Wel lads. I want to go on a good family holiday this year. i have been to alot off places the past few years where there was few irish and a lot of ''across the water''. I need a place with alot of irish.Ive never being to Santa Ponsa. I hear there is a lot of irish there. Any place in France or Portugal? Please hit me with a few ideas of your experiences. When i say Family holiday i mean teenagers with parents...

howsurturnips (Galway) - Posts: 80 - 20/05/2010 20:38:58    653984

Florida! Im going again this year on June 27th for 2 weeks! YEOOO!

Orlaith (Derry) - Posts: 4282 - 20/05/2010 21:01:38    654039

My parents went to Fuertaventura last year and loved it, said it was really nice and catered for all sorts. They swore they would go back. Now my folks are mid-late 50s but my dads a gaa head and a pub man. Mum is really easy going. Said there was tons to do, no litter and very cheap. the local beer was nice, i think he thought it was very like Bud.
There is a great water park there and they plan on going back. If money was no option, if i were you id go stateside and maybe go on a cruise.

rossielassie (Roscommon) - Posts: 672 - 20/05/2010 21:29:16    654071

Santa Ponsa 7 times got great outdoor entertainment up in the square for the family shamrock bar and others have great music but to be fair youll find more scottish than irish there know ,Lanzarote Puerto Del Carmen is also great

fortyfive (Tyrone) - Posts: 5929 - 20/05/2010 21:43:34    654087

I would spend a week in Mountjoy than go to Santa Ponsa. Infact you'll probably meet the same sort of people anyway! Go somewhere off the beaten track or one of the great European cities - Barcelona, Rome, Paris.

hurlingdub (Dublin) - Posts: 6978 - 21/05/2010 09:36:26    654146

rossielassie
County: Roscommon
Posts: 477

654071 My parents went to Fuertaventura last year and loved it, said it was really nice and catered for all sorts. They swore they would go back. Now my folks are mid-late 50s but my dads a gaa head and a pub man. Mum is really easy going. Said there was tons to do, no litter and very cheap. the local beer was nice, i think he thought it was very like Bud.
There is a great water park there and they plan on going back. If money was no option, if i were you id go stateside and maybe go on a cruise.


for teenagers though its not the best.there wouldnt be too much to do for them. there's very few nightclubs or teenage discos on the island. everything else you say is correct though, McCarthys bar and rosie o gradys etc are great pubs

Rhodejim (Offaly) - Posts: 2888 - 21/05/2010 09:48:49    654157

Galway.. Connemara!

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20763 - 21/05/2010 11:41:47    654322

AMSTERDAM.

ConnollyDub (Dublin) - Posts: 2007 - 21/05/2010 11:52:37    654347

Depends what age the kids are really. Best family hols we've had were to Calan Bosch in Menorca and Tsillivi in Zakynthos, two small resorts with lovely beaches, great tavernas for eating out and water parks nearby. If I had to make a call it would be Zakynthos as I prefer the whole Greek thing and besides, they could do with some extra income!

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 21/05/2010 12:07:59    654378

Forgot to ask, why do you want to go somewhere where theres a load of paddys on holiday? Me personally, I avoid any Irish bars or centres like the plague, why go to these places and eat bacon and cabbage or fecking tayto crisps, surely a holidays also about escapism!

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 21/05/2010 12:11:05    654386

Barcelona, Rome, Paris. full of pick pockets as you get of the train or plain lovely cities but you need your eyes in the back of your head, best holiday I had in a long while was Going back to Ibiza the sun set in San Antonio bay is worth the fare its self.

fortyfive (Tyrone) - Posts: 5929 - 21/05/2010 12:44:42    654439

Louisburg, Co. Mayo, and the family will enjoy it and thank you for making a great decision !! Keep the money circulating in Ireland !!

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 21/05/2010 12:54:27    654452

brendtheredhand
County: Tyrone
Posts: 2089

654378 Depends what age the kids are really. Best family hols we've had were to Calan Bosch in Menorca and Tsillivi in Zakynthos, two small resorts with lovely beaches, great tavernas for eating out and water parks nearby. If I had to make a call it would be Zakynthos as I prefer the whole Greek thing and besides, they could do with some extra income!


Zakynthos is excellent, However Argassi is better then Tsillivi.

paddyogall (Mayo) - Posts: 5110 - 21/05/2010 13:42:23    654510

Fortyfive, you are just as likely to run into trouble in those resorts as you are in any city. My experience of them anyway is that there are a lot of ***holes making eijits of themselves. And as someone else said why go somewhere that you will be surrounded by Paddies and Brits?

hurlingdub (Dublin) - Posts: 6978 - 21/05/2010 14:16:06    654557

Paddyogall,

Are any of those places near Louisburg ?

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 21/05/2010 14:28:16    654586

On that island Paddy I dont think you can go wrong with either, and now I want to go back, tomorrow will do!

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 21/05/2010 14:43:45    654615

For sunshine, sea, culture, the Alifuuto nature reserve for the adults and where the kids can (pretend to) be pirates, Mogadishu is the destination for any family looking for that little something different.

Wests_Awake (Galway) - Posts: 877 - 21/05/2010 14:49:49    654633

brendtheredhand
County: Tyrone
Posts: 2092

654615 On that island Paddy I dont think you can go wrong with either, and now I want to go back, tomorrow will do!

You cant beat an ice cold pint of Mythos and a Swim in Ship wreck cove!

paddyogall (Mayo) - Posts: 5110 - 21/05/2010 15:00:00    654669

Now your talking paddy, although when we were there we couldnt get on the beach at the shipwreck as it was too choppy and the boat couldnt get in close enough.

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 21/05/2010 15:06:50    654683

Afghanistan is a great spot. Nice weather. Hot chicks.

ConnollyDub (Dublin) - Posts: 2007 - 21/05/2010 16:08:26    654782