The Best Florida Resorts For Family Holidays

Florida has to be one of the very best destinations inare particularly inexpensive and family-friendly. They
the world for family holidays. Florida’s top familysleep a family of six and offer two full baths and a
resorts have programs designed for children of allkitchenette with microwave and refrigerator. At
ages. Some of the more popular activities areUniversal Studios Florida, you can choose from three
instruction in water sports such as snorkelling,luxury resort hotels: Royal Pacific Resort, Hard Rock
waterskiing, windsurfing and sailing – others offerHotel, and Portofino Bay Hotel. Here you are within
coaching in tennis and golf. For younger children, theeasy reach of Universal’s theme parks, their
resorts organise special days around a theme, withWet ’n Wild water park, themed restaurants,
crafts, activities and games. The programs are oftenentertainment complex and a 20-screen movie theatre.
part of your holiday package, but some resorts chargeOn the central west coast, The Colony Beach &
an additional amount per day for each activity. TheTennis Resort, a five-star resort, on Longboat Key,
Northeast Coast Set on lovely Amelia Island, Ameliawas named the 5th Best Family Resort in the United
Island Plantation, covers 1350 acres, with winding roadsState by Child magazine in 2006. The complimentary
and paths that meander through natural woodlands.children’s programs include a wide variety of
Here you’ll find Kids' Camps, and a Teenindoor and outdoor activities. The Southeast Coast
Explorers program that offers tennis and golf clinics,Located on the St. Lucie River, the Club Med
arts and crafts, and field trips, plus a highly popularSandpiper has a great ambiance and its outstanding
games room. Northwest Coast The giant 2400-acreprograms include waterskiing and wakeboarding, inline
Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort has many activitiesskating, tennis and golf, plus a circus school, complete
for kids: sailing, tennis, kayaking, golf, and the Joleewith flying trapeze. The Breakers, at Palm Beach, is
Island Nature Park with pirate-ship playground.particularly suited for families. Children 17 and under
Watersports include body surfing, with complimentarystay for free, and kids from 3–12 can attend the
boogie boards. Programs include day and nightCoconut Crew Interactive Camp for a fun day of
activities for teens and a water park. Central Floridatennis, golf, arts and crafts, lawn hockey, or swimming.
The 800-room Nickelodeon Family Suites, locatedThe family entertainment centre includes a
within five minutes of Disney World in Orlando, will be atoddlers’ room, a computer X-box room, and
big hit with your kids. The resort’s pool isItalian restaurant. The Southwest Coast Noted for its
actually a water park, and a complimentary nine-holeVictorian style, with big verandas and wicker rockers
miniature golf course, several basketball courts, and aon the porch, Sanibel Harbor Resort and Spa is a
state-of-the-art theatre are all geared for family fun.top-rated 80-acre oceanfront resort that overlooks
Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort has the relaxed feelSanibel and Captiva islands. There is a Kids Club for
of a brightly coloured island village – a perfectages 5–12. At the South Seas Resort on
setting for a moderately priced family holiday. ParrotCaptive Island, you can paddle a kayak, canoe or rent
Cay, a one-acre adventure island built in the middle ofa Hobie; try the fishing, parasailing and body boarding at
a lake, is a play area for children, connected to thethe beach; bike or jog; join in the Fun Factory kids'
lakeshore by footbridges. A wide variety of eatingprograms, and there are excellent teen and family
options will satisfy the fussiest eaters. Anotheractivities.
exceptional accommodation option for Disney WorldRod Ritchie writes for many publishers including AA
visitors, the new All-Star Music Resort Family SuitesPublishing and Fodors.