Taking the Planpraz gondola lift from close to the centre of Chamonix takes you up to the Brevent cable car, which brings you to one of Chamonix's most stunning areas with absolutely jaw-dropping views over Mont Blanc across the other side of the valley - and a brilliant walk down to the lake 'Lac du Brevent'. We had a glorious…
We've climbed Snowdon many times - with children at all different ages from baby to teenager. And we've met many other families happily and safely climbing Snowdon with their kids too, so it's definitely achievable and something we've always enjoyed. But if you're planning on climbing Snowdon with children there are a few things to be aware of to make…
We spent five amazing days in Iceland. Here's our full Iceland holiday itinerary with our advice and reviews on what we got up to on our family trip to Reykjavik... The May half-term arrived and, despite looking for several weeks for some last-minute getaways, we'd found nothing suitable and thought we'd have to shelve our plans of going away, especially…
The Golden Circle is Iceland's most-popular attraction with loads of organised tours taking visitors to all the major sights. However if you hire a car, you can drive the Golden Circle yourself. This is what we did and found it a much better alternative to the organised tours. Here's what we got up to driving the Golden Circle... The beauty…
Our favourite day on our trip to Iceland was a whale watching tour from Reykjavik Harbour. Here's our full Iceland whale watching review from our day on board the 'Sea Trips Amelia Rose' whale watching boat... Whale watching is a popular activity in Reykjavík with lots of boat operators dotted around the harbour - and active whale feeding grounds in…
We'd booked up to visit Iceland's Blue Lagoon before even leaving the UK - it was an attraction we were really keen to visit, but weren't totally sure how suitable it was to visit the Blue Lagoon Iceland with children. Turns out, it was was perfect! Here's the full details of our family day out at Iceland's Blue Lagoon... The…
Check out our gallery of photos from our family holiday to Iceland in the May half-term holiday. We flew to Keflavik and stayed in the nearby capital Reykjavik, exploring the 'Golden Circle', visiting the Blue Lagoon and whale watching. Here's a selection of our photos we took. Click a small image below to open it up in gallery view, from…
Golden sandy beaches are not exactly what Iceland is famed for and, even if it were, with average summer temperatures around 10 to 13 degrees, the beach isn't usually high on many visitors' list of priorities! However, in typically unique Icelandic fashion, just 10-minutes' drive from Reykjavik centre you'll find Nautholsvik Geothermal Beach - a man-made stretch of golden sand…
We’ve wanted to visit Corsica for a few years now - its mixture of amazing beaches, Mediterranean weather and dramatic mountains are all the kinds of things we love, but we’d not been able to find flights before that were cheap enough or at the right times for us. This year, we found some surprisingly cheap flights with Air Corsica…
We’ve created this photo gallery from some of our Corsica holiday photos, from both the Porto Vecchio region in the south to the Ajaccio area in the west, to show you what it’s like here and hopefully provide some inspiration for you on places to visit and things to do if you’re considering a family holiday to Corsica. Click a…
Every night in Porticcio, after finishing dinner at the beach-front restaurants, we’d watch the sun set over the other side of the Gulf of Ajaccio, behind the Sanguinaire Islands. Earlier in the week, we’d briefly visited the beach at Capo di Feno - a large beach out in the countryside about 30-minutes’ drive from Ajaccio centre, which faces directly west…
All around Ajaccio and Porticcio are locations for booking boat trips to various sites up and down the western coast of Corsica, most of them consisting of visits to the Isles Sanguinaires, Calanches de Piana, Bonifacio, Girolata and the Scandola nature reserve. [caption id="attachment_868" align="aligncenter" width="800"] One of the ‘Nave Va’ tour boats that operate from Porticcio and Ajaccio[/caption] There’s…
After several days at different beaches, we were looking for something a bit different to do and found the Pointe de la Parata - an area about 35 minutes’ drive from Ajaccio where the mainland of western Corsica ends and turns in to the ‘Isles Sanguinaires’ - a string of small, remote islands with rocky coastlines, lighthouses and watchtowers... The…
We picked up a leaflet in Porticcio for the Agosta Fun Beach, which is a location for watersports activities like jet ski hire, parasailing, banana boats, etc about 10-minutes up the road from Porticcio centre. On arrival at Agosta Beach, we were surprised at how empty it was, especially considering this was the middle of peak season and all the…
The town of Ajaccio (pronounced Ah-jax-io) is the capital of Corsica. It’s a large town by the standards of the rest of Corsica, but still small enough to easily explore on foot or by the small ‘land train’ that tours around each day. We parked up in an underground multi-storey car park and headed first for the port area, which…
For our week spent near Ajaccio in Corsica, we chose a villa in the small town of Porticcio, which is about 15-minutes’ drive from Ajaccio centre itself. Porticcio is a popular holiday destination with numerous hotels, ‘residences’ - and a brilliant beach which is lined with a load of restaurants and bars with all their seating directly on the beachfront.…
Bonifacio is one of Corsica's main landmark attractions - a seaside town with a glamorous marina and landmark 'old town' high up on the cliff face overlooking the sea with the neighbouring island of Sardinia clearly visible beyond. It's within driving distance of where we stayed near Porto Vecchio but we split the journey up, spending half the day on…
The most famous beach in Corsica is Palombaggia, on the outskirts of the town of Porto Vecchio. It’s famed for its soft white sands and crystal clear water - and is a long, 2km stretch of sand lined with ‘umbrella’ pine trees. We’d visited nearby Santa Giulia beach earlier in the week and had been completely blown away by the…
The Col de Bavella is a famous mountain road leading from Corsica’s South East coast, high up in to the Alta Rocca mountain range. Looking for a different type of day out from the previous ones lounging on beaches and by the pool, we decided to take the car up the Col de Bavella, stopping off at the amazing Cascades…
This South-East part of Corsica’s coast is dotted with countless beaches - but the two main ‘destination’ beaches in the region are Palombaggia and Santa Giulia, both within a few miles of each other and both famed for their almost Caribbean-style white sand and clear blue waters. We turned up a bit late in the day to Santa Giulia, to…
