Looks like I've made a spontaneous booking I'll need to cancel - Madeira with dc?

[notagainnellie]

Yes, wine had been drunk, but the cancellation will be free and I have until June, though I have also found flights well below the average cost for that region, but I've held off those.

After a mainly wet/windy few week in S Wales, I decided last night that I'm going to prioritise holidays and going somewhere warm is essential. Found what looked like an ideal and cheap very reasonable apartment in Funchal on Madeira. It claims to be minutes from the beach, but I have since googled and found there are no beaches at all there - just lidos. I wouldn't need golden sand - pebbles, black sand etc all fine, but no beach at all probably a disaster.

People also say Madeira is not really suitable for dc at all, though mine have never been to kids clubs/resort type places anyway, so not sure if this is a problem or not. We did Valencia last year and loved it - but did go to the zoo, science museum etc... It looks beautiful and plenty of people saying how friendly everyone is etc,. We could do water parks etc here before/after we go...?

Could it work?

"Portugese food is horrible in my estimation."

Apple Either you have been very unlucky or you are extremely fussy. I have been to Madeira, Portugal and the Azores and have had some fabulous food.

Hotel buffet food isn't the best way to try out local cuisine. You need to eat in the local restaurants.

The food was the best thing about Madeira for me. But then I like meat + fruit sauce (my favourites were fish in banana sauce and fish in honey sauce). The rest of Madeira was meh. Lots of very old people.

I really liked Madeira, but I am not ageist like some of the posters on here, and I don't always talk to other people on holiday anyway.

Hell for me on holiday is loads of small children running around shrieking.