Menorca Where to Stay for Families - Best Resorts?, Best Family hotels?
Holiday planning: Make hotel shortlists, then check out the beach resort or the other way round? Every family's children are unique, every family has different priorities. Relax we really know Menorca so can help you find YOUR perfect hotel/resort combination with better informed choices.
Menorca is often unexpected, has surprisingly diverse beach resorts, which means picking somewhere to stay daunting unless you've experienced it all like we have. It's all too easy to pick the wrong location for you and your family especially if you read the generic Hotel broschure / web Resort 'blurb'. Holiday Forums etc are full of these experiences sadly.
What are you looking for ?
FAQ on Family Holidays ie all those regular Forum Questions
Menorca Where to Stay for Families - Best Resorts, Best Family hotels
Confused/Unsure? Find the ideal hotel , then check out the beach resort or the other way round? Every family's children are unique, every family has different priorities. Relax we really know Menorca so can decide with better informed choices.
Menorca is unexpected, perhaps confusing but surprisingly diverse, which means picking somewhere to stay unless you've experienced it all can be daunting and it's all too easy to pick the wrong location for you and your family especially if you read the generic locations blurb. Holiday Forums are full of these experiences sadly.
What you looking for ?
Where to stay - Best Family Hotels
Where to stay - Our Family Resort Picks
On Menorca there is no need to avoid the excess of other youthful partygoers in the sun. Teenagers are safe to wander off on their own.
I've experienced Menorca as a child and taken my children there from babies onwards. Here are our personal top 5 menorca family where to stay resorts tips. Each is different, in their setting and on varying emphasis on independent or packaged holidays.
What all these resorts have in common though are fine sandy beaches, with safe warm waters, Red Cross, beachside toilets and bar / restaurants catering for children. Plus attractions to keep the beach rats happy away from the beach and where Mums and Dads can keep and eye on them while relaxing with a drink.
If you've only experienced coarse brown sandy beaches, backed by an unattractive skyline of hotels with little natural green scenery then you are in for a treat. Menorca does not suffer with neon nightclub excesses, over commercialization or has sold out it's nature and original charm to tourism.
Our Menorca for Families resorts guide menorca for kids - All resorts rated for Families with baby, young and Teenange children
Arenal den Castell
One of Menorca's more touristically developed family friendly resorts with an above average offering for young children . This resort lies above a horseshoe bay with an almost enclosing headland on the horizon. It also means, the water here is shallower, calmer and warmer due to the very shallow falls into the water.
Where to stay picks in Arenal den Castell
A rare 'on the beach' hotel Club Hotel Aguamarina
Villa Villa Maru Villaplus
Our in-depth guide to Holidays in Arenal den Castell
Cala en Bosch
Cala en Bosch is the closet thing Menorca has to a 'large' purpose built holiday resort . Has most varied accommodation (budget/styles)
There is an Aquapark, karting track and varying childrens entertainments, indoors and outdoors. Boats trips along the south coast so mums can experience a little bit of beach paradise too. The quieter areas to the west of the Marina have holiday villas and a commercial area serving families who prefer self caterering.
Where to stay picks in Cala'n Bosch / Cala en Bosch
Waterpark access Zafira + Waterpark
Cala en Porter
Cala en Porter has probably THE best beach for children on Menorca. Set in a large beautiful inlet the beach is protected and you can walk out many many meters on the fine sandy bottom. Villas domminate here with just a few Hotels/Aparthotels. Small fun park for younger children, water sports and MTB for older children. Lots more to see and do closeby with easy bus connections. Short Transfer.
Where to stay picks in Cala'n Porter
Villa Villa Maru Villaplus
Villa Villa Santi Villaplus
Our in-depth guide to Holidays in Cala'n Porter
Binibeca- Quieter Authentic Menorca
Binibeca is distinctly relaxed, authentic Menorca with most accommodation in Villas. A family favourite for regular Menorca visitors. Sandy, shallow bottomed beach with pushchair access path.
The Restaurant, bars and commercial areas are at the resorts two ends. Binibquer Vell and Binibeuer Nou which blends into neighbouring Cala Torret. Short Transfer.
Son Bou
Son Bou has Menorca's loooooooongest beach - 3km. The resort is set on a attractive, dramatic coastline. A larger resort, it offers more entertainments for children young and older and nearby Alaior old town for a change of scene for mums and dads. Mixed accommodation in Hotels and private villas are tiered on the hillside. Short Transfer.
Where to stay picks in Son Bou
One of the few Hotels with Activities and club 0 - 16 years. Rooms or Family friendly Apartments with 1 or 2 bedrooms and kitchenette. Royal Son Bou
Aparthotel Aparthotel Jardin de Menorca
Villa lots of space Villa Caterina
Our in-depth guide to Holidays in Son Bou
All Menorca's beach Resorts and how we categorise them Family Beach Resorts
Where to stay Family Villas
Often a Villa Holiday can be all about the villa pool,walks down to the beach and meal times when you want, not guessing the buffet queue wait times - sometimes the resort is secondary.
Menorca For Kids
Need some Inspirations for family oriented what to do, what to see and visit with the kids? Well Menorca is very much about nature and the outdoors, not theme parks or indoor games arcades. Our in-depth guide to what to see and do with kids on Menorca Tried and tested.
Menorca Family Holidays Advice
All Menorca's beach Resorts and how we categorise them Family Beach Resorts
Where to stay Family Villas
Often a Villa Holiday can be all about the villa pool,walks down to the beach and meal times when you want, not guessing the buffet queue wait times - sometimes the resort is secondary.
Save for Later
Menorca Family Holiday Advice
Need some Inspirations for family oriented what to do , what to see and visit with the kids? Well Menorca is very much about nature and the outdoors , not theme parks, indoor games arcades. Our in-depth guide to what to see and do with kids on Menorca Tried and tested.
Menorca May half Term
The Menorca season is underway, the sea is sparkling ( no summer suncreams ). Hotel staff are fresh. Pools may not be so warm so bring swimshirts. Evening may require an extra layer sittin outside.
Babies, Toddlers and pre-teens
Young children love Menorca's sandy shallow beach fronts. Parents might want it quiet or 'buzzy' for the kids - kids clubs anyone?. Speed of transfers maybe your priority.
There are definite differences between Menorca's resorts. Each Beach Resort has it's own style. Some geared more towards bigger package holiday hotels ( Kids clubs, splash pools), some more to relaxing in individual villas with authentic Menorca close by.
Don't worry we've rated Menorca's beach resorts family friendliness and suitability by child age groups .
Menorca with Teens
We've rated resorts where Teenagers might meet others or if they are sporty or adventure minded where there are activities in or near the resort. Menorca with Teenagers
Grandparents
Need space for the 'babysitters'? ;-) Villas may be a better solution. Need a beach resort with something for all ages? - check out Son Bou ,Cala Blanca,Cala'n Bosch and Arenal d'en castell all of which have flat zones, most tourist development/entertainment, Hotels with Kids Clubs, splah play areas ,kiddie discos etc.
Where to Stay - inspiration Guides
First Timers to Menorca? , Menorca with Kids
Where to stay Best Resorts,Hotels, accommodation - first timers or some where new?
Where to stay in Spring What's open April
Where to stay with Kids resorts and hotels picks
Best picks Menorca Family All Inclusive Hotels
Hotels with Waterparks / Splashzones