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☀️Winter sun family holidays

Where to find warm sea, short transfers and a real kids club when it is grey at home. Every hotel scored for families.

Winter sun family holidays

From late October the Canary Islands and the southern Costa keep the sun going while northern Europe shuts down. These are the family hotels that make a winter escape work with kids: warm shallow pools, indoor options for a cool evening, and clubs that run out of season. Booked early, they are the best-value sun of the year.

Our picks

Princesa Yaiza Suite Hotel Resort
92KidProof Gold
Free kids club

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
Rixos Premium Seagate
91KidProof Gold
Free kids club

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
Kempinski Hotel Bahía
90KidProof Gold
Free kids club

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
Gran Hotel Atlantis Bahia Real
90KidProof Gold
Free kids club

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
Atlantis The Palm
90KidProof Gold
Free kids club

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
Club Med La Caravelle
90KidProof Gold
Free kids club

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
Lopesan Baobab Resort
89Family favourite
Free kids club

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
Hilton Cabo Verde Sal Resort
89Family favourite
Free kids club

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
Jumeirah Beach Hotel
89Family favourite
Free kids club

in Dubai

Jumeirah Beach Hotel

Rooms are large by city standards and almost all face the sea, with family formats and two-bedroom options that give children their own space. Interconnecting rooms are common and the layouts leave room for a cot without blocking the door.

€€€€from 340 / night
Sofitel Agadir Royal Bay Resort
89Family favourite
Free kids club

in Agadir

Sofitel Agadir Royal Bay Resort

Elegant five-star rooms and suites in lush gardens, with generous family rooms and connecting suites and, in most, a balcony or terrace over the gardens or sea. This is the polished, grown-up-comfortable end of family Agadir, without giving up a kids club.

€€€€from 250 / night
Radisson Blu Palace Resort & Thalasso Djerba
89Family favourite
Free kids club

in Djerba

Radisson Blu Palace Resort & Thalasso Djerba

Large, recently renovated rooms and family rooms set in low palace-style blocks among gardens, most with a balcony or terrace facing the pools, gardens or sea. Family rooms and connecting rooms sleep four comfortably, so you are not squeezing everyone into one space.

€€€€from 150 / night
GF Victoria
88Family favourite
Free kids club

in Tenerife

GF Victoria

Every room is a suite, most with a separate lounge and a sofa bed, so a family of four never has to share one open space. Junior suites suit couples with a baby, and the larger suites give teens their own corner.

€€€€from 320 / night

Winter sun family holidays

HotelScoreKids clubFrom
Princesa Yaiza Suite Hotel Resort92✅ Free kids club380€
Rixos Premium Seagate91✅ Free kids club185€
Kempinski Hotel Bahía90✅ Free kids club340€
Gran Hotel Atlantis Bahia Real90✅ Free kids club320€
Atlantis The Palm90✅ Free kids club420€
Club Med La Caravelle90✅ Free kids club240€
Lopesan Baobab Resort89✅ Free kids club260€
Hilton Cabo Verde Sal Resort89✅ Free kids club290€
Jumeirah Beach Hotel89✅ Free kids club340€
Sofitel Agadir Royal Bay Resort89✅ Free kids club250€
Radisson Blu Palace Resort & Thalasso Djerba89✅ Free kids club150€
GF Victoria88✅ Free kids club320€

Parents also ask

Where is warmest in Europe in winter?

Tenerife and the Canary Islands stay mild all winter (20 to 24C by day), warmer than the Spanish mainland. The Costa del Sol is a step cooler but still sunny.

Is the sea warm enough to swim?

In the Canaries the sea is swimmable most of the winter for hardy kids, but a heated hotel pool is the safer bet. We flag heated pools on each hotel.

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