The perfect tonic to kick-start your summer after those cold winter days, sunny Majorca offers a fantastic family holiday destination. The largest of the Balearics, this beautiful island offers miles of sandy beaches, clear shallow waters and many great days out. It is an island that offers both charm and tranquillity – with its many old villages and historic sites nestled inland, and a buzzing coastal atmosphere – with its numerous shops, bars and cafes. Majorca hotels have also firmly established themselves as family favourites, catering very well for children of all ages with fantastic kids clubs and child specific facilities. Here is a hand-picked selection of some of the best kids clubs and family friendly hotels on the island
The Iberostar Playa de Muro hotel
Located directly on a wonderful long, sandy beach surrounded by pine trees, this hotel is a great choice for families. Set in beautiful peaceful surroundings near the port of Alcudia it has a fantastic array of activities to keep the children happy while you sit back and relax by the poolside or beach bar. This hotel is particularly good if you’re looking for somewhere that will keep older children busy as it has a fantastic range of sporting facilities, such as table tennis, tennis courts, volleyball, bowling and bicycle hire. And for younger kids, there is a playground and kids club for those aged between 4 and 7 years, and sure to satisfy kids of all ages is the children’s pool and games room. If you want to venture out of the resort head to the beautiful S’Albufera natural park for a great family day out, or perhaps soak up some history at the Cabo de Formentor and the Roman city of Pollença.
The Hipotels Paraiso Apartments
Situated on the eastern side of the island 100 m from the Sa Coma beach, this is a very family friendly hotel that offers great all inclusive packages. Like many hotels in Majorca it has a fantastic mini Club, this one caters for children from 4 – 14 years every day, and as a bonus it runs both morning and afternoon – so plenty of time for you to get in that round of golf or browse the shops in laid back Sa Coma. The hotel also has various sports activities and though it doesn’t have a separate children’s pool, they are given their own section in the main one, and there are lots of pool games and live entertainment for the whole family. For a day out, visit the nearby small safari park or go on a glass-bottom boat trip, both sure to keep the little ones happy.
Ola Tomir Apartments
This is a fantastic hotel for families, with an extensive range of on-site facilities in a lovely resort. Located close to marine land and the trendy marina area of Punta Portals, it’s only 300 metres away from the sandy beach of Costa den Blanes and stumbling distance from the local bars, cafes and restaurants in Portals Nous. The hotel itself offers a wonderful fresh water outdoor swimming pool with children’s section, tennis courts, children’s playground, table tennis, and pool tables. On top of the usual daytime activity programmes, here they also have a great range of evening entertainment for the children, such as the popular mini disco. The adults aren’t forgotten either, there are also a good variety of activity and entertainment programmes to keep the parents out of trouble. Again, going one step further than most Majorca hotels, Ola Tomir not only has a mini club, but in peak season there’s also a teen club, and a baby-club for Majorca’s youngest holidaymakers.