Family Holidays

Beach time, short flights, and destinations that don’t require a second mortgage. Here’s what’s currently cheapest for a family trip.

Alicante

Alicante

Alicante mixes a hilltop castle (Santa Barbara, with sweeping Mediterranean views), a palm-lined old town, and a proper city beach right in the centre..

£30 from London, return
Malaga

Malaga

Malaga has a real Andalusian old town behind its beach-resort reputation, Picasso’s birthplace, a Moorish Alcazaba fortress, and a genuinely good tapas scene..

£30 from London, return
Paris

Paris

Paris needs little introduction: the Eiffel Tower, a walk along the Seine, the Louvre and Musee d’Orsay, and the hilltop streets of Montmartre are all within reach of each other, with cafe culture on every corner in between..

£30 from Birmingham, return
Palma de Mallorca

Palma de Mallorca

Real fares currently available to Palma de Mallorca.

£31 from London, return
Olbia

Olbia

Real fares currently available to Olbia.

£32 from London, return
Faro

Faro

Real fares currently available to Faro.

£33 from London, return
Reus

Reus

Real fares currently available to Reus.

£39 from London, return
Lanzarote

Lanzarote

Real fares currently available to Lanzarote.

£41 from London, return
Gran Canaria

Gran Canaria

Real fares currently available to Gran Canaria.

£41 from London, return
Tenerife

Tenerife

Real fares currently available to Tenerife.

£44 from London, return
Antalya

Antalya

Real fares currently available to Antalya.

£53 from London, return
Fuerteventura

Fuerteventura

Real fares currently available to Fuerteventura.

£53 from London, return
Rhodes

Rhodes

Real fares currently available to Rhodes.

£65 from London, return
Corfu

Corfu

Real fares currently available to Corfu.

£74 from London, return
Chania

Chania

Real fares currently available to Chania.

£124 from Newcastle, return
Punta Cana

Punta Cana

Punta Cana is the Dominican Republic’s purpose-built all-inclusive coast, miles of white-sand beach backed by resorts built specifically for doing very little, very well..

£415 from London, return
Cancun

Cancun

Cancun’s Hotel Zone is Mexico’s classic all-inclusive beach strip, turquoise Caribbean water and white sand, with the ancient Mayan ruins of the Yucatan a short trip inland..

£429 from London, return
Orlando

Orlando

Orlando is built around its theme parks, Walt Disney World and Universal Studios headline, but there’s enough between them for a full week without repeating a day, and both run genuine off-peak deals outside US summer and Christmas..

£434 from London, return