We’re looking to book our first holiday since 2018 (pre kids!) so our requirements are a little different now with a 1yr old and a 3yr old. To make it more complicated, we’re joining forces with my sister-in-law and her 2 teenage kids...
It’s a tricky task to find someone suitable for everyone’s different requirements and I hoped that NSC might come up trumps with some suggestions of destinations (the more specific the better i.e. towns/villages to target, or even better an actual property they have stayed in).
We'll be going late June / early July and have an accommodation budget of £3500 (max) for a week. The requirements are:
Detached house / villa with 4+ bedrooms and a pool.
Decent garden - BBQ / outdoor kitchen & dining area.
Needs to be walking distance (15-20 mins, so about a mile) of:
Somewhere with a bit of history – a quaint old town nearby, or a picturesque fishing village etc. Interesting sightseeing further afield (the older the better, we do like a dusty old ruin)
Enough tourism in the area for there to be stuff for teenage kids to do, but nothing too built up & busy (NOT a concrete jungle with an English pub on every corner). Nightclubs not required. A waterpark that’s a reasonable drive away would be ideal though.
The Mrs is doing the sensible thing of contacting travel companies, but if anyone can recommend a company that might be able to help with this above, I will pass it on to her.
We are thinking Greek islands, but I am keen to hear alternative suggestions too. Thus far, it’s proving tricky as the space we want/need doesn’t necessarily lend itself to being as close to a nice town/village as we’d like (unless we up the budget, which we aren’t able to do).
Thanks very much in advance! (even for the "Google is your friend" comment coming my way
)
It’s a tricky task to find someone suitable for everyone’s different requirements and I hoped that NSC might come up trumps with some suggestions of destinations (the more specific the better i.e. towns/villages to target, or even better an actual property they have stayed in).
We'll be going late June / early July and have an accommodation budget of £3500 (max) for a week. The requirements are:
Detached house / villa with 4+ bedrooms and a pool.
Decent garden - BBQ / outdoor kitchen & dining area.
Needs to be walking distance (15-20 mins, so about a mile) of:
- A nice beach
- Restaurant(s)
- A nice little town / village to mooch about in (so not one of the many lovely, huge villas that have been built up in the hills of, say Crete, but are a car journey to get ANYWHERE)
Somewhere with a bit of history – a quaint old town nearby, or a picturesque fishing village etc. Interesting sightseeing further afield (the older the better, we do like a dusty old ruin)
Enough tourism in the area for there to be stuff for teenage kids to do, but nothing too built up & busy (NOT a concrete jungle with an English pub on every corner). Nightclubs not required. A waterpark that’s a reasonable drive away would be ideal though.
The Mrs is doing the sensible thing of contacting travel companies, but if anyone can recommend a company that might be able to help with this above, I will pass it on to her.
We are thinking Greek islands, but I am keen to hear alternative suggestions too. Thus far, it’s proving tricky as the space we want/need doesn’t necessarily lend itself to being as close to a nice town/village as we’d like (unless we up the budget, which we aren’t able to do).
Thanks very much in advance! (even for the "Google is your friend" comment coming my way
)
