Hi, we are a large extended family holiday group of 22 (10 adults and 12 kids age 0-12) looking for a good recommendation for our next holiday.
We are just back from Cambrils park in Spain www.cambrilspark.es/en/index_html?set_language=en where we had a fab holiday in 5 of the villa bonitas beside each other. It was perfect for us in terms of standard of accommodation (air con, airy, roomy), facilities on site (brilliant pools, kids clubs, football, table tennis etc) and best of all the adjoining accommodation with a shared garden between us meant we were able to pull tables together at night and eat together and the kids all play safely together. It was great.
Slight problem now is we are outgoing it (they r only 2 bed and although they away sofa bed in living room there's no curtains so small kids don't work on these!). Also the adjoining ones are already booked up for next July for dates we need.
Looking now for some inspiration for something similar in Europe (we will be flying from belfast so nothing too obscure as we need direct flights and don't want too far to travel the other end with so many babies). We have previously done center parcs in northern France and this also worked for us although we all thought Cambrils was much better and better weather a bit further south!
Here's the requirements for our (ever so slightly picky) family:
Adjoining accommodation with ability to eat together (sleeping 6+ ideally with 3 bed options for the larger families amongst us)
Air con is an absolute must
No caravans (a claustrophobic grandmother makes this a no no) but the sort of facilities on a campsite are exactly what we are looking
Lots to do on site for the kidsNot keen on apartments /hotel for steps (special needs child with us and with the other small kids it's better to have our own outdoor space)
A resort/site rather than holiday home accommodation (when we were a smaller group we shared villas but one need our own space and the older kids need activities)
I don't think Cambrils can be a one off but the thought of trying to trawl through the web finding another fills me with horror!!!
Grateful for every and any suggestions for us to look at. Conscious the best stuff is booking for 2013 already as we've seen in Cambrils.Thanks