Bournemouth is the perfect destination to take your family this Easter. In 2007 Mother and Baby Magazine voted Bournemouth as the UK’s most child-friendly resort. With lots of free days out in and around Bournemouth there is something for everyone to enjoy. Accommodation over the Easter holiday starts from £300 for three nights, from £400 for five nights and from £600 for seven nights for a family of four, bed and breakfast. And hotels and accommodation providers are offering an array of Easter packages and discounts for everyone wanting to have a break in Bournemouth this April.
Ideally located on Bournemouth’s West Cliff and just a short walk from buzzing Bournemouth centre the Kiwi Hotel is the perfect for families, this Easter they are offering three nights for the price of two including dinner and breakfast. Children can also stay for free with two paying adults.
The Winter Dene are offering three nights bed and breakfast for £120 per person or three nights dinner, bed and breakfast for £165 per person; children are half price when staying with two paying adults. Bournecoast are offering up to 25% discount on selected self catering holiday apartments during March and April.
Ocean View Hotel are offering the perfect Easter break from Friday 10th- Monday 13th April 2009, £159 per person for three nights; this includes full English Breakfast, five course table d’hote dinner, entertainment and a chocolate egg.
There are over 250 restaurants in Bournemouth, covering all four corners of the gastronomic globe – offers include: a lovely Easter Sunday Lunch, at the four-star Highcliff Marriott Hotel’s Highcliff Grill. Enjoy a delicious three course Easter Sunday lunch, there’s plenty to keep your little ones entertainment with Easter activities for the children. Prices: £24.40 for adults, £9.95 for children, under fives eat free.
Or for something different visit a little part of Italy, Valentino’s Restaurant are offering half price meals for children under ten when dining with a full paying adult.
Bournemouth also has a host of great entertainment and awesome attractions. Just some taking place this Easter include: Adventure Wonderland will be hosting their ‘Eggstra Eggciting Events’ this Easter head down for free Easter egg hunts, Easter Feaster meals, new great shows and lots of spring baby animals to cuddle and pet. From 4th – 19th April 2009 Beaulieu, in the heart of the New Forest will be hosting a Hare-Brained Trail and opening this Easter will be the National Motor Museum’s latest exhibition, ‘Jaguar Jamboree’. Or head over to Dorchester to Hunt Dinosaur Eggs at the Dinosaur Museum, look for dragon eggs at Lulworth Castle, (near Wareham) hunt hidden eggs at Wimborne Model Town or become an Easter egg detective at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
If you want to include an Easter snack in your activities, