Villa holidays in Greece

Kids will be kids — that’s why families rent villas in Greece.

More space to spread out and relax

One of the major advantages family villas have is space: there’s just more of it and it’s all yours. Snuggling up in a hotel room’s fine when kids are tiny. But, once they get past the pinned to your side permanently stage, it doesn’t take much for comfortably cosy to turn crowded.

Kids don’t travel light either. Factor in the can’t-live-without toys, a wardrobe of just-in-case clothes and all the bits and pieces they accumulate like fluff on Velcro, the majority of them could justify a villa for their personal luggage alone.

Sharing a holiday with friends

Sharing a villa with another family has all sorts of benefits, especially with older kids in tow. Get the age groups right, add friends into the mix and you can almost leave teenagers to do their own thing.

Pulling this one off and keeping everyone content hinges on choosing the right villa. Let go of the reins a little in the decision making and give kids some input. You’ll still have the last word, but factoring in a few child-size deal breakers nearly always makes for a happier holiday.

There’s no such thing as an average family

The idea of an average family is as ridiculous as 0.5 of a child. But hotels are still bent on attempting to squeeze two adults and three kids into a room – a bit like trying to get a pop-up play tent back into its bag.

Villas are designed for real families not statistics. You’ve the choice of as much room as you need and you decide how to fill it. Gardens give you even more to play with. And you always have the option of some quiet space – try getting your hands on that in a ‘junior suite’.

A private pool to play in any time you like

Most resorts also have separate kids pools. Just what you want: hot afternoons sitting at the edge of a glorified bathtub trying to spot your child in a seething mass of borderline hysterical under 8s. There isn’t a parent on earth doesn’t recognise that scenario.

Rent a villa with its own pool and not only is it kid-friendly for your kids and yours alone, it’s there whenever you want it too. So, you might not be up for 20 brisk laps before breakfast, but if you fancy a midnight dip after everyone’s tucked up for the night, there’s absolutely nothing and nobody stopping you.

Villa holidays in Greece fit individuals perfectly

Renting a villa in Greece lets you build your own holiday. It’s a completely unpackaged option so choosing where, when and what is down to your own, individual preferences.

Budget might be priority, so custom design round that. You might have a mind’s eye dream house you’ve always wanted to live in for a little. Or the hinge could be as simple as the perfect, shady terrace with a view. Villa permutations are pretty much endless. Also you don’t pay for anything you don’t want, because they aren’t a cookie-cutter package deal.

Big family holidays without tears

A holiday with extended family can be fantastic fun and not just for kids. But pulling off a dream break that doesn’t end with stony silence on the flight home is a bit of an art. Renting a large villa in Greece with some escape room makes the chances of success infinitely higher.

People can do their own thing. You’ve the freedom to be together when you want to be and there’s always the option of taking five when tensions are brewing – and they do, even in the closest knit families.

Families can live like locals for a little

The best family holidays are ones where you really experience a place, make your own memories and come home with a million and one stories that begin with, ‘remember when….’.

Little things like shopping for dinner at a morning market, choosing wine at the village bodega or discovering a tiny, tucked away cantina you all love, are part and parcel of a villa holidays in Greece. And no matter how much a resort promises ‘authenticity’, it almost certainly won’t deliver. That type of individual experience is impossible to manufacture and never one-size-fits-all.

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