Nearly-empty-nesters going back to a place we enjoyed with our children?

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Dh wants to go on holiday to a place we thoroughly enjoyed with our dd when they were tweens/teens. Only this time we'd have only an almost-18yo with us. Dc's room will be a twin, so an adult child could come along if they wished (one probably would want to).

It's a lovely, quiet hotel, superb food, a nice but unspectacular pool, beach 5 mins walk away - and that's it. Nothing to do. Dh remembers it as a chilled holiday. It truly was very relaxing and pleasurable. But we were also kept busy lightly supervising dc and playing together between chilling.

Dh doesn't want to hire a car as we've never ended up using it because we stayed in the resort each time. But we stayed in the resort because we weren't bored. I'm worried that we will end up bored without any dc to supervise or play with. There's very little within walking distance AFAIK.

Is dh making a mistake? Is this a classic case of 'You can't cross the same water twice'?

I agree that it will never be the same, but if he wants to go…….

What aspect of the holiday did he enjoy the most ?
Would it be possible to go somewhere else that has more activities on site, but also a few day trips you can do by bus, or hire a car for a few days.

We had a lovely holiday at Seaside Los Jameos in Lanzarote.Food was excellent- and I'm quite fussy- there was a free spa open late afternoon and various things to do at the hotel, but it wasn't a super busy feeling place. We hired a car directly from the hotel for 3 days and did the modest attractions that Lanzarote has to offer such as the cactus museum and a fee other things.

It was a very relaxing holiday, but definitely not boring and we had a couple of late teens with us who enjoyed the excellent gym and visited the spa daily.

Would something like that suit ?

You could always hire a car from the hotel concerige if you have the urge to go out.

I hate not doing a lot, the last two resort holidays where DD was happy to be at the pool with headphones, books or swimming I got utterly bored and DH and I often ended at the bar with a board game in the afternoon.

Nothing against a quite hotel as long as there is a way to do things around it.

We did this with a place they were younger at and then more recently and had a lovely chilled holiday. The kids appreciated the chilling aspect so much more and we played card games at night and walked on the beach. Different but as enjoyable but we have also done a different holiday twice and the second year was overcrowded and awful. Saying that it just meant we talked about how great the first year was

Nice to get a different perspective, thanks. Definitely has to be this specific hotel. But of course we can hire a car through them - hadn't thought of that.

Where's the hotel? Sounds perfect for us and our 14yo!

Grand Hotel du Lido, Argeles sur Mer.

Thank you, in return I can recommend Hotel Platanista in Kos for similar very chilled vibes, excellent food, in a quiet area (30 min walk to Kos Town which is lovely, historical, interesting, cool).

I think this would make me feel sad. We took our last back to a place we'd been as a family of five last summer. It was ok but a little melancholy. New memories and new opportunities are better. Wait until you have grandchildren before you revisit destinations.

I would never go back to a place where I’d taken the kids when they were younger. It would make me too sad and nostalgic.

We revisit holiday destinations - if we liked somewhere with a 7 year old, we would like it with a 17 year old, or just as a couple . That said, we don't stay in hotels so it would be a case of booking appropriate accommodation in the resort / town we had enjoyed .