AI large family holidays = rocking horse shit!!

Grecotel in Greece to family bungalows

Nana Golden Beach in Crete, they have a hotel block and loads of villa type buildings too.

You could stay in an agriturismo in Italy with a full board option.
Try the website www.agritursimo.it.
The food will be delicious and very reasonably priced

A quick search came up with these for example :

Agriturismo Il Palagetto Pomarance - (Pisa) - Tuscany

Agriturismo L'Oasi Castelfranco Piandiscò - Pian di Scò (Arezzo) - Tuscany

Agriturismo Tenuta di Forte Sorgnano Gualdo Cattaneo - pomonte (Perugia) - Umbria

Prices vary

We had previously booked long beach resort in Turkey, they have apartments inside the hotel or separate villas on the side.

We have booked hard rock hotel in Mexico again with an apartment inside the hotel, this was pricey though.

They can be found! We’ve used jet2 and tui, if you search it one one room you get 2 bedroom suites , interconnecting etc they aren’t cheap though!

edited to add we’ve been to Bulgaria and Cyprus and Morocco.

Origo Mare in Fuerteventura, they have loads of different size villas and it's AI. Not near a beach though.

we went to Domes Aulus (same company as Domes Elounda mentioned earlier) last year which is AI and had a 2 bed apartment with a lounge with a double sofa bed in. It was the nicest hotel I've ever stayed in, absolutely brilliant food, beautiful beach, so relaxing.
there are 5 of us so I feel your pain! It is possible though.

Magic Life - there's 6 around Europe are a good option as it really is ai.

At those ages I'd book a double room and a 4 bedded room, ideally interconnected but i wouldn't worry too much, they aren't tiny. Think of the peace and quiet! Unless there is Sen etc.

Plenty of TUI option at around the £1200 a head mark in school holidays.

What's your budget? There are some nice places with 2/3 bedrooms that do half board in Tenerife. Not cheap though. Royal Garden Villas is one. They also have a sister hotel but I can't remember the name of it.

Ikos is always recommended but is extortionate.

We stayed in a Barcello just outside Costa Teguise.

Double bed, bunks in separate room and a double sofa.

We try and find interconnecting rooms so we get two bathrooms. It can be done. Search Jet2 and look for family rooms and or two bed apartments.

We only ever go all inc.

We did this with 4 kids. We got a one bed suite. Us in the main bedroom, smaller kids on pull out sofa in living room and big kids in an adjoining room.

Tui Magic Life Fuerteventura do a family room with an interconnecting double room. You could put all the kids in one room and you and DH in another. Magic Life hotels are brilliant, they have quite a few activities and kids clubs going on and are right on the beach. The food isn’t bad for an AI either.

Easy jet, TUI etc, put three adults and three children and three rooms.

We get rooms next door to each other and put the 4 kids in one, us in other.

Despite the many mil complaints on Mumsnet this is where I can say I have a brilliant one. When my kids were small, she would book a cottage for us all with the express wish to let us have a holiday i.e. she and fil would get up and entertain kids, feed them etc. it was an incredibly selfless and kind act - not sure I'll be quite as good a grandmother!

Jet2 have a holiday at Orka Sunlife in Turkey with a 3 bed roomed apartment - AI.

Start of August

Go onto a holiday website like TUI or Jet2, put your details into the search box, type in how many rooms you want and see what comes up. You may have left it too late for this year as family suites/adjoining rooms tend to get booked very quickly and there are on a way few of them in each hotel. If you look at 2025 holidays lots should come up....

Unfortunately most holiday companies class a child over 12 as an adult and require them to have a proper bed not a sofa bed in the lounge.

The alternative is to book a villa but say that you will be eating out everyday and won't be self catering as that isn't a holiday for you.

Cruise? We don't do AI, but we went on a cruise as a big family group and it was great!

Festival Village Apartment Costa Dorada, Spain

She said 'DP and I want to share a bed on holiday! Siblings can share rooms so 3 rooms is all we need...' so she wants a room just for her and her DP, she doesn't want the youngest 2 in the room.

Domes of Elounda have 3 bed residences but not quite AI (not far off it though - half board with a lounge with unlimited snacks and drinks all day).

Aphrodite hills in Cyprus do AI Villas, so does Green Garden Eco Resort in Tenerife.

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ikos. Lovely standard and they do two bed apartments with lounge area that sleep 5.

Edit to add 'I mean splash out on a three bedroom /four bathroom suite'

Seaview, air con , jacuzzi.

Would love one of those but our party just isn't large enough to justify

With D.C. those ages, I'd do Club La Santa

and go for the full meal plan. Not cheap but seriously good value. In an ecologically sound environment, a beautiful location with absolutely every activity catered for including a blissful wellness centre.

Splash out on one of the newer apartments and make sure at least one of your party does the English speaking tour so you understand how even the more complicated bits work.

Only downside is that I guarantee you will want to go back and as I said, it's great value rather than cheap.