Holidays with children in Croatia

If there are countries in the world that are specially created for a comfortable holiday with children, Croatia tops this list. Here is a surprisingly mild climate, blue sea, clean air, infrastructure, which will ensure a pleasant vacation and interesting pastime with both infants and older children.

A definite plus for a joint rest with the tots is a short flight. It lasts only 2.5-3 hours, if you fly a direct flight from Moscow. The country itself has created excellent conditions for recreation for every taste - from sightseeing tours (there are a lot of attractions) to a beach holiday.

A trip to Croatia can be useful for children with respiratory diseases, as the local climate and the abundance of pine forests have a strong therapeutic effect.

The disadvantages of rest in this Eastern European country are in the relative high cost of both the rest and all that it wants to buy.

In Croatia, few water parks, almost no sandy beaches. Recently, a visa is required to travel to Croatia. Owners of the current Schengen have nothing to worry about, all the rest need to contact the Croatian Embassy in Moscow or any nearest major city where there is such a diplomatic representation in advance and get an entry permit.

To relax on the beach, it is better to go to Croatia in the summer months (from late May to September inclusive). The air temperature at this time is about 30 degrees Celsius, and the water temperature all summer stays at 24-25 degrees with a plus sign. Another tourist boom in the country occurs in January and February, when the ski season is in full swing.

The most convenient and comfortable for family holidays are considered beaches in such resort areas as Istria, Zadar, Hvar, Peljesac.

As already mentioned, the sandy beaches in the country are not the best, the Adriatic coast is mostly rocky, and the beaches are rocky and pebble. However, if you try, you can find small pebbles and even sandy places for swimming with children.

We have collected these beaches in a single list to facilitate your searches:

• Saharun Beach;
• Lapad Beach;
• Mlaska beach;
• Nin Beach;
• Paradise Beach;
• Bijeca beach;
• Beach Rajska plaza.

Saving on a child on holiday in Croatia will not work, since most hotels do not provide free accommodation for young travelers. Even discounts for children's places in the hotel can not always be found. However, the service for children is just great.

From several dozens of hotels in Croatia it is very convenient to make a choice on the Internet. Available options can be viewed on the sites of the tour operator, while hotels with children's clubs are usually highlighted with a special icon.

The best family hotels that have entertainment for children, swimming pools with water slides, mini clubs, animators, Russian tourists have long recognized several options that are included in our small rating.

There is only 80 meters from the sea, a children’s pool for children in the hotel, a high-chairs are provided in the restaurant, you can ask for a cot in the room. There is a playground, animators.

Great place for children from birth to teenagers. A huge number of private rides, several play areas, there is a mini-club, you can use the services of a nanny, the restaurant offers a full children's menu.

Optimum for children from 4 years. The hotel has a kids club, play areas, high chairs in the restaurant, where all-inclusive meals are provided. You can invite a nanny, there is an interesting animation.

Suitable for children of any age. There is a separate children's pool, animators work with the kids, a lot of activities and children's discos are held every day in the mini-club. There is no children's menu, but most of the dishes served are quite suitable for the nutrition of preschool children.

The hotel is ideal for holidays with small children, there is a sandy beach, on which is placed a small inflatable water park for children. The hotel has a mini club, animators, a separate children's pool. Each room has a kitchen corner where you can cook for the child yourself.

If the beach holiday is boring, you can create an interesting entertainment program that will bring pleasure not only to children. So, you can go and go to Croatia in such places:

• Water park ISTRALANDIA (Istria);
• Dinosaur Park (Omis);
• Dinosaur Park FUNTANA (Porec);
• Brioni National Park (Pula);
• Maritime Museum and a large aquarium (Dubrovnik);
• Cable car (Dubrovnik);
• Aquapark AQUACOLORS (Poreč);
• Plitvice Lakes (Zadar);
• Pirate city Omis (Omis);
• Lokrum Island (Dubrovnik);
• The ancient city of Salon (Split);
• Shell Museum (Split);
• Rope park KOZINO (Zadar);
• Karting Center MOTODROM POREC (Poreč).

There are always a lot of locals at airports and railway stations in Croatia who stand modestly on the sidelines with a sign in their hands. It says "Sobe", which means "room".

Not always the room that you remove in this way will correspond in price and quality, as well as in terms of sanitary and hygienic requirements. Therefore, if the adventure in your plans are not included, it is necessary in advance, prior to departure, to find the appropriate rental option without intermediaries on the Internet.

At the height of the tourist season, good housing is dismantled in advance, and therefore it is better to plan and book everything an apartment, a villa or a room at least 3-4 months before the holidays, if such an opportunity exists.

Significantly more expensive, but much more comfortable - villas near the sea. In Croatia, there are many such options, but the photo cannot always correspond to reality, therefore, when choosing a villa, it is better to go online to tourists who have already been there, and carefully read the reviews about a particular villa.

You can also pick up apartments with a certain number of rooms. The closer to the sea, the more expensive the apartment, so many are trying to find accommodation in the villages nearby the resorts, it reduces the cost of rent by 3-4 times.

The climate in Croatia is mild, and even the summer heat is not perceived painfully because of the proximity of the sea.

Acclimatization in children in this country usually proceeds without complications and ends fairly quickly. However, if you come from Yakutia and are going to rest in Croatia in the winter or spring, it is better not to take an infant with you - the change of the usual climate will be too abrupt for him.

Not every hotel in Croatia represents the “all inclusive” meal, the usual thing is only breakfast, and therefore you have to plan a substantial amount for meals in a restaurant or think about cooking yourself. In the latter case, it is worth preparing for the fact that the prices of products in the country are incredibly high.

The average salary of a Croat is 700 euros, and a loaf of bread costs about 1 euro. To survive, the locals are trying to get the maximum financial benefit from the tourists. Bargaining in the Croatian markets is not accepted, although you can try.

Children's menu is also prepared not in every restaurant, and therefore you can buy food in stores.

In the restaurants of most hotels there are special areas for children, where, under the supervision of animators, they will be able to eat purchased baby food, if nothing from the menu is suitable for them. This problem is not in children older than 2.5-3 years, as the Mediterranean cuisine is well suited for their food.

Most of the families who chose holidays with children in Croatia were satisfied with their choice. Nature, tours, the sea and the sun did not disappoint. Everyone notes the high cost of entertainment (tickets for excursions, tickets to parks and water parks). MMany parents emphasize that the Croatian cuisine is very tasty, and the children really liked it. Often the mode of operation of local stores is mentioned with an unkind word; most retail outlets, even in large cities, try to close as early as 5 pm If you do not have time for baby food, the child will have to drink milk at the hotel, there is nothing else.

Many parents warn that in the center of large resorts there are a lot of street thieves, so you should be extremely careful while walking and during excursions.

Another danger, according to tourists, lies on the beaches - it is an abundance of sea urchins. Vacationers with small should be careful.

The undoubted advantage of families with children is the lack of noisy nightlife in the cities of Croatia, and in this connection, the influx of tourists - youth companies, which can cause inconvenience for those who want to spend time quietly and quietly.

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