Choosing a place for a family vacation, especially with young children, is not an easy task. The flight should not be long and not tiring, the sea should be crystal clear and warm, the coast should always have fine-grained yellow sand, and the food should be familiar, tasty and designed for delicate stomachs.
Overview of the resort towns of the Costa de Barcelona-Maresme
But don't forget the adults who want to see the sights, do some shopping and even relax a little in one of the drinking establishments. Where can you find a place that meets all these criteria? Of course, in Spain!
Spain is a gentle sea and bright sun. Its location at the junction of the boundless Atlantic and the closed Mediterranean, Africa and Europe, the world of Islam and Christianity has left an indelible mark on the entire face of the country.
Spain is an open-air museum, and it is here that the fantastic creation of the great Gaudi is located - the amazing Sagrada Familia Cathedral. Spain is the host of a huge number of sandy beaches that meet the highest quality standards and along which stretched a long chain of hotels focused on families with children.
Some of the most popular family holiday destinations in Spain include:
- Costa de Barcelona-Maresme with its small towns of Santa Susanna and Malgrat de Mar;
- coast of the Costa Dorada with its long sandy beaches, olive and fruit tree plantations, a long swimming season and the Port Aventura theme park, where the town deserves special attention;
- coast of the Costa Brava with amazingly picturesque bays, overgrown with centuries-old pine trees, where lovers of a relaxing holiday can be recommended to the oldest seaside resort -.
Family vacation in Spain with children is not a difficult test, but a good rest on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea with its picturesque landscapes, invigorating healthy air, amazing sandy beaches and shallow coastal waters.
Estimated cost of the tour in a 3-star hotel for 10-11 days for 2 adults and 1 child with a flight from Moscow is from 2.300€. But this money is justified in terms of the ratio of price and quality rest with high service.
With this article we open family holidays in Spain. You will be offered detailed information with popular Spanish resorts that are most suitable for families with children.
The articles will describe the resorts of Spain with the following information
- How to get to the resort centers;
- List of hotels and beaches;
- Available entertainment with addresses and prices: clubs, water parks, attractions;
- Weather at the resorts by months.
The first article is devoted COSTA DE BARCELONA MARESME (Costa de Barcelona-Maresme)
The coast of Catalonia with many kilometers of silvery sand beaches washed by the azure waves of the Mediterranean Sea is popular with lovers of nature and beautiful holidays.
The coast is surrounded by the mountain ranges of the Pyrenees, and the mild maritime climate of the province has a beneficial effect on the body, giving it tone, vitality and energy for the whole year.
The seaside towns of the Costa de Barcelona Maresme (Malgrat de Mar, Santa Susanna, Pineda de Mar, Calella) have developed into thriving resort centers over the past decades, offering a wide network of hotels and entertainment complexes.
The resort towns of the province can be reached from Moscow or Kiev by flying to Barcelona International Airport - El Prat (Aeropuerto de Barcelona-El Prat). The second busiest airport in Spain is located 10 km from Barcelona.
How to get to residents of the Russian Federation and ticket prices
Flights directly from Moscow regularly operated by the following airlines:
- Aeroflot (travel time about 4 hours 40 minutes);
- Vueling Airlines (about 4 hours 40 minutes);
- Transaero (from 5 h to 5 h 30 min);
- Iberia Airlines and S7.
Also in the "high season" airlines add charter flights.
Choose the cheapest flight tickets You can, if you analyze the calendar of low prices for air tickets. It works very simply - you look at the prices for air tickets and, seeing on which day of the month the most advantageous offers are offered, you immediately book them online.
Hurry to do it as soon as possible, profitable offers do not remain vacant for long!
How to get to residents of Ukraine and ticket prices
- The average flight time from Kiev to Barcelona is about 4 hours.
UIA, AirBaltic, Transaero, Turkish Airlines, Lot, Czech Airlines, Tap-Air Portugal and Austrian operate both direct flights and flights with transfers in Prague and Rome. - Direct flight in the direction of Kiev-Barcelona-Kiev will cost 1 person from $580;
- With a transfer in Prague - from $ 321;
- With a transfer in Rome - from $ 317.
