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This is the ideal time to pick up holiday tips as everyone returns from summer adventures. What we’ve been listening out for is the tips on how to holiday in style with the bonus of a kids club at somewhere that doesn’t cost the earth. Asking too much? Possibly. It’s tricky to tick all three boxes: affordable hotels with kids clubs generally don’t make our style quota (we balk at holidaying in the equivalent of a soft-play zone), while hotels we lust over generally blow-the-budget. Our solution to experiencing family-friendly 5 star luxury without
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breaking the bank? Go off season. Do a last-minute booking for a half-term holiday and make the most of more palatable rates for an autumn break to look forward to. You won’t go wrong checking into these three beauties, complete with child care on tap, kids clubs, restaurants you actually want to eat at and swankatron interiors that aren’t all wipe-clean.
Where? Martinhal Beach Resort, Sagres, Portugal
Why? This luxury hotel oozes design savvy and manages to cater for children amazingly – so everyone is happy: check out our review here. Book one
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of the 37 rooms, or your own cottage-with-pool and enjoy the choice of 7 restaurants with varying degrees of childcare, 5 swimming pools (one for toddlers only), kids-clubs-a-go-go. The Finisterra Spa eve offers family treatments including parent/child massage (yes, really!) – but while that sounds fun for the novelty factor we’d be tempted to keep the spa for solo time out.
Where? Amirandes Hotel, Crete Greece
Why? Killer sea views are the icing on the cake for this mammoth hotel, which features 58 – count ’em – private star-lit pools for guests
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who opt for bungalows or villas from the smorgasbord of accommodation on offer. Kids can happily enjoy the clubs, free all-day healthy buffet, and Cretan farm trips while parents indulge in spa time, pool lazing, long and long, lovely lunches that stretch into dinner (like the old days).
Where? Bedruthan Steps, Cornwall, UK
Why? You don’t need to leave our fare British shores to find this eco-friendly, super stylish hotel overlooking a beach from it’s cliff top location. It can’t guarantee autumn sunshine but who needs it when there’s a luxe
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spa, top-notch restaurant and kid-friendly cafe, kids-clubs for all ages, stunning coastal walks, a surf school and beds that look like you could sleep in for a million years. Yes please.
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Molly Gunn - 13 Jun 13
This is the ideal time to pick up holiday tips as everyone returns from summer adventures. What we’ve been listening out for is the tips on how to holiday in style with the bonus of a kids club at somewhere that doesn’t cost the earth. Asking too much? Possibly. It’s tricky to tick all three boxes: affordable hotels with kids clubs generally don’t make our style quota (we balk at holidaying in the equivalent of a soft-play zone), while hotels we lust over generally blow-the-budget. Our solution to experiencing family-friendly 5 star luxury without breaking the bank? Go off season. Do a last-minute booking for a half-term holiday and make the most of more palatable rates for an autumn break to look forward to. You won’t go wrong checking into these three beauties, complete with child care on tap, kids clubs, restaurants you actually want to eat at and swankatron interiors that aren’t all wipe-clean.
Where? Martinhal Beach Resort, Sagres, Portugal
Why? This luxury hotel oozes design savvy and manages to cater for children amazingly – so everyone is happy: check out our review here. Book one of the 37 rooms, or your own cottage-with-pool and enjoy the choice of 7 restaurants with varying degrees of childcare, 5 swimming pools (one for toddlers only), kids-clubs-a-go-go. The Finisterra Spa eve offers family treatments including parent/child massage (yes, really!) – but while that sounds fun for the novelty factor we’d be tempted to keep the spa for solo time out.
Where? Amirandes Hotel, Crete Greece
Why? Killer sea views are the icing on the cake for this mammoth hotel, which features 58 – count ’em – private star-lit pools for guests who opt for bungalows or villas from the smorgasbord of accommodation on offer. Kids can happily enjoy the clubs, free all-day healthy buffet, and Cretan farm trips while parents indulge in spa time, pool lazing, long and long, lovely lunches that stretch into dinner (like the old days).
Where? Bedruthan Steps, Cornwall, UK
Why? You don’t need to leave our fare British shores to find this eco-friendly, super stylish hotel overlooking a beach from it’s cliff top location. It can’t guarantee autumn sunshine but who needs it when there’s a luxe spa, top-notch restaurant and kid-friendly cafe, kids-clubs for all ages, stunning coastal walks, a surf school and beds that look like you could sleep in for a million years. Yes please.
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Molly Gunn is the Curator of Goodness at Selfish Mother, a site she created for likeminded women in 2013. Molly has been a journalist for over 15 years, starting out on fashion desks at The Guardian, The Telegraph & ES Magazine before going freelance in 2006 to write for publications including Red, Stella, Grazia, Net-A-Porter and ELLE. She now edits Selfish Mother and creates #GoodTees which are sold via TheFMLYStore.com and John Lewis and have so far raised £650K for charity. Molly is mother to Rafferty, 5, Fox, 3 and baby Liberty. Molly is married to Tom, aka music producer Tee Mango and founder of Millionhands. They live, work and play in Somerset.
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