The Best Florida Resorts For Family Holidays

Florida has to be one of the very best destinations invisitors, the new All-Star Music Resort Family Suites
the world for family holidays. Florida’s top familyare particularly inexpensive and family-friendly. They
resorts have programs designed for children of allsleep a family of six and offer two full baths and a
ages. Some of the more popular activities arekitchenette with microwave and refrigerator.
instruction in water sports such as snorkelling,At Universal Studios Florida, you can choose from
waterskiing, windsurfing and sailing – others offerthree luxury resort hotels: Royal Pacific Resort, Hard
coaching in tennis and golf. For younger children, theRock Hotel, and Portofino Bay Hotel. Here you are
resorts organise special days around a theme, withwithin easy reach of Universal’s theme parks,
crafts, activities and games. The programs are oftentheir Wet ’n Wild water park, themed
part of your holiday package, but some resorts chargerestaurants, entertainment complex and a 20-screen
an additional amount per day for each activity.movie theatre.
The Northeast CoastOn the central west coast, The Colony Beach &
Set on lovely Amelia Island, Amelia Island Plantation,Tennis Resort, a five-star resort, on Longboat Key,
covers 1350 acres, with winding roads and paths thatwas named the 5th Best Family Resort in the United
meander through natural woodlands. Here you’llState by Child magazine in 2006. The complimentary
find Kids' Camps, and a Teen Explorers program thatchildren’s programs include a wide variety of
offers tennis and golf clinics, arts and crafts, and fieldindoor and outdoor activities.
trips, plus a highly popular games room.The Southeast Coast
Northwest CoastLocated on the St. Lucie River, the Club Med
The giant 2400-acre Sandestin Golf and BeachSandpiper has a great ambiance and its outstanding
Resort has many activities for kids: sailing, tennis,programs include waterskiing and wakeboarding, inline
kayaking, golf, and the Jolee Island Nature Park withskating, tennis and golf, plus a circus school, complete
pirate-ship playground. Watersports include bodywith flying trapeze. The Breakers, at Palm Beach, is
surfing, with complimentary boogie boards. Programsparticularly suited for families. Children 17 and under
include day and night activities for teens and a waterstay for free, and kids from 3–12 can attend the
park.Coconut Crew Interactive Camp for a fun day of
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.
actually a water park, and a complimentary nine-holeThe Southwest Coast
miniature golf course, several basketball courts, and aNoted for its Victorian style, with big verandas and
state-of-the-art theatre are all geared for family fun.wicker rockers on the porch, Sanibel Harbor Resort
Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort has the relaxed feeland Spa is a top-rated 80-acre oceanfront resort that
of a brightly coloured island village – a perfectoverlooks Sanibel and Captiva islands. There is a Kids
setting for a moderately priced family holiday. ParrotClub for ages 5–12. At the South Seas Resort
Cay, a one-acre adventure island built in the middle ofon Captive Island, you can paddle a kayak, canoe or
a lake, is a play area for children, connected to therent a Hobie; try the fishing, parasailing and body
lakeshore by footbridges. A wide variety of eatingboarding at the beach; bike or jog; join in the Fun
options will satisfy the fussiest eaters. AnotherFactory kids' programs, and there are excellent teen
exceptional accommodation option for Disney Worldand family activities.