But don't forget that flights with transfers for babies - not an acceptable option Therefore, only direct flights should be considered.
In the case of buying only air tickets, hotel reservations from the airport to Barcelona can be reached by bus, railway or expressway.
You can order individual. This option is faster and more practical if you arrive at night when public transport is still running, you are with small children who are tired of the flight, you are poorly oriented in an unfamiliar country and do not know Spanish.
Also such a transfer is beneficial for a large company since costs can be divided among all.
Things to Do in Costa de Barcelona Maresme
On the Costa de Barcelona Maresme is a popular family water park – Marineland.
- It is located at: Ctra. Malgrat a Palafolls s/n 08389 PALAFOLLS.
- A free bus runs to the water park from the resort areas of Tossa de Mar, Lloret de Mar, Blanes, Calella, Pineda de Mar, Malgrat de Mar and Santa Susanna daily in the "high season" until September 17.
- The bus leaves in the morning at 9.40, 10.40, 11.40, and back in the afternoon at 16.00, 17.00 and 18.00.
Water park attractions
On the territory of Marineland you can enjoy dolphin and sea lion performances(at 12.00 and 16.30) in the dolphinarium, show with such exotic birds like cockatoos, ibis, hornbills (at 11.00 and 16.00) and see other birds in the zoo (for example, the pink flamingo).
Entrance ticket for adults costs €17.50, for children €12.
- Mini Park (Mini Park). Designed for small children. On a specially equipped and safe playground in the water, kids can plunge into the world of all kinds of colors and adventures.
- Tornado (Tornado). The new super-attraction with a width of 60 meters is circling in a crazy cycle of rotations.
- Boomerang. The attraction is attractive for very brave visitors who are not afraid of a dizzying fall on a special boat. You can experience an indescribable surge of emotions both alone and in the company of friends.
- Crazy Race. 3 slides offer to move down to the pool at high speed. You can arrange a family competition on who will be the first to plunge into the water.
- Black Hole (Black Hole). This is a new and bold water park sensation. You can go down the hill on an inflatable ring through one of the 2 tubes 12m long.
- Kamikaze (Kamikaze). A very steep descent for extreme sportsmen, where the speed becomes more and more.
- Super Slalom (Super Slalom). A zigzag descent that is ideal for visitors of all age groups.
- Twister (Twister). A family attraction that is a descent along a spiral pipe with many twists and zigzags.
- Pools. On the territory of the water park there are many pools of different depths, providing for swimming for all age groups. You can sunbathe and relax on grassy areas, on sun loungers under umbrellas.
Also, free car parking, a solarium, a locker room, individual lockers with keys, etc. are provided for visitors.
Works in the park Restaurant "Mare Nostrum", equipped with air conditioning and many fast food outlets where you can eat pizza, hamburgers, chicken, all kinds of ice cream and drink soft drinks, as well as a gift shop with dolphin drawings, toys, t-shirts and caps.
At the height of the tourist season pleasure boats run between the many resort centers of the Costa de Barcelona Maresme and the Costa Brava, which depart several times a day from the beach piers.
The cost of 1 one-way ticket depends on the distance and ranges from 5 to 20 €.
Car rental will help you save time and money on vacation. How to take describes this article.
Fans of active pastime can use the services nautical sports and diving clubs.
Popular sports clubs
Barcelona
- Aquamarina
- Raya's Diving Center
It is located at: Raya's Diving Barcelona Roger De Flor 220.
Here you can take a scuba diving course, the cost of which starts from 49 €. - Rodasub
Located at: C/ Fluvia, 282 Bac de Roda.
Right next to the club is Metro L2 - Bac de Roda.
Mataro
- Manatee Diving
Located at: Port Mataró parte alta, modulo B2 locales 7, 8 y 9 08301 Mataró – Barcelona. - Blaumar
Being not so far from Barcelona, be sure to visit. Not only you, but also children will be interested in visiting this grandiose park.
