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Nik2879 · 30/07/2026 18:11

After help and recommendations please. Taking my son on his first holiday abroad next year he will be 6.
Looking for all inclusive with a couple of
slides. Somewhere we can go outside the hotel into the resort easily.
Not Turkey or Egypt as it would be to hot for him. Spent days looking online but hard when you dont know the resorts.
Also dont want to go anywhere you have to get up at the crack of dawn and race to the sunbeds.
Thanks for any help

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Forgottenmyphone · 30/07/2026 20:02

Would you consider Cyprus? There are several hotels which allocate sunbeds to guests or have a reservation system.

Nik2879 · 31/07/2026 18:00

@Forgottenmyphone yes do you know of any hotels that do that sounds well better

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Forgottenmyphone · Yesterday 05:29

Olympic Lagoon is the best one for waterslides.

Travelplanner · Yesterday 12:21

Malta' brill for what you're describing. The weather's hot but cooler than Turkey/Egypt), most all-in have their own water slides or are right next to a beach and zero sunbed culture. Families with young kids, no one's stressed about claiming a 6am sunbed.
Hotels like the Hilton or other hotels in Mellieha have that setup where you can pop in and out of the resort easily, grab lunch when you want rather than on a schedule, and kid can potter about in the pool when they feel like it instead of being dragged to activities.
Germany's trickier for all-inclusive with slides, it's more self-catering or half-board, and honestly the weather wouldn't help you much (it's cooler, but you'd need more planning around activities). Malta just fits better for what you've described.
Check out the hotels before booking: email the hotel directly if you have concerns related to your family. Good hotel reply with helpfully tips.
(Full disclosure: I plan travel for families, and I'm neurodivergent myself, I lived in malta myself as a child, and we just came back from germany holiday.)

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