PLEASE can somebody take pity and help me - where on earth to go in Summer half term with kids aged 11, 9 and 7?

[goldenticket]

I'm really struggling to find somewhere and am hoping some lovely Mumsnetters can help me narrow things down. Criteria are:

warm enough to swim in may
swimming pool
grouped apartments or villas/gites but not too many
nice gardens to run about in
within 15 min drive of a beach
ideally something else to do on site like tennis/table tennis/boules etc

Any ideas??

oh my heart bleeds

Thanks for that . Some of us aren't very well travelled and can finally afford a week abroad. Sorry for being such a peasant.

Right it's you - I know you've got similar aged kids to me and you've travelled all over the shop, so why not help me rather than being snarky?

oh grr
rumbled
i am in a bad mood tonigh.

right i was thinking.... south of france

db went to a villa in corsica with simpson that was a group

What's put you in a bad mood? I've just watched the Restaurant failures catering for Duncan Bannentyne (sp?) which did for me.

Is the south of France warm enough in May?

other mates went here a year or so ago said it was funny

NO NO it wasnt that
it was the glyfada place - but not a 2 bedder
www.sunisle.co.uk/property/Greece/Paxos/Glyfada-Beach-Villa

God, that looks gorgeous.

I'm after the kind of place that will have some like-minded souls for ds (11) to hang about with (other two are dd's) - if he's happy, we're all happy

mousses in blardy lefkas?

not keycamping? nice chalets now

Just seen your second link - yes, that's the kind of thing. Hmm, now how much

Gruissan is lovely and may tick some boxes for you.
There is a great wildlife park nearby too.

this site in the south might be ok

we are going to S of France then & are banking on it being plenty warm enough!

how does this look? pics of shut-up villa not very appealing but complex looks fine

flights to Toulouse, Carcassonne, Perpignan, Montpellier

(no prices given though & apparent availability may be suspect)

I looked at Mousses after seeing a billion threads on here talking about them but got cold feet after some posters said they were good for little kids bit not so good for bigger ones. Had vision of ds surrounded by toddlers hanging off his ankles.

Any Keycamps you can recommend?

Sorry x-posted.

That's good to hear re weather. Love the boarded up villa

Off to check out other links - thanks for all your help grumpy

im nto still vair sure who you are...

Pierre & Vacances at Cap d'Agde

yes other mates did P and v somwhere

God I did Cap d'Agde for my first holiday with mates aged 17 - tiny caravan and lots of snogging IIRC.

Am serial name-changer but have been around in various guises since 2004

another at Cap d'Agde

Ste Maxime

Don't know what your budget is but Nielson are fantastic for kids.
Clubs for all ages and they go off and learn to sail and windsurf (so can you if you want), think they have spas as well now, and you come home totally relaxed.
Turkey would be warm by then I'd think.

Nerja, Andalucia (aka Costa del Sol, but it isn't all Torremolinos!)

Flight an extra 45 mins or so, but billions of cheap flights to Malaga, weather normally reliably warm & lovely, car hire much cheaper than France, has a lot going for it.

(Only 2 bedrooms though - 1 would have to sleep on sofabed)

Ooh thanks ponders and ourlady, lots to look at