Category Archives: Destination guides
Amazing Arran – Scotland in miniature
Trunki Files contributor and UK-holidays Guru Linda Hull has just returned from a week on the Isle of Arran – the perfect introduction, she argues, to the delights of Scotland. Traveling with her husband, two girls (aged 5 and 7) … Continue reading
The Trunki Files Guide to days out on the Isle of Wight – for around £50
Now I’m back from our first holiday as a family on the Isle of Wight (IoW), I can’t believe it took us quite so long to go there. The attractions are obvious – particularly if, like us, you live in … Continue reading
The Trunki Files 2014 Hotlist Part 1: The Med
As regular readers of the Trunki Files will know, I spend an awful lot of time – too much time – researching places to take my family on holiday. And when it comes to our annual summer break in the … Continue reading
Posted in Destination guides, Europe, Tips & ideas
Tagged Agro Can Gall, Casa El Sequer, Caserio del Mirador, Mousses, Periyali, Pine Cliffs, Quintassential, Xaymaca
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Simple pleasures: Suffolk coast destination guide
by Linda Hull I have always been a bit sceptical about East Anglia, following an unfortunate car breakdown in Great Yarmouth after a party in my university years. However, having married an Essex boy, I’ve had to rather reconcile myself … Continue reading
Posted in Destination guides, UK
Tagged Lower Saltings, Southwold with kids, Suffolk family holidays, Suffolk with kids
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Just back from…Isle of Purbeck, Dorset
by Alison Wood Everyone I introduce to Dorset says the same thing: ‘I can’t believe we didn’t think of coming here before. There is so much to do and it’s so much nearer than Cornwall.’ Take the Isle of Purbeck, … Continue reading
Our first family holiday: Lake Constance destination guide
by David Whitehead Why we went This was our first ever holiday with Sunshine (a.k.a. Theo, our 5 month old son). We live in Stuttgart, in Germany, so for us, Lake Constance was an easy 2.5 hour drive away. My … Continue reading
“Mummy, what’s a yurt?”: five unusual places to stay in the UK
Although I’m guilty of being seduced by exotic destinations and the promise of warmer climes, when it comes to family holidays, the truth is you don’t have to go very far to have a brilliant time. The explosion of unusual … Continue reading
To Val d’Isere and back: my Easter family ski holiday
by Alison Wood “Quick, we’re leaving in an hour.” It’s the end of Spring term at the school gate. In four hours, we’ll be rolling sous la Manche on the Eurotunnel, headed towards the French Alps. It goes like clockwork, … Continue reading
6 things to do on a Singapore Stopover
by Kirsty Horner Singapore is a great hub for travel throughout the Asia-Pacific region (and if you’re flying East, Singapore Airlines really is a cut above the rest); but its reputation as a sterile shopping stopover probably puts families off … Continue reading
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