Where to stay with kids

Portugal

The Algarve

Beach resorts that get families

Spain

Costa del Sol

Sunshine, splash parks and space

Spain

Mallorca

Europe's easiest family beach island

☀️

Spain

Tenerife

Year-round sun, an hour from a volcano

14 hotels →

🫒

Greece

Crete

Family beaches, big resorts and ancient palaces

🌅

Turkey

Antalya

Turkish Riviera, Antalya

🐚

Italy

Sardinia

Turquoise bays and calm, shallow water made for small children

🎡

Spain

Costa Blanca

Theme parks, water parks and long gentle beaches

🏛️

Greece

Rhodes

Family holidays in Rhodes

🏜️

Spain

Gran Canaria

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

14 hotels →

🏺

Cyprus

Family holidays in Cyprus

Italy

Sicily

Volcano, Greek theatres, warm sea into October

🌿

Greece

Corfu

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

🐪

Spain

Fuerteventura

Winter sun, giant beaches and calm shallow water

🏛️

Spain

Barcelona

Beach plus city, all in one trip

Spain

Lanzarote

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

Spain

Menorca

The calmest, shallowest beaches in the Balearics

Greece

Kos

Flat, cycle-friendly and full of long shallow beaches

🔬

Spain

Valencia

Beach, science and a giant park playground

🏰

Malta

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

Greece

Zakynthos

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

🐬

Portugal

Madeira

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

Spain

Costa Dorada

Theme parks, golden beaches and easy family days

🏰

Spain

Seville

Palaces, plazas and rooftop pools

🌲

Greece

Halkidiki

Pine forests, calm shallow beaches and top family resorts

Italy

Puglia

Whitewashed towns, Maldives-like shallows and masseria pools

🐠

Egypt

Hurghada

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

16 hotels →

Tunisia

Sousse

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

🐠

Egypt

Sharm El Sheikh

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

⛵

Turkey

Bodrum

Whitewashed Aegean bays, big family water parks and gulet days

Cape Verde

Sal

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

France

La Reunion

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

France

Saint-Martin

Warm winter sun, calm shallow bays and gourmet beach dinners

🏙️

United Arab Emirates

Dubai

Waterparks, air conditioning and a warm sea in winter

🌺

France

Martinique

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

🦋

France

Guadeloupe

Winter sun, calm turquoise lagoons and rainforest adventures

Spain

Ibiza

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

Spain

La Palma

Volcanoes, laurel forests and Europe's clearest night skies

🐫

Morocco

Agadir

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

⛵

Italy

Lake Garda

Theme parks, ferries and Italy's friendliest big lake

🛥️

France

French Riviera

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

🛶

Spain

Costa Brava

Pine-backed coves, big water parks and short flights

Tunisia

Djerba

Unbeatable-value winter sun on a flat, sandy island

🕌

Morocco

Marrakech

The red city, made easy for families

Spain

Costa de la Luz

Long golden Atlantic beaches and big family resorts

🌴

Mauritius

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

🏛️

Croatia

Istria

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

🌵

Spain

Costa Almeria

Europe's sunniest coast, wild coves and short transfers

🌴

Dominican Republic

Punta Cana

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

⛷️

France

French Alps

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

6 hotels →

Spain

Mar Menor

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

Greece

Naxos & Paros

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

Greece

Costa Navarino

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

Egypt

Marsa Alam

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

Tunisia

Hammamet

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

Mexico

Riviera Maya

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

🐐

Greece

Kefalonia

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

Italy

Rimini & the Adriatic Riviera

The long, flat, shallow sandy beach that Europe's families grew up on

🛝

Turkey

Belek

Turkey's mega-resort family coast

🌊

Turkey

Side

Turkey's aquapark coast, wrapped around a Roman town

🐬

Mexico

Cancun

The Caribbean's big-resort family beach

France

Corsica

The Mediterranean's wild family island

United States

Orlando

The theme-park family capital of the world

🌲

Greece

Thassos

The green island where Greek family holidays feel easy

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi

Winter sun, world-class theme parks and big family beach resorts

🏰

France

Disneyland Paris

Where to stay for a Disneyland Paris family trip

🏜️

Saudi Arabia

AlUla

Desert wonder, UNESCO tombs and dark-sky nights for curious families

🌊

Saudi Arabia

Jeddah

Red Sea Corniche, a UNESCO old town and easy winter warmth

Maldives

Indian Ocean winter sun for families

Seychelles

Granite islands, giant tortoises and calm family beaches

🐘

Thailand

Phuket

Winter sun and family resorts in Thailand

🌺

Indonesia

Bali

Tropical island adventure for families

Tanzania

Zanzibar

Indian Ocean spice-island beaches for families

United Arab Emirates

Ras Al Khaimah

Al Marjan Island beach resorts and mainland family hotels, roughly 45 minutes from Dubai