worked for them. My family’s not that active either but I live in hope!

  19. Hello!
    How funny that so many of you are put off Neilson holidays because of sea sickness. I promis you that no one gets more sea sick than me! The first 2 neilson holidays I went on before I became a para kayaker I didn’t even go in the sea!! However I found later that the seas around Sivota and adakoy are as flat as a pankake so no issues for me there -hurrah! But there is sooooo much else to do away from the water ( tennis, yoga, volley ball, cycling, swimming pool, sunbathing, cocktails etc ) that I’m sure you won’t even realise it’s a sailing holiday!

    • Hi Anne, that’s good to know. I get seasick too and it does make me think twice before anything to do with boats but it sounds like Neilson have enough to offer everyone.

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