🍂 October half term family holidays in the sun

in Lanzarote

Princesa Yaiza Suite Hotel Resort

Elegant suites and family suites in a low rise resort at the quiet end of Playa Blanca, most with a terrace or balcony. Family suites give you a separate lounge and a second bathroom, so bedtime and early mornings stay calm.

€€€€from 380€ / night

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in Sharm El Sheikh

Rixos Premium Seagate

Large, contemporary rooms and family rooms, most with a balcony and pool or garden views. Family rooms sleep four to five and connecting-room options make it easy to give teens their own space next door.

€€€€from 185€ / night

in Costa del Sol

Kempinski Hotel Bahía

Spacious, genuinely luxurious rooms and family suites with fine linens and marble bathrooms. Baby equipment and bottle sterilisation come on request, so travelling with little ones is properly catered for.

€€€€from 340€ / night

in Fuerteventura

Gran Hotel Atlantis Bahia Real

Spacious rooms and family suites in a Moorish-style palace, most with sea or dune views. Family suites have two separate bedrooms and two bathrooms, so parents and older kids are not sharing one space.

€€€€from 320€ / night

in Dubai

Atlantis The Palm

Big, solid rooms across two wings, nearly all with sea or Palm views, plus larger suites that give children their own corner. Connecting rooms are easy to request and cots are standard, so a family of four or five fits without anyone sleeping on a folding bed.

€€€€from 420€ / night

in Guadeloupe

Club Med La Caravelle

Rooms and family rooms set in low-rise buildings across tropical gardens, most a short walk from the beach. Family rooms and connecting rooms give parents and children a bit of separate space, and cots are free for babies.

€€€€from 240€ / night

Trou aux Biches Beachcomber Golf Resort & Spa

in Mauritius

Trou aux Biches Beachcomber Golf Resort & Spa

Everything is a suite here, from garden suites with a shared pool crescent to two and three bedroom villas with a private pool, kitchen and butler service. Family suites give you a separate children's bedroom and a proper living area, so bedtime does not end the evening for the adults.

€€€€from 390€ / night

in The Algarve

Vila Vita Parc Resort and Spa

Some of the Algarve's finest rooms, suites and private villas, spread over lush clifftop gardens. Family suites and villas give generous space and, in the villas, private pools. This is polished luxury, priced accordingly, with service to match.

€€€€from 520€ / night

in Gran Canaria

Lopesan Baobab Resort

Rooms are dressed up as an African lodge, and the family rooms add a sofa bed so four sleep without anyone on the floor. Ask for a pool-view room on a lower floor if you have a toddler and a buggy, it saves the lift queue.

€€€€from 260€ / night

Parklane, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Limassol

in Cyprus

Parklane, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Limassol

Polished, generously sized rooms and suites, with family suites and interconnecting options that give parents a separate space. Many rooms have sea or garden views, and the resort is set up for babies with cots, bottle warmers and baby kit available, worth booking a suite if you want room to breathe with a young family.

€€€€from 430€ / night

in Sal

Hilton Cabo Verde Sal Resort

The newest big-name resort on the island, with bright contemporary rooms and family rooms, most with a balcony and many facing the sea. Family rooms and suites give you room to spread out, and connecting rooms are worth requesting for four or more.

€€€€from 290€ / night