Goldcar want £100 to hire two car seats for a week...
Looking to go away in the 1st week of June.Don't want to fly, but would like to go abroad. We'll have two kids with us aged 7 and 4 so not a city break touring museums and galleries; there needs to be a beach and some nice countryside and some nearby towns/interesting things to see.
I know you’ve said it’s not an option but me and W have done the St Malo overnight ferry in June several times and the channel has always been flat as a pancake. Book a cabin, drive on. Nice dinner and drink, bed then wake up in St Malo, drive off and bingo you’re in beautiful Brittany.
We’ve had two family trips (3kids aged 15 to 5) to Marseille. Drove to St Albans. Dumped the car on a back street and caught the train to St Pancras. Then euro TGV to Marseille. We were there by 7pm. Booked a lovely 2 bed apartment near the harbour. We then either caught the bus or walked to the beaches. There’s also a city beach you can swim at as well. Marseille has beaches, an awesome skate park on the beach. You get all that comes with a city break as well. It had a rep as a dodgy city. But it’s not. We had two brilliant holidays there. I managed to meet up with someone viaUKC and went climbing in the Calanques for a day. Caught the bus out to Luminy. That’s also something we did as a family as well. Hope this inspires you. Bon vacance
She miiiiiiight be persuaded onto the Holyhead-Dublin ferry but also might not. I've no idea about the geography and tourism of Ireland but the east coast south of Dublin looks like it has nice beaches but also fuck all else except cows.
We’ve had two family trips (3kids aged 15 to 5) to Marseille. ...We then either caught the bus or walked to the beaches. There’s also a city beach you can swim at as well. Marseille has beaches, an awesome skate park on the beach. You get all that comes with a city break as well. It had a rep as a dodgy city. But it’s not. That’s also something we did as a family as well. Hope this inspires you. Bon vacance
If you are heading to Scotland, a good place to start is one of the seaside towns in East Lothian. We have had great holidays there with the kids. North Berwick is really nice, with lovely beaches right in the middle of town, a great playpark the seabird centre, and some nice walks and bike rides along the coast, plus a walk up the Law if little legs are up to it. There is also East Links Farm Park (only place i have ever had to forcibly remove a howling daughter from because she didn't want to leave!), the John Muir Country Park and the National Museum of Flight (kids got bored there before I did). You are also a short train ride into Edinburgh City Centre and National Museum etc, Castle, Golden Mile et etc etc. You can even stop in Northumberland on the way home or back.