8 month old going to Portugal , what’s the best accommodation type?

[anonny55]

we have 3 options..
4 adults and 1 8 month baby
apartment with a shared pool - a friend owns it and has said we don’t need to pay, so we’ll just have to sort flights and food. There’s cooking facilities , 2 bedrooms, air con etc.

villa package holiday?

hotel all inclusive?

whats better with baby? I’ll still need to be sterillising bottles and I’ll start weaning at 6m so he’ll be 2 months into that.

we typically only use the bar and breakfast at all inclusives. We skip lunch/buy snacks from shop and we go out for dinner.

if you’ve been to Portugal, what would you recommend?

We stayed in a villa. Living room nd balcony were first floor. Baby gate over a spiral staircase.. My heart in my mouth for a week. And ds 6 tried to do a spiderman walk up the balcony wall and nearly succeeded.. Very low... Ale sure you get decent pics off your mate before committing!!

The good thing about a villa would be you can sit by the pool and keep an eye on the baby as they nap just inside. It will also be nice to have your own space when the baby goes to bed rather than having to stay quiet in a darkened room.

But it might depend on how much you fancy a break from cooking though. I remember at this stage I just loved not cooking and washing up when I got the chance. But if you only usually have breakfast at the hotel it’s not so much of a factor.

we will eat out for dinner, and can buy fresh pastries and fruit for breakfast as that’s usually what we get at all inclusive so not much cooking really wherever we choose. I was thinking for baby though, all inclusive may be handy for finger foods but then again you never know what food they’ll be do you. Maybe I do need cooking facilities so I can do baby a few portions of whatever for the day.

our own pool would be lovely, grandparents are coming and will be great help with baby :)

We’ve just got back from Portugal and stayed in a resort with villas and apartments. Each block of apartments had a row of three or four with two stories each and centred around pool and communal area with direct access from the apartment on the bottom floor but with baby gates installed. The apartments had washing machines and were cleaned, new towels etc every two days so it was the ideal set up. We got takeaway, ate out and also cooked a few nights. It was perfect!