You will be met at the entrance two famous “gingerbread houses”, numerous dragons and bizarre walking alleys, called "Bird's Nests".
Throughout the year, the park is open from 8.00 to 21.00, seven days a week. A visit to the Gaudi House Museum will cost 5.5€ for adults, 4.5€ for children under 18, and 7€ for entrance to the park.
You can also have a good time in golf clubs.
- Badalona Castell Godmar.
It is located 10 minutes from the center of Barcelona on the territory of the castle at: Pomar de Dalt, 13 08916 Badalaona, Barcelona. - Pitch and Putt Barcelona – Teia.
Located near Barcelona in the village of Teià at: C/ Ramón LLull 14, Urbanització Sant Berger 08329 Teia – Barcelona.
Because the resort is an hour's drive from Barcelona, and you can plan interesting excursions in the capital of Catalonia from the list:
Basil
Spain is like a second home to me, I go there often. Rest mixed with work. The most important and relevant for today is that anywhere in Spain, on any coast you feel safe, you don’t have to be afraid for your children. It is relatively quiet and safe there. Whoever eats there for the first time, my nutritional advice: eat more seafood. Where else and when can you find so much fresh seafood?! Well, those who love meat, it's just heaven. The best meat, and such a choice as in Spain, is nowhere else in Europe. For a guide in which month to go on vacation there, it will not be superfluous to know that the opening of the season there is on April 15th. (officially).
Arthur
Hello! I have always dreamed of being a traveller, and even now I am dreaming, more than that I want to go to Egypt or Spain, it is very beautiful and very interesting there. now I am saving up money for a trip to Italy, I will go to Italy with my family for 2 weeks, I think I will have a great rest and I am sure that I will like it.
Diana
Everything is pretty detailed. Yes, the price is a little off. But it is better to collect and go to Spain than to be content with rest in the south. What draws me to Spain? Firstly, the flight is only four and a half hours and you are in a beautiful corner of Europe. Secondly, most hotels specialize in family vacations, so food will be easy to pick up. I also wanted to say that the attitude towards tourists is more friendly.
Oksana
And I think that if you really go to Spain with the whole family, then adults can refrain from drinking establishments and devote all their time to relaxing with children. Whatever the service, but I will not trust my children to anyone. And in terms of entertainment in Spain it will be interesting for every member of the family. This will benefit the climate of family relationships and children will not feel abandoned.
Glory
A year ago we rested with children in Salou. And, of course, first of all, we plunged headlong into the sea of entertainment - the Port Aventura park. This is a Spanish original Disneyland, in no way inferior to the American one! The park is divided into zones, each of which imitates and corresponds to a particular country. Attractions for the most diverse tastes, of which there are about 40. The children were simply delighted with the boats flowing into the waterfall. And the city was preparing at that time for the celebration of Halloween - such a number of pumpkins and funny figures had never been seen before :-)
Maria
For us, this is the perfect combination of a beach holiday with entertainment for children and excursions for adults. In Spain, there is something to see in terms of attractions.
If you rent a car, you can cover the maximum area for visiting. Friends did just that last year - they are very pleased with the rest.
NINA
Sometimes you want to go on vacation with the whole family somewhere. But the main experience is that there is nothing to decorate the children's leisure time. An adult will always find entertainment for himself, which cannot be said about children. Therefore, it is gratifying that in Spain so much has been done for a joint holiday. And all those rides and shows will be interesting not only for adults, but also for children. We need to focus on Spain.
Asya
This is not an article, but simply a storehouse of invaluable information. This guide, all the necessary information is collected in one place. We have two children in our family, I really want to relax with them in Spain. Because many friends praise the rest there, and the article confirms this. Stops only one: the price ...
Olya
We were on the Costa de Barcelona-Maresme in the town of Santa Susanna. We flew there with our little daughter, she was just one year old. At first I was afraid how the baby would endure the change in climate and food. But it turned out that everything was not so scary, she was capricious only on the first day, and then she apparently got used to it. We enjoyed the holiday very much. We want to come back here next year.
