The best family holiday destinations in Europe

Pine forests, calm shallow beaches and top family resorts

Winter sun, giant beaches and calm shallow water

Flat, cycle-friendly and full of long shallow beaches

Theme parks, golden beaches and easy family days

Whitewashed towns, Maldives-like shallows and masseria pools

Whitewashed Aegean bays, big family water parks and gulet days

Warm winter sun, golden beaches and easy all-inclusive family days

A calm reef lagoon, a live volcano and lush green cirques

Winter sun, calm turquoise lagoons and rainforest adventures

Long golden Atlantic beaches and big family resorts

Clear calm water, Roman ruins and short flights from almost everywhere

Year-round winter sun, calm shallow beaches and a volcanic wonderland

Whales offshore, levadas in the hills and spring all year round

Year-round winter sun, Red Sea reefs and giant water parks

Year-round winter sun, a huge safe beach and great-value all-inclusives

The red city, made easy for families

Reef calm lagoons, included kids clubs and almost no jet lag

All-inclusive family skiing where lessons, childcare and lift passes come sorted

World-class kids clubs, an Aqua Park and soft sandy dunes on the green Peloponnese coast

The world's biggest family all-inclusive coast, with on-site water parks and warm, shallow Caribbean sea

Beach resorts that get families

Turkish Riviera, Antalya

Turquoise bays and calm, shallow water made for small children

The calmest, shallowest beaches in the Balearics

English-speaking, everything close by and a safe island for first family trips

Warm winter sun, calm shallow bays and gourmet beach dinners

Waterparks, air conditioning and a warm sea in winter

The calm, family side of Ibiza: coves, clubs for kids, not clubbing

Unbeatable-value winter sun on a flat, sandy island

White sand, all inclusive, and water parks the children will not stop talking about

Sunshine, splash parks and space

Europe's easiest family beach island

Family holidays in Cyprus

Loggerhead turtles, the Blue Caves and Greece's most famous shipwreck beach

Unbeatable-value all-inclusive, big water parks and long sandy beaches

Europe's sunniest coast, wild coves and short transfers

Europe's warmest, shallowest lagoon, made for first beach days with a baby

Year-round sun, an hour from a volcano

Winter sun, calm beaches and water parks, an hour south of the airport

Winter sun four hours away, reef fish off the beach, slides everywhere

Winter sun, calm shallow beaches and rainforest, all in euros

Family beaches, big resorts and ancient palaces

Theme parks, water parks and long gentle beaches

Two Cycladic islands of long, shallow sand, calmer and gentler than the party islands next door

Volcanoes, laurel forests and Europe's clearest night skies

Theme parks, ferries and Italy's friendliest big lake

Pine-backed coves, big water parks and short flights

Affordable family all-inclusive, aquaparks and long sandy beaches, a short flight away

Green hills, sandy shallow bays and the underground lake of Melissani

Family holidays in Rhodes

Palaces, plazas and rooftop pools

Palaces, pine-covered resorts and real beaches between Nice and Saint-Tropez

Beach, science and a giant park playground

Winter sun on the calm, wild end of the Red Sea, reef fish off the beach

Beach plus city, all in one trip

Volcano, Greek theatres, warm sea into October

The green island: calm bays, real villages, and all-inclusive that still costs less than you expect

City break, kid approved