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Looking to book a week in Majorca this year, any recommendations on where to stay, family holiday with 2 youngs kids, like to get out and about so looking at self catering. Missus has earmarked Sa Coma and Cala Millor as a strater for 10

 

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Viva hotels are great for young families. You get the benefits of the pace of an apartment combined with the facilities and entertainment of a hotel. Stayed at the Viva Sunrise in Alcudia a couple of years ago and it was very good. Waterpark nearby too. http://www.hotelsviva.com/en/hotel/index.html

 

Menorca is also very good, less developed.

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Alcudia good for families, or if want slightly quieter go for Puerta Pollensa. Lovely scenery round there, safe sandy beaches, and a very quiet relaxing holiday. Easy transfers from airport, only about 30 mins on a good run. Good to get up in the mountains on non- beach days. Out of season it's full of pro cyclists training for the road races, Wiggo and Froome are out there now with Team Sky.

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We have been to Polensa 5 times with family, it is very nice lots of good sightseeing nearby lovely beech and no high rise hotels. The town is well served with mainly Spanish run family friendly bars and restaurants. Its a 40 min drive from the airport and is near Alcudia.

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Sorry to agree, we did Mallorca in Oct (first time) and stayed in Alcudia. Very relaxed, there is a strip, but it's all very laid back, ideal for families. We went for the cycling and were based in Pollenca (10 mins away in hire car). The whole of the north coast is a mix of mountains and beaches, nice weather, nice people, nice food. What's not to like?

 

If you like it a bit livelier the south coast has the big 18-30 type resorts.

 

If you want something a bit more cerebral, but still with nice food and nice weather, nipper went to Sicily this year, looked awesome on his photos and now on my to-do list.

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Puerto Pollensa is great we went there several years ago when our kids were younger. We used http://www.sealandvillas.com and had a great villa with pool which was surrounded by grapevines so had fresh grapes on tap plus in the graden there was a lemon tree and pomegrante tree, overdosed on fresh fruit. Beach is huge and very safe, usual watersports available. The town of Puerto Pollensa is not full of high rise hotels so is quite quiet, that said there are still plenty of restaurants and bars etc. We had a car for the whole 2 weeks we were there so got out and about into the mountains and other beaches, overall a great place to go.

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Another fan of Puerto Pollensa here. It's beautiful. A short trip inland to the village of Pollença is also a must if you're there.

 

Cala d'Or is worth considering also; as is Porto Cristo, which is just south of Sa Coma and Cala Millor.

 

It's a beautiful island if you stay away from Magaluf and the other English scum resorts full of English Bars and Fish & Chip shops.

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Viva hotels are great for young families. You get the benefits of the pace of an apartment combined with the facilities and entertainment of a hotel. Stayed at the Viva Sunrise in Alcudia a couple of years ago and it was very good. Waterpark nearby too. http://www.hotelsviva.com/en/hotel/index.html

 

Menorca is also very good, less developed.

 

I can 2nd this, stayed in the same hotel and it would be great for kids. I don't have any kids but if I did they would have loved it...

 

The beach here isn't great though but if you hire a car there is a good one over the mountian, about 15 mins away. The best beach in Majorica according to most locals is Es Trench - http://www.mallorca-beaches.com/es_trenc_beach.htm on the southside of the Island.

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Looking to book a week in Majorca this year, any recommendations on where to stay, family holiday with 2 youngs kids, like to get out and about so looking at self catering. Missus has earmarked Sa Coma and Cala Millor as a strater for 10

 

muchas gracias

 

We stayed in Sa Coma a number of times when my daughter was younger. Protur Hotels self-catering apartments, Safari and Vista Badia. Very nice.

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Agree with all of the above reference Alcudia and Porto Pollensa. Went a few times years ago. Always hired a car or a dirt bike to get around, and enjoyed driving out to the light house at Formentor, down to Porto Cristo to visit the Caves of Drach, or a drive down to Soller on the North coast of the island.

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Agree with all of the above reference Alcudia and Porto Pollensa. Went a few times years ago. Always hired a car or a dirt bike to get around, and enjoyed driving out to the light house at Formentor, down to Porto Cristo to visit the Caves of Drach, or a drive down to Soller on the North coast of the island.

 

One of the most spectacular bike rides I've ever done.

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What standard of person goes to these places? When i went to Egypt and Tunisia the standard of English people was shameful. The typical embarassing Brits abroad types. You always get at least one type of person in each hotel, the joker that thinks he's hilarious but is a ****, the bloke that has been everywhere and done everything, the family that look miserable and moan all the time and people that get really, really embarassingly p8ssed. Then you get a few couples who keep themselves to themselves but when you talk to them after a few days are really good company and you get on well.

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Love Majorca, under 2 hours away (far enough with youngsters), even more so when you used to be able to fly out from Southampton with Thompsons.

 

Sa Coma's great for young families (good safe beach) with nearby Cala Millor and Cala Bona. The only thing we found when we stayed there 10 or 11 years ago was most things, like waterparks, were the other side of the island. As others say, Alcudia is also great for families and Pollensa is next door and worth a visit. Santa Ponsa is another good shout with the buzz of Magaluf and the waterpark/Pirates 10 mins away in a taxi. Another great beach in a bay, one end you’ll find the ‘Irish Strip’ if you want the typical Brit-type holiday and the nearby ‘Square’ has a lot going on, the other end seems a little more sedate (and upmarket!).

 

And you can fly from Bournemouth which saves the drag round the M25.

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What standard of person goes to these places? When i went to Egypt and Tunisia the standard of English people was shameful. The typical embarassing Brits abroad types. You always get at least one type of person in each hotel, the joker that thinks he's hilarious but is a ****, the bloke that has been everywhere and done everything, the family that look miserable and moan all the time and people that get really, really embarassingly p8ssed. Then you get a few couples who keep themselves to themselves but when you talk to them after a few days are really good company and you get on well.

 

Your holidays sounds a belter.

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