Seven countries, all by car from Utrecht, and almost always the same recipe: a holiday park or a campsite, two weeks rather than one, and outside the school holidays whenever we can. So four weeks in Denmark in January, November in the Harz, January at Center Parcs Les Trois Forêts, and back to Argelès-sur-Mer again and again since 2021.
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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...