All posts relating to family friendly accommodation

Posted by Richard Hammond at 08:56 on Sunday 18 October 2009

Catherine has joined the greentraveller team as co-editor. She will be writing articles about eco travel and reviews of green places to stay. Based in London, Catherine is Irish and will be providing lots of insight into green travel options in her... more...

Tree house holidays in Europe

Features

Posted by Richard Hammond at 01:20 on Saturday 01 March 2008

Four of the best treehouse holidays in Europe: Brittany Here’s one for the kids. A series of new tree houses are available to hire at three of Keycamp’s family-friendly French campsites – at Carnac and Dol-de-Bretagne in Brittany and at La... more...

Taking the train from London to Ireland, with kids

Train journeys

Posted by Catherine Mack at 06:08 on Tuesday 20 November 2007

Catherine Mack takes her two boys on the train and ferry from London to Ireland and discovers that times have changed… I used to hate travelling back home to Ireland at Christmas. A cold slow train from London, the Holyhead hall of hell and... more...

Green Holidays in Ireland

Features Local travel

Posted by Catherine Mack at 01:42 on Saturday 07 July 2007

Catherine Mack looks at eco-friendly holidays in the Emerald Isle Green is synonymous with Ireland. Who needs branding when you have created a national colour? Visitors come in their millions to seek out the forty shades of green. Yet budget... more...

Brecon Beacons Bunkhouses

Features Budget

Posted by Richard Hammond at 10:28 on Saturday 07 July 2007

A group of bunkhouses in the Brecon Beacons have joined together to showcase circular walking trails and cycle paths in the national park. The trails vary in length and difficulty – from strenuous hill walking to gentle family walks –... more...

Child-friendly farmstay in Cornwall

Features

Posted by Richard Hammond at 11:50 on Saturday 31 March 2007

There are plenty of places that say they are family friendly yet do little more than provide a few creaking swings. Higher Lank Farm is dedicated to young families – in fact you can only stay there if you have at least one child under five. It... more...

Ten 'tree-friendly' holidays

Features UK Days Out

Posted by Catherine Mack at 01:05 on Friday 02 March 2007

Catherine Mack desribes ten tree-friendly holidays, from tree houses to tree climbing, where she says you can ‘branch out’ this spring… People find solace in different places. For some the sea provides the necessary force to... more...

Luxury camping in France

Reviews

Posted by Richard Hammond at 01:49 on Monday 29 May 2006

So hip it yurts… A luxury hand-crafted tent with a king-sized bed – it’s camping but not as we know it in the Ardeche There’s more to camping than roll mats and sleeping bags. At a new luxury campsite in the south of... more...