Need Ideas of where to take family on Hols in 2010

[welshcake]

Looking to go on Hols next year, This will be the first time abroad as a family, We have four childre ages will be 14 , 10, 6 and 5 and want to go somewhere that we will have lots to do, Weather great , Beaches etc.

Looking to go full board or All inclusive for 2 week's

Hoping hotel will have good kids clubs, Woudl like their to be other things to do like maybe boating trip or something like that, A town centre maybe, A water park is a must

Worst place would be somewhere liek Tenerife that is full of dicks everywhere and the beaches are black sand.

Any ideas?

[G77]

turkey, bodrum. would always recomend turkey, ichmeller and marmaris are also good but transfer time to and from the airport let it down, 2hrs if your lucky, 3 if your the last drop off and first pick up.

bordum transfers are pretty quick, half hour to gumbet which i would deff recomend.

all ins per person £400, prob £200 each for the kids.

litera are ok, we went to the royal marin which was good, the rooms were a bit of a let down but if i wanted all mod cons i'd have stayed at home. who spends all day in there room anyway. the room is for showering and sleeping and keeping your luggage. the resturant is open most of the day, breakfast at 8, mid morn snaks at about 11ish, lunch from 12, mid aft burgers and chips at about 3ish then dinner from 7. (yes i did put a few pounds on) we never eat out once. the dinner food is varied, bbq night, turkish night ect.

there is a bit of a kids club which would keep them busy after lunch until 11pm. nothing really organised but it would get the kids involved.

the rooms on the 1st or 2nd level were better as some had a balcony, its the 4th or so floor which is dark, i liked it thou, after 9 hrs of sun, i liked the dark.

the sauna and indoor pool is on that level too. its on a hill so the reception is on grd floor and then it goes down from there, there is no up.

gumbet is your usual turkish tourist town with fake d&g handbags ect and lots of resturants and bars.

the beach is within walking distance but wasnt much cop. you can get around on the 'dolmesh's' which are these little busses which come every 30secs of so, they pretty much go everywhere and cost about 50p. you can get to a few better beaches but i spent most of the time around the pool in the hotel.

remember, turkey is the turkish lira, not euro so your money goes a lot further than in spain or the canaries.

[welshcake]

I quite fancy Turkey have been told to keep an eye on your kids at all times though. Their are a few nice hotels and the mud baths looks fun lol.

[leachy070667]

I wouldnt believe all you hear only Las Americas is a bit rum,just like Faliraki,or Aya Nappa,only small areas on big islands,

Tenerife is good for young families, Los Christianos is very family orientated and very clean, the weather in the Canaries is the best all year round in Europe, flights are relatively cheap, and beaches are nice and clean (one a blue flag).

I do the canaries twice a year, I am off to Fuerteventura for 2 weeks next week with my missus and 2 sons we paid £80.00 each for return flights with 2 weeks accommodation for £300.00, you cant grumble with that, temperature averages 75 degrees to 77 degrees in the winter, nice tan for crimbo.

when you have kids its all about value for money,Tenerife is good value

[welshcake]

Originally Posted by leachy070667

I wouldnt believe all you hear only Las Americas is a bit rum,just like Faliraki,or Aya Nappa,only small areas on big islands,

Tenerife is good for young families, Los Christianos is very family orientated and very clean, the weather in the Canaries is the best all year round in Europe, flights are relatively cheap, and beaches are nice and clean (one a blue flag).

I do the canaries twice a year, I am off to Fuerteventura for 2 weeks next week with my missus and 2 sons we paid £80.00 each for return flights with 2 weeks accommodation for £300.00, you cant grumble with that, temperature averages 75 degrees to 77 degrees in the winter, nice tan for crimbo.

when you have kids its all about value for money,Tenerife is good value

I have been to two of the Canaries, Tenerife and Gran Canaria both of which I was not impressed by either, Tenerife has a lovely water park but the fact their are just so many foul mouthed brits their spoiling the place put me right off.

[leachy070667]

Originally Posted by welshcake

I have been to two of the Canaries, Tenerife and Gran Canaria both of which I was not impressed by either, Tenerife has a lovely water park but the fact their are just so many foul mouthed brits their spoiling the place put me right off.

to be honeszt mate i never bother with las americas or purto rico (gran can),i avoid areas where you get lots of young teens or stag parties,i stay in maspalomas in gran can which is a nice area,my point was there will always be areas where you get trouble causing **** heads,they are very easy to avoid,the policia in Tenerife take drunken behaviour very seriously,the island is putting a lot of time an effort in to rid its out dated image,outside of Las Americas you wont find any **** heads.

if you have plenty of cash then maybe there are better places, but if you are on a budget with a young family it is great value,teenagers love the place

[welshcake]

Originally Posted by leachy070667

to be honeszt mate i never bother with las americas or purto rico (gran can),i avoid areas where you get lots of young teens or stag parties,i stay in maspalomas in gran can which is a nice area,my point was there will always be areas where you get trouble causing **** heads,they are very easy to avoid,the policia in Tenerife take drunken behaviour very seriously,the island is putting a lot of time an effort in to rid its out dated image,outside of Las Americas you wont find any **** heads.

if you have plenty of cash then maybe there are better places, but if you are on a budget with a young family it is great value,teenagers love the place

Yes that is fair enough I just suppose I am looking at it from when I was last their which was in 1999 to be fair, I did think that Tenerife was a beautiful Island to explore espcially by Scooter which was great fun.

[wasp11]

Cyprus is fantastic, or for a shorter flight good old majorca has something for everyone

[craighandley]

South Africa for the world cup.

[wasp11]

Originally Posted by craighandley

South Africa for the world cup.

Worked there for 6 months years ago, dangerous place, if you dont know your way about