We usually go to the Canaries for an April holiday( hoping for guaranteed sunshine) but this year we had a couple of cloudy/rainy days during our week away. Infact for the past couple of years we have had cloudy days.

We've spent the past 2 summers holidaying in Turkey and taken our 4 children. Both holidays were really enjoyable and we have fallen in love with Turkey and its people. We have already booked our summer holiday for 2012.

So this coming April we have decided to bite the bullet and have booked the Lara Beach Hotel. We know that the weather may not be brilliant but this is an adults only holiday and is probably the only time of year we could afford to stay in Lara Beach and still have our family holidays in the summer too.

It's cheaper than the holiday in Tenerife we were looking at which we know may reflect on the weather during April.

So our questions: will there be entertainment during the day as their would be during the height of the season? Is the gym (particulary the running machines) any good or is there anywhere to run around Lara Beach itself? And finally if we are lucky enough to have some good weather how hot is the average temp at his time of year?

I have been desperate to stay in a Lara Beach hotel for some time and would love to take our 4 kids during the summer but as they all approach the teenage years our holiday bill gets higher and higher and £8k for a 2 week holiday is a bit much!

Louise