GREECE & CYPRUS EASY FAMILY HOLIDAYS DESTINATIONS
SAMPLE PRODUCT
Olympic Holidays offers a week’s all-inclusive at Aldemar Royal
Mare Thalasso in Crete from £937, based on two adults and one child travelling in August. The price includes private transfers and flights from Gatwick.
olympicholidays. com
Cyplon has seven nights’ B&B at Columbia Beach Resort in Pissouri Bay from £1,300 per person, based on two adults and two children sharing an executive suite from July 21, with easyJet flights from Gatwick.
cyplon.co.uk
Simply Luxury by Travel 2 offers a week’s B&B at The Westin Resort Costa
Navarino, from £1,259, departing August 14. The price is based
on four sharing, and includes UK lounge passes and private transfers.
travel2.com
ABOVE LEFT: Novasol villa, Crete
ABOVE RIGHT: Neilson’s kids’ club
LEFT: Aldemar Royal Mare
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of kids’ clubs and sports facilities at most family hotels will keep little ones occupied trying out exciting activities, and it might even have the added bonus of tiring them out so they don’t misbehave come bedtime. They’ll definitely be in need of an early night after sampling the sports at Neilson’s Messini Beachclub in Analipsi, Crete, which range from windsurfing, waterskiing and wakeboarding, to kayaking, sailing and stand-up paddleboarding on the water, plus tennis, rock climbing and mountain biking back on land. So far, so sporty, but there are also plenty of softer activity options. Step inside the play areas of The Westin Resort Costa Navarino – Cocoon for infants or Sandcastle for four to 12-year-olds – and the only worry will be where to start. Under-12s will spend their days making ice cream,
dancing, painting and storytelling, while teenage siblings can burn off energy on the basketball, volleyball or badminton courts, or chill out in the on-site cinema and bowling alley.
◗ MAKE MEAL TIMES EASY One day they like peas, the next day they can’t stand them – it can be hard to keep up with kids’ eating habits, and even harder when you haven’t got familiar foods to hand. So an all-inclusive buffet is a great way to introduce young palates to new flavours, with plenty of alternatives if they don’t like their chosen dish. The Aldemar Royal Mare in Crete,
for example, has a themed barbecue night and children’s buffet on standard all-inclusive stays, while its premium all- inclusive dine-around package features à la carte dinner with a kids’ menu for two to 11-year-olds, along with
the barbecue night and Greek buffet. Alternatively, try a villa stay where
families have complete control over what they eat and when. But if the prospect of cooking puts parents off, recommend a holiday home on a hotel complex or near restaurants. Alex Stuart, general manager at
Novasol, says: “Choosing a home on a complex offers the best of both worlds: the convenience of on-site bars, restaurants and even spas, while enjoying the luxury and space of your own holiday home. This can be a great choice for families, as once the children are in bed, adults can still sit outside their private villa and enjoy a glass of their favourite tipple.” Novasol has a four-star holiday villa
in Rethymno, Crete, sleeping up to five in two bedrooms, with its own kitchen and plunge pool, plus an on-site restaurant and spa.
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