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Port Grimaud with kids: shallow water, no cars and where to park
Port Grimaud with kids is mostly about the beach: very fine sand, water that stays shallow for a long way, and Saint-Tropez across the bay. Plus where...
Irrland with kids: a day out just across the German border
Our third visit to Irrland in Kevelaer, this time on the busiest possible day: the Netherlands, Flanders and North Rhine-Westphalia were all on summer...
Camping La Sirène with kids: six weeks, new pools and a huge terrace
Six weeks at Camping La Sirène in Argelès-sur-Mer, from early May to mid June. The water park was expanded and finally heated this year, the terrace a...
Het Land van Bartje with kids: a week where we never left the park
A week in April at Landal Het Land van Bartje in Ees, with two families and children aged 1, 4, 5 and 8. What the house cost, what there is to do from...
Valencia with kids in March: rain, Las Fallas from a distance and the Albufera
March in Valencia with kids: 1,800 kilometres of driving for sun and Las Fallas, and we got rain and mascletàs that sounded like bombs twenty kilometr...
Center Parcs Les Trois Forêts in January with kids: lots of forest, one night of snow, expensive groceries
Center Parcs Les Trois Forêts in January with kids: a six-hour drive, one night of snow, and the laundrette three kilometres from our cottage. The Aqu...
Disneyland Paris with kids: what worked for us (and what didn’t)
Planning Disneyland Paris with kids can feel overwhelming. After three winter days in the parks, this is what worked for our family, what we would sk...
Three days at Disneyland Paris in December with kids
Three days at Disneyland Paris in December with kids: Newport Bay Club as our hotel, up to 30,000 steps a day and fake snow on Main Street. This is th...
Landal Hochwald with kids: big indoor playground, small pool
Two weeks of November in a kids' bungalow at Landal Hochwald near Kell am See, with snow soon after we arrived. The indoor play hall is genuinely big...
Landal Salztal Paradies with kids: two weeks in the Harz in November
Two weeks of November at Landal Salztal Paradies in Bad Sachsa, southern edge of the Harz, in a roomy cottage with underfloor heating and the forest n...
Center Parcs Hochsauerland with kids: one big hill, rent the e-car
Center Parcs Hochsauerland with kids in September: ten nights in a six-person Premium cottage at around 138 euros a night, 3.5 hours from Utrecht. The...
Landal Park Eksel with kids: a small park, plenty of freedom, no pool
Landal Park Eksel is a small, family-friendly park just across the Belgian border. With plenty of outdoor space, freedom for kids and a calm atmospher...
Landal Mooi Zutendaal with kids: 110 m² house, own garden, 2.5 hours from Utrecht
Landal Mooi Zutendaal with kids in June: fourteen nights in a 110 m² house with its own garden, 2.5 hours from Utrecht, for around 159 euros a night....
Camping Les Brunelles, Longeville-sur-Mer with kids: lazy river, low tide and Puy du Fou
Camping Les Brunelles in Longeville-sur-Mer with kids, in June, in a lodge bigger than expected. The heated pool with its lazy river featured every da...
Argelès-sur-Mer with kids: why we keep coming back
A place we have returned to again and again. Argelès-sur-Mer combines pebble beaches, mountain landscapes and a relaxed family rhythm. From quiet May...
Denmark in spring with kids: Ribe, Vejers Strand and Varde Sommerland
March and early April in Denmark with kids, this time in an apartment rather than a holiday house. Three places that made spring: the free Riplay play...
LEGO House in Billund with kids: what it costs and how long you need
A day at LEGO House in Billund, Denmark with children of just 4 and 7 plus their grandparents: 175 euros entry in low season, 250 euros for lunch at M...
Denmark in winter with kids: four weeks in January, and why not again
Four weeks of January in Denmark with kids: grey and misty rather than snowy, coastal cafés shut and museums on winter hours. What did work: LEGO Hous...
Christmas in London with kids: a week in December, by train and bus
A week of Christmas in London with kids, by train there and by bus around town (top deck, slower, much calmer than the tube). The Harry Potter Studio...
Center Parcs Allgäu with kids in November: a ten-hour drive, the longest wild water river
Center Parcs Allgäu with kids in November: a ten-hour drive, and still our second visit. The wild water river in the Aqua Mundo is the longest of any...
Tuscany with kids by car: Volterra, Certaldo Alto, Pisa and Florence
Tuscany with kids by car, from an apartment in San Quirico in Collina (great view, no garden, next time we want one). Certaldo Alto (little cable car)...
Vidauban with kids: a holiday park among the vineyards, coast 45 minutes away
Seventeen nights at Le Clos des Oliviers in Vidauban, among the vineyards of the Provence Verte. Not a campsite but a holiday park, with an unheated o...
The Jura with kids in summer: a stone house without air conditioning, Lac de Chalain
A summer week in the Jura with kids, in an 18th-century stone house with no air con while it was over 30°C day after day. Lac de Chalain (half an hour...