Welsh family breaks and holidays. Whether you're looking for a budget all inclusive North Wales caravan and holiday park, or a family adventure activity centre or youth hostel around Snowdonia or the Brecon Beacons - Wales offers a choice of family holiday accommodation options and is crammed packed with family holiday entertainment and attractions. Farm holidays for families in Wales are superb, with a choice of farmhouse B&Bs or family holiday cottages available, often with opportunity for the kids to get involved in day to day farm life - feeding the animals and so forth.
Top Wales coast family destinations include the superb opportunity for family wateersports and outdoor activities around the Pembrokeshire coast. Top Wales seaside destinations for families include Tenby, Aberystwyth (great shopping here), Porthcawl with great surfing on Rest Bay and plenty of seaside amusements (checkout nearby Barry Island too which still pulls in the family holiday crowds on the Glamorgan coast).
Wales is the home of the family activity holiday, with a choice of family holiday activity centres, youth hostels, independent hostels, family friendly holiday and caravan parks and a superb choice of family holiday cottages. Top Family holiday destinations in Wales include most of the seaside resorts such as Pwllheli and Abersoch, Porthcawl, Rhyl and Prestatyn, Llandudno (lots of activities going on here including the Alice in Wonderland Centre) and Tenby. Anglesey also has an excellent choice of family holiday attractions. Much of the Wales coast too is blessed with superb family friendly sheltered beaches - checkout the Wales beach choice around Tenby in Pembrokeshire!
Most hotels, guesthouses, Youth Hostels, bunkhouses and holiday and caravan parks welcome children these days and will provide cots, highchairs and so forth on request. Special deals are usually on offer where children under 12 stay free, and many accommodation venues offer superb family rooms. Self-catering options such as all inclusive family caravan parks and holiday parks offer flexibility to families - essential when you've a few kids in tow, and the all-inclusive family vacation packages are often the cheaper option with enough entertainment for the kids on-hand to keep them happy through the holiday. Other family holiday options in Wales include family activity holidays such as canoeing on the River Wye, learning to surf at Abersoch on the Llyn Peninsula, walking and climbing in Snowdonia, canal boat trips and steam railway journies on Thomas the Tank Engine at Llangollen in North Wales or how about a city break in Cardiff and letting the kids burn off some steam at the Dr Who Exhibition, Techniquest and on a boat trip from the Pierhead building.
There's a choice of great family beaches around Wales. Top of the family holiday beach chart in Wales include Top of the Beach - Tenby on the South Pembrokeshire coast - not just good family beaches here, but also boat trips to off shore island Caldey. Other favourites include Porthcawl and Barry Island on the Glamorgan Coast, Rhyl, Prestatyn and Colwyn Bay on the North Wales Coast, Aberystwyth and New Quay on Cardigan Bay and what about the Llyn Peninsula. Abersoch pulls in both the family holiday crowds and the surfers! Great base for families with older children is Abersoch, with a choice of budget caravan holiday parks in the area.
Looking for livelier city breaks for families in Wales - you can't go far wrong with Cardiff, especially the Cardiff Bay area. Cardiff Bay offers a choice of family attractions including the Millennium Centre (usually plenty going on there), Techniquest, the Bute Town History Centre and plenty of boat trips, cafes and restaurants close to hand. Swansea's National Waterfront Museum is also great for kids, with nearby Mumbles and Mumbles Pier offering more entertainment.
With 230 youth hostels across the UK, Youth Hostels remain one of the most extensive choices for group holidays at an affordable price. Youth Hostels offer much these days, including the obvious - low cost, but also high standards of service, safety and security and often exclusive use options. Some offer education packages linked to the National Curriculum, evening activities and group activities including walking and other outdoor activities. Accommodation type is mostly dormitory style, and some venues are camping barns which are converted farm buildings providing simple, self-catering accommodation. Most of Wales' Youth Hostels are located in rural areas.
Wales activity centres welcome families, and numerous family activity packages are available for example around Pembrokeshire where you can learn to windsurf or surf. Farm holidays in Wales for families are also numerous, particularly across North Wales, Carmarthenshire and Mid Wales.
Choose one of Wales' many all inclusive family holiday parks or caravan parks - check out the choice on the Wales North Coast. Great entertainment for the kids here in caravan and holiday parks with facilities like heated splash pools, table tennis and toddlers play areas, bike hires, crazy golf, barbeques and in-house entertainment nights.