I have waited to see if anyone has any better suggestions, I can only actually suggest the Phoenix park or Highland Beach as both have decent pools with childrens sections.
The silver sands also has a childrens pool but not very good IMO. but is much nearer the beach
I'm not sure that there will be much difference between any of the popular hotels with regard to mosquitos etc.
rarely eat in hotels myself so can't really comment on food hygeine at any.
Hope someone comes along with more help.

whilst not being in candolim The Osborne has 3 pools with childrens areas,its situated near to St Anthonys ,church 5 mins to beach,candolim is 3 mins in taxi same for calangute its halfway between the two

I'm not sure I would want to take children that age to Goa for lots of reasons including threats to health, distance to travel and VISA complications (If they do go ahead, research the correct procedure carefully it's not a straightforward case of sending all the applications off together I don't think).
Lets face it, Goa isn't really that child friendly and I would recommend they don't go there until the children are much older. I'm sure there are those who disagree ( but by all means tell me why you would want to take them) but that's my opinion anyway. cheers Dave.

I would echo Daves post, but each to their own
Not much for kids except pool and beach. and the sea is not a good idea unless really careful
some of the quiter beaches have safer sea for children

The more I think about it the less reason to take children. Looking after yourself crossing the road is bad enough ! Think of all those health and safety hazards like glass and bottle tops on the beaches,loose and naked electric cables all over the place, the list is endless.
All that and the real possibility that all three will get sickness and diarrhoea at some stage. The hotels probably don't have kiddies clubs and don't offer baby sitting services either. No thanks... stick to somewhere closer to home IMO, it will work out a lot cheaper too I imagine.
cheers Dave

I agree with you Dave. Would not like to take kids to Goa. Mind you I didn't like taking them anywhere on holiday

hullsmoggy wrote:

Mind you I didn't like taking them anywhere on holiday

Have to agree,wouldn`t even consider taking children to goa.

I would not take children to Goa,I love the place but it is bad enough watching the traffic for ourselves yet alone keeping an eye on young kiddies.Also I would imagine it would be quite difficult to keep them entertained and at the same time enjoy your holiday!!

Hello

Thought that I would add my opinion as a parent and why I take my son Goa.

The weather: yes it is warm, but even Cyprus reaches over 30 degrees in summer, so it's all about taking sensible precautions, and keeping out of the sun during the hottest time of day, using sun hats/sun screen.

The long flight: along the same lines as above, there are places in the world where parents take their children with flights the same as Goa, and it seems to be more socially acceptable to take a child to America even though it's a similar flight time to Goa.

Not much to do for children in Goa: I was amazed to read someones comments about there being no kids clubs in Goa. That is not what we go on holiday for, to 'dump' our child into a kids club. Our holiday is to spend time as a family,swim in the pool with each other, walks on the beach collecting shells etc.

My son is on the autistic spectrum, and unfortunately it would be his worst nightmare to spend time away from his parents on holiday and socialise with other children.

For example, our daily routine in Goa is to swim, eat, visit the beach (but not actually go in the sea as my son does like the sea, he says the water hurts his bum ) , which is also the case in Cyprus.
The we head back to the hotel around 4pm for another swim in the pool, and get ready to go out for food.
During this time my son will play games on the iPad or iPod touch before we go out for food. After god we head back to our hotel around 9:30/10pm and put our son to bed whilst we relax with a drink on the balcony.
That is what we look for in a holiday, and Goa fits the bill perfectly. Friendly locals, great food, cheap prices, and lovely weather.

Nice reply yummymummy,we took our grand daughter a few years ago and she loved it, the elephant outside our apartment, swimming, mocktails, most of all the "jewels" spread out on her sunbed for her to salivate over, but the original poster asked about taking 3 children under 7yrs old, my worry would be the hygene issuses, most adults suffer from dehli belly and dehydration not sure if i would want to chance it with small children, but I guess its a chance you have to weigh up,
Lin

Taken my son twice now (he's 5 in Jan) and feb will be the third time. He loves it.

All the usual rules apply like sun screen; lots of water etc.

Also LOTS of antiseptic handwash throughout the day especially at the more obvious moments which is cheap as chips in Goa.

If you plan the flights right then you can fly mostly through the night which takes a lot of the hard work out of it.

We've seen the elephants; dolphins; snakes; monkeys - all sorts out there together. He loves it. He even loves the fish market. Also there is a water park up in Baga. Not been in there myself though and would be more worried about water cleanliness in there than out on the beach. He's been to Anjuna market (liked it) and Saturday Night Market (hated it).

Our days are similar to yummymummy, we get up have a swim, beach for brekkies, build some sand castles, collect the little crabby things in the sand, laugh at everyone burning their feet on the hot sand. Lunch usually on the beach & he then has a nap through the hottest part of the day (the shack owners make him up bed in the shade). Back to the hotel for about 5-6.00 swim, shower, he's on the iphone playing games; then out to eat and back to the hotel for 9.30- 10 ish although we have been known to stay out later (particularly at Ice n Spice) in which case the boys make a bed up for him somewhere clean & safe.

The shack boys are great with him and the owner of the shack we use has a little girl just alittle older than our son so they get on great as well.

Also, whilst the place looks a lot messier than 10 years ago I think the food hygene is much better or maybe I'm just a bit more careful now.

Stayed at Prazeres with him once; a private villa once; and this time we're booked into Valentines Retreat. Same procedure each time, get settled in and then get the room boys to give the place a really good clean. Without meaning to be condescending you have to show them what you want and slip them some Rs. - think Rs. 500. We then have a liberal spray of Kybosh carried in from the UK to kill any bugs and lock the room up for the day.