Hi all
New user here.
Please don't think I'm asking you to do the work for me. I am simply looking for your suggestions of Lively Hotels/apartments especially for Teenagers. I personally am well travelled in Spain & The Balearics & Canaries etc. I have been on many Stag parties to Magaluf/Tenerife etc. However, my sole aim here is to gain your thoughts on places that have lots going on for active teens. By active I main where there are things going on to keep kids happy. I definitely don't mean to sound rude by saying I am not looking for suggestions on stunning locations if there is nothing to do for Kids & Teens. A perfect example of this is a place called Santa Elulia in Ibiza. An absolutely lovely place but not much to do for kids at night.
It may help if I give you our Kids ages..
Son 16 years
Sons friend 15 years
Daughter 13 years
Son 11 years
Our kids are the type that like to hang about in Groups round the pool table or gaming machines at night making new friends.
The sheer number of Hotels that claim to be for families is amazing, only for me to look on tripadvisor to find out that those claims are not 100% correct and that while the accomodation is indeed lovely but is geared to a different clientel. An example of this is some years ago when a Travel Agent told me he had found me and my (then) young son a beautiful Hoiliday to Greece. We arrived to find that the place was gorgeous. The only thing missing was other kids! Here we were for 10 days having to make sure we didn't splash the Honeymoon couples and OAP's.
Last year we went to Olu Deniz (on recommendations from Friends) and our Hotel had a Pool table, Table Tennis, Darts, Tennis Court etc. There were Pool games in the day etc. While the Hotel wasn't the best in the world in certainly made up for it in the fact that the Kids loved it and made loads of friends.
Without boring you all I hope some people will reply with comments like...
'xxxxx Hotel is situated in a quiet part of town and there are no facilities for Teenagers at night'
or
'xxxxx Hotel has Pool games, video machines and is 100% geared up for families'
If you guys would be kind enough to suggest some Hotels/apartments etc I will search for the Holiday myself.
I reiterate... I am not being Lazy and asking you guys to do the Job for me. I merely want your opinions and thoughts on Resorts/Hotels/Apartments where there is LOTS to do at Night for teens or places that attract lots of teens. Again, I am aware of busy resorts etc but I'd much rather you guys specify actual Hotels/Apartments etc as we are not comfortable with our Kids roaming round outside our accomodation in the evening.
Thank you all
Hi, I can only suggest the resort of Santa Ponsa for you. Plenty in resort to keep kids of all ages amused. Have a look at the 3 Globales hotels , Santa ponsa playa, Park and Pionero they have day and night time activites its long time since we neded to keep teenagers amused so a bit out of date. Maybe someone else will reply to you soon. Good luck.
themed hotel complex two hotels flintstones.ultra modern refitt 2 years ago.bar on beach front with artists on and pool tables etc.look for steps going down into pub.nice room round back for children to play etc.
Again, I read it that the OP was a parent looking for info on a suitable resort where he could take 3 teens and a nearly teen where there would be plenty to keep them all amused, not that he planned on sending them there without an adult!
sma yes i gathered that later in notes.so its either 5 in total or 6 inc wife.clever arn;t i..lol..plus check out the wave hotel on mag beach front.pass a few hours there.at a cost though.two nice beaches either side of santa lucia hotel.in palma nova
Somewhere like Jupiter/saturno/club mac (all within the same complex) in Alcudia could well fit the bill, plenty going on for the kids, and right next door to the water park
two good choices there and now just got to pick one.palma nova 20 min bus ride away.Alcudia can be up to an hour or more depends on traffic.santa ponsa is only a 10 min taxi ride away.nice resort.small but great for a day out.and you can get boat trips from that resort.best to get up there early and pick which one you fancy.look out for captain birdseye lookalike man selling trips.there are trips from p/n beach front near son matis hotel and near mcdonalds..p/n might be best as palma city is not far away by bus.for a day out.see all the boats.
Thank you VERY much for your help
I hope you don't mind me emailing, especially 2 years after your original post!
I asked google the exact same question that you asked as like you, I have 3 boys aged, nearly 12 (going on 17!), 13 and 15 years old.
Sadly it's no longer suitable to visit a picturesque resort with a nice pool as my boys need other like minded kids and ideally plenty of activities or the like going on around them to keep them happy.
I too am more than happy to search accommodation etc but really just need something to start with.
We also visited Olu Deniz 2 years ago and loved it. Plenty going on around the pool and paragliding from the mountain but ideally would like to be nearer, Spain or Portugal would be ideal.
Did you find somewhere to go and more importantly, did the kids enjoy it?
Many thanks
How about Sol Katmandu ? its a fairly new theme park / hotel on outskirts of magalluf
Layleegeoalftom wrote:Hi,
I hope you don't mind me emailing, especially 2 years after your original post!
Don't worry no one here is going to shout or scream or berate you for making a necro post !!
Welcome to the forums , and glad you liked Olu Deniz, my mum who's in her 70s went there with her sisters and they liked it to !! Not sure if she did paragliding though
http://www.melia.com/en/hotels/spain/majorca/sol-katmandu-park-and-resort/index.html
just out of the hussle and noise of magalluf
just out of the hussle and noise of magalluf
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