******* Oi Cod - I've found a holiday*******************

[soapbox]

I found this place in portugal priai d'el rey

and found quite a few of the townhouses/apartments on holiday rentals site for about £800 a week peak season, these have shared pool. The villas are about £1200, with own pool. Site has tennis, football, golf, spa, childrens club etc etc.

The tripadvisor review of the hotel is really good and you can use all the facilities when staying in the houses!

tripadvisor

If you can get cheapie flights it should work out quite reasonably for a two week break.

I think DH and I are going to book. Will go for townhouse I think, then DCs can make friends round the communal swimming pool!

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hehe! the fisha dn the soaps on holiday together!

god dha dn the dsses woudl loevt he golf

they love fish in Portugal

I wonder if people have been dying to meet someone face to face on MN then absolutely hated them

piripiricod!

Jools - yeah - but its all wall to wall sardines

hehehe
wonder if its too " coktail wear" for the wallops

Nah - would limit the posh dinners to a couple of nights and go for barbies round the pool the rest of the time. Dh loves cooking barbies!

Surely the queen of shopping has a couple of posh outfits

I'd be too scared to eat if you were there - in fact I'd have to start dieting now

god me to
am currently htinking of a place in turkey
hold on will find link

no! crete ( have been opt togcar to get brochure)

Turkey is be-yew-tiful

Oh shit, let's all go! Tell me your dates now!

lol no it was crtet but travle agent coked up and it only one roomed aprtments

Greece wonderful Beets - but I'm worried it'll be too hot for the DCs in August?????

what baout this though crete

soapbox the islands are all very breezy in greece in august - I find portugal and spain much stiller and hotter. wouldn't go to spain in august again in a hurry but would go to a greek island in a flash.

No spa cod

But looks nice.

Beets and PPh will look at Greece again then!

Cod the link posted on the other thread for medhotels was really good - the early booking discounts were good and lots of free child places!

pmsl at cod's coked up travel agents

PPH - I was looking at the atlantic coast in Portugal as I thought it would be breezier than the algarve.

Have been to algarve in August and was too sticky!

Head to the Northern Islands in Greece in August. Thassos, Skiahos, Skopelos Alonnissos

e.g. Villa Christina in Skiathos

but atlantic bloody freezing (even in august) and dirty.

greek waters crystal clear and lovely and warm.

can you tell I'm biased?!

skiathos is very nice...