Thanks to year-round sunshine, warm weather, excellent facilities and short flights, Egypt and the Red Sea Riviera have become a favourite destination for family holidays.

In general, family holidays, or single parent holidays, are package holidays which include flights, hotel and transfers.

Some destinations, like Sharm el Sheikh and Hurghada are more child-friendly than others for several reasons:

• Short transfers to and from the airport,
• A wide array of entertainment for children, such as water parks, go-karting, amusement parks, etc,
• The availability of hospitals and medical centres.

Most four and five star hotels in the Red Sea Riviera offer activities and facilities for children such as playgrounds and shallow swimming pools. It is common to find resorts which provide babysitting services upon request, high chairs in restaurants and special kids’ meals.

There are resorts in Egypt, however, that are specifically planned and designed for family holidays, even if you are on a single parent package holiday.

Among the many child-friendly resorts in the Red Sea Riviera, we have classified as family hotels those which offer the following:

• Location; right on the seafront or within walking distance to the beach or fun parks. All you need to do is to enjoy your family holiday and forget all about busses or the need to cross streets with too much traffic,
• A separate kid’s pool or an attractive pool with a kids section. We have tried as much as possible to select hotels that offer at least one heated pool during the winter months, so that kids can enjoy themselves year-round (just remember that it is up to the resort to decide if and when to heat their pools),
• A supervised kid’s club, with specialized and experienced staff, that is open for at least a few hours in the morning and afternoon and takes care of children between 4/6 and 12 years old. In the Red Sea, only a few kid’s clubs will take very young children and will rarely provide full day assistance from morning to evening,
• Rooms that are spacious enough to accommodate at least 2 adults plus 2 children, or at least give the option of connecting rooms,
• Either free or significantly discounted accommodation for kids,
• Last but not least, we tried to avoid hotels with a very formal atmosphere that will impose too many restrictions on you and your children. A pleasant and relaxing family holiday is not just about activities for kids, but is also about being in a place where children are welcomed and families are comfortable.

If you are searching for something really special, then look for our “Family Plus” package holidays in the Red Sea. Resorts with this logo in addition to the above will also offer:

• A flat and sandy shallow beach for your kids to play on,
• Easy and direct access to the sea, where kids can enter the waters with no risk.

We have not overlooked those who are interested in a single parent holiday with kids; their needs are pretty much the same as those of a family. You will be looking for hotels with kids’ facilities and specialized staff to take care of them; pools, a comfortable location. In short, all what a family can dream of.

All you need to do is choose from the available offers and you will surely find a family holiday in Egypt and the Red Sea Riviera that will satisfy.