Can you help me find a holiday

[MrsDThaskala]

Hello lovely mumsnetters. If you’ve seen previous posts you’ll have read that I have developed a sense of holiday anxiety. And that I have a big holiday coming up later in the year. I’d like to try and conquer this fear by booking something I’ve the summer. So can you help me find a place like this?
Would like a shortish flight, or possibly train.
Would like a beach or pool holiday.
DH, Me and one teen
good food is important
heres the tricky part:
-I’m worried about the busy/package holiday flights, and I know everywher will be busy so not a very popular family holiday place.
-same for hotels. I’ve looked Airbnb, and would LOVE a hotel so that I can rest up, but I think big hotels with lots of people queuing for breakfast is going to be hard.

Greece, Italy, France, (not sure about Spain). Somewhere else?

5 days to a week.

help me to get over this holiday fear- I am so grateful I can even go away, it’s just horrible being anxious and I don’t want to ruin time with the family.

any ideas?

Everywhere you can fly to from the U.K. will have a busy airport as it’s the summer holidays. Are you able to deal with the crowds at the airport queuing up for security, boarding etc?
if so have a look at :

flying to Corfu, transfer to Arillas or Sidari. Stay one night and get the boat to Erikousa island. It’s very quiet, one beach, one hotel, couple of tavernas and deli style wee shops. Or stay in Corfu town and get the ferry to Paxos which is a small island. Other option on Corfu is the wee fishing port of Petriti which is lovely and quiet.

fly to Skiathos and ferry transfer to Alonissos.

fly to Rhodes and get the ferry to Symi or Chalki.
fly to Santorini and get the ferry to Folegandros.

fly to Mykonos and sail to Sifnos or Tilos.

Fly to Athens, taxi to Pireaus and go to Aegina island. Or from the airport get a taxi to the closer and quieter port of Rafina and go to islands such as Tilos. Andros or Sifnos

these Greek islands are so much less touristy but you have to go via a touristy place for the direct flights, or go via a city.

I was going to suggest Port de Soller in Mallorca as it ticks all your boxes and would recommend this hotel :-
https://www.hotelesport.com/en/hotel/
However, Palma airport is huge and will be busy in peak holiday season. Could you manage that?

Both are very good ideas. Thank you for the suggestions.