DP and I are pretty burnt out and looking for the most relaxing break possible. We have DS1 (5) and DS2 (1). The youngest has a health condition that means we're staying in the UK and prefer to be within a few hours driving distance of paediatric intensive care units, which basically means within a few hours of major UK cities.
Our fantasy holiday would be a two bedroom apartment in a hotel that did excellent food and had a swimming pool to rival centre parcs. However, I don't think this actually exists (in the UK). In the absence of this I'm not sure what we should be looking for.
DS1's requirements are a pool, a good playground and daily ice cream. He once stayed in a hotel that had a breakfast buffet and has talked about it for years since.
DS2 seems to require being outside at all possible opportunities. He only naps while being walked in the pram, so somewhere with walking on the doorstep would be good.
DP and I would like to shut the door on them in the evening, and then eat fantastic food.
Has anyone been somewhere with young children that just suited everyone? We had a great time on the Isle of Wight when DS1 was younger, but that doesn't work from a hospital point of view (and we're now based in the North West, so quite a trek to get there). We're contemplating throwing our money at centre parcs just because it would make DS1 so happy, and then our lives are easier from that perspective, but I would really like to eat food that is cooked by someone good at cooking. I thought we had a very healthy budget of around £2000, but that doesn't seem to put interconnecting hotel rooms into consideration.