Ibiza Travel Guide 2026: A Week on the Island
Ibiza Travel Guide 2026: Everything We Learned in a Week Most Ibiza travel guides are written by people who came for the clubs or people who never left the hotel. We did neither. We spent…
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Costa Daurada Travel Guide: Best Beaches, Where to Stay, PortAventura & Family-Friendly Resorts
The Costa Daurada, or “Golden Coast,” is one of Spain’s most popular family holiday destinations. Stretching along the Mediterranean south of Barcelona, this beautiful coastline is famous for its long sandy beaches, crystal-clear waters, charming…
Sol Costa Daurada Review: Our Family Stay Near PortAventura World
We paid for every PortAventura-area stay ourselves, including this one: a triple room on half board with Damian (13), while Marc was at a basketball tournament. Sometimes family trips happen for reasons beyond sightseeing. Our…
Costa Brava Travel Guide: Best Calas, Beaches, Hotels & Local Tips From Barcelona
There are places you visit once and forget. And then there is Costa Brava. A coastline where turquoise coves hide between pine-covered cliffs, where tiny fishing villages still smell of salt and grilled seafood, and…
Calella de Palafrugell: A Picture-Perfect Costa Brava Escape (Beaches, Hotels & Local Tips)
There are places on the Costa Brava that feel beautiful… and then there are places that feel like a postcard you’ve stepped into. Calella de Palafrugell is the second one. Just under 2 hours from…
Sant Jordi in Barcelona: Books, Roses and a Normal Workday
On 23 April, every year, Barcelona fills with book stalls and rose sellers, and the tradition is that you give a book and a rose to the people you love. And everybody goes to work.…
Where to Stay on the Costa del Sol: Best Towns Compared
The short version Which Towns on the Costa del Sol Are the Best? The best town on the Costa del Sol depends on one thing: whether you have a car. Here’s how I’d rank them,…
5 Lloret de Mar Hotels We’ve Stayed In, Honestly Compared
We’ve stayed in five hotels in Lloret de Mar. Not visited. Not toured. Slept in, with two children, across several trips — Hotel Garbí Park, Alba Seleqtta, Costa Encantada, Best Lloret Splash and Roger de…
3 Days in Seville: Family Itinerary, Ticket Prices & Where to Stay
We went to Seville for New Year 2021→2022 with a simple plan: no big itinerary, just New Year’s Eve together as a family. It was a big group: my parents, my sister’s family, and us…
Occidental Torremolinos Playa Review: Rooms, Pools & Kids Club
Quick verdict I stayed here for three nights in March 2026 on a work trip, not with the boys. Everything below about the kids’ facilities is what I saw and checked on site, through the…
Meliá Sevilla Review: Rooms, Year-Round Pool & Plaza de España
Meliá Sevilla Room Tour: A Stay That Just Makes Sense This review comes from my husband’s stay at Meliá Sevilla, on a work trip. The company booked and paid for it, so there’s no price…
Southern France Road Trip with Kids: Marseille, Martigues, Montpellier & Sète in Winter
We spent New Year 2025/26 on a road trip through southern France with our kids, Damian (12) and Marc (9). We drove from Barcelona in our electric car, met my sister’s family and my parents…
Sète, France: An Evening from Montpellier, 20 Minutes by Train
We were staying in Montpellier over New Year, and by the third day the boys had run out of city. Someone at the hotel said Sète was twenty minutes on the train. That sounded like…
Hotel Belaroïa Montpellier: Junior Suite Review with 2 Kids
We stayed three nights at the Belaroïa, from New Year’s Eve 2025 to 3 January 2026, with our boys Damian (12) and Marc (9). We drove from Marseille, with two of our family’s cars, and…
Montpellier with Kids at Christmas & New Year: Our Winter City Break
We arrived in Montpellier on 31 December 2025, straight from Marseille, and found the Christmas market still up. We stayed three nights, until 3 January, with Damian (12) and Marc (9), my sister’s family and…
Barcelona City Tour Bus Map: Every Stop on Both Routes
Quick answer Staying in Barcelona? Three hotels near the bus stops BUDGET · GRÀCIAGenerator Barcelona – private family rooms at hostel prices, five minutes from Passeig de Gràcia. Check prices MID-RANGE · SAGRADA FAMÍLIASercotel Rosellón…
Martigues, France: The Venice of Provence in Half a Day
Martigues, France: The Venice of Provence in Half a Day Marseille had worn us out. Not in a bad way — but on our second day in Marseille the boys had done the Vieux-Port, the…
Big Fun Museum Barcelona: Prices, Time Needed & Is It Worth It
Quick answer Living in Barcelona means we’re always looking for new family plans in a city we already know well. So when Big Fun Museum invited us to visit, we turned it into a Sunday…
Campanile Marseille Saint-Antoine: Our Honest Family Review
We stayed two nights at the Campanile Marseille Saint-Antoine on 29–31 December 2025, at the start of a road trip from Barcelona with our boys, Damian (12) and Marc (9). We were meeting my sister’s…
Marseille in Winter with Kids: What We Saw, Where to Park & Is It Worth It?
We spent two days in Marseille in winter, on 29–31 December 2025, and the first thing I’d tell you is the thing nobody told us: it’s cold. Not “cold for the Mediterranean” but cold, with…