TRIPADVISOR REVEALS THE UK’S TOP FAMILY
HOTELS FOR 2013
Scottish
hotel named best in UK while Cornwall continues to be a family favourite
Continuing
awards season at TripAdvisor, this week we announce the winners of the 2013 Travellers’
Choice® Awards for Hotels for Families, honouring the best family-friendly
hotels in the UK and around the globe and based on millions of valuable reviews
and opinions from travellers around the world.
“With
the schools set to break up for Easter in a matter of weeks, these awards
recognise the hotels that family travellers love the most. It’s great to see a British hotel recognised
among Europe’s top 10 and the world’s top 25,” commented Emma Shaw, TripAdvisor
spokesperson.
Escape to Scotland with the kids
Scotland
celebrates great success this year, laying claim to the UK’s number one hotel
for families. The Auchrannie Spa Resort on the Isle of Arran was crowned the
UK’s top family-friendly hotel, 10th in Europe and 25th
in the whole world alongside the likes of Orlando’s Disney hotels. And not
stopping there, it is also the only British property to feature in the European
and world list.
Located
in Brodick on the Isle of Arran, off the west coast of Scotland, the Auchrannie
Spa Resort makes sure kids are kept happy, and subsequently their parents too
with two 20m swimming pools, a sports hall, three-tier indoor soft play area and
games and internet rooms.
Linda
Johnston, Executive Director of the Auchrannie Spa Resort said, “We are
delighted to have been voted the number one family hotel in the UK by the
families on TripAdvisor. This is testimony to the efforts of our fantastic team
who work hard to ensure families that visit us have an enjoyable and memorable
stay.”
Cornwall a firm family favourite
This
year Cornwall boasts two hotels in the UK’s top 10. Newquay’s Sands Resort
Hotel & Spa takes second place while the Bedruthan Hotel & Spa in
Mawgan Porth comes ninth.
With
both children and parents in mind, the Sands Resort Hotel & Spa is the
ideal family getaway. For kids there is a whole host of free activities
including a climbing wall, zip wire and bouncy castle as well as an OFSTED
approved kids club and entertainment programme. And the Ocean Breeze spa is the
perfect place for parents to chill while the children are off enjoying
themselves.
Pack up the buckets and spades for
Blackpool
Head
off to the bright lights of Blackpool for a family-friendly break. The
Lancashire seaside town has double cause for celebration with two hotels named
among the UK’s top 10 hotels for families. The Premier Inn Blackpool Central
and Doric Hotel take sixth and seventh place respectively.
Located
close to the famous Blackpool Pleasure Beach and Blackpool's Golden Mile, the
Premier Inn Blackpool Central offers spacious family rooms at no extra cost and
children under 16 can stay and eat breakfast for free.
Family fun in Italy
For
those looks to venture further afield, the Cavallino Bianco Family Spa Grand
Hotel in Ortisei, Val Gardena, Italy has been crowned the world’s number one
family hotel. The ultimate kids fantasy, the hotel prides itself on its
abundance of things to keep the little ones entertained including a mini-sports
arena, pirates’ lair, giant Lego-building, small petting zoo, children’s car
racing area and garden restaurant with free access all day to the soft drinks
fountain and ice-cream.
