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Family Friendly Getaways To Book Now For 2024

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Anyone else feel like they’ve really earned a holiday this year?

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Family Friendly Getaways To Book Now For 2024

What better way to celebrate surviving another year than by booking an exciting getaway with the children? We’ve gathered our favourite family friendly holidays for 2024, offering a week-long adventure with the kids in tow.

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Family Friendly Holidays 2024

Kanuhura

Six Senses Kanuhura, Maldives

Stay in one of 80 thatched-roof villas scattered throughout Kanuhura’s tropical interior and on stilts over the turquoise lagoon. Relax as a family by the ocean or keep young ones busy in the on-site kids club. Bliss.

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Gara Rock

Gara Rock, Devon

Located close to Salcombe and perched on the edge of a cliff, all the family will enjoy a Devon getaway at Gara Rock, with panoramic sea, sunrise and sunset views and a winding path down to a private beach. The on-site cinema screens family classics throughout the day, while story time around the fire with a marshmallow-topped hot chocolate is a firm favourite.

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Langley Park

Langley Park, Cotswolds

Got something special to celebrate in 2024? How about booking the impressive Langley Park in the Cotswolds? Not only does it sleep 26, it also boasts a fully equipped nightclub. Set in 85 acres of gardens, parkland and woodland and in the heart of Cotswold countryside between Tetbury and Chippenham, 18th Century Georgian listed mansion Langley Park is not the worst place to spend a week with a group of friends and the kids (it’s pretty much the best).

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Silverlake, Dorset

Just a 15 minute drive from the Jurassic Coast sits Silverlake, an eco-luxury, family friendly holiday destination perfectly marrying nature with sustainable design and a healthy dose of outdoorsy fun. Guests can choose from a range of luxury self-catering properties sleeping four to 12 guests.

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Elounda Peninsula, Crete

The Elounda Peninsula All Suite Hotel on the Greek island of Crete is an ideal half-term destination, and the perfect place for little ones to get a wellness boost. The resort has worked with the on-site award-wining Six Senses Spa to create an innovative, three-day wellness programme for guests aged between five and twelve. The programme includes fun wellness, educational and nutritional workshops plus group spa treatments to help children to integrate wellness into their daily lives. There is also yoga, Greek dancing lessons and games at the Kids Arc plus a teens programme incorporating team sports and waterports.

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Villa Petra, Corfu

We think the new year calls for a real escape. If it’s peace you’re looking for, you’ll find it at Villa Petra in Corfu, with six spacious bedrooms including an annexe for complete seclusion.

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Sitting room with grey accents and black and white portrait on the wall

Bvlgari Hotel, London

Perfectly positioned between Hyde Park and Sloane Street, Bulgari Hotel is one of London’s chicest hotels – and it’s also home to one of the nation’s best spas. The luxury brand’s signature flair is perfectly paired with elegant contemporary architecture, plus authentic and impeccable service. Spread out in one of the generously proportioned rooms between trips outside to explore the best the capital has to offer. Created for families travelling with children, the hotel’s citywide treasure hunt is the ultimate way to do this, featuring surprise personalised invitations leading to a private driver who takes the entire family on a clue-driven hunt that touches many London institutions, from Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street, Covent Garden to Buckingham Palace. Back at base, enjoy delicious food, elegant sweet treats, and the on-site cinema.

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Four Seasons Fairways, Algarve

Why not whisk the family off to the idyllic Algarve in 2024? Make it a trip they’ll never forget a the beautiful Four Seasons Fairways, which offers one of our firm favourite family friendly holidays. There is a kids club, a creche, and sandy beach nearby, plus a plethora of activities on. Guests can settle in one of 132 traditional style villas and apartments dotted across the verdant landscaped gardens, each recently renovated and featuring its own pool or jacuzzi, terrace or garden area and outdoor BBQ/cooking station. All this is nestled in a discreet and private pocket of the vast Ria Formosa nature reserve in Quinta do Lago, with heated in door and outdoor pools and delicious restaurants to boot.

Make the most of it during Four Seasons Fairways’ Family Week 2024, running in May Half Term (1–8 June) and offering a special fun-filled week for families, commencing with a welcome party where little ones can meet with the Kids Club Team to plan their perfect week. Offerings include karaoke sessions, mini-mocktail workshops, table tennis competitions, football camps and even an afternoon Garden Fête with games, competitions, a bouncy castle, hay bales, picnic rugs, and popcorn and candy floss stalls, ending with a full family BBQ with live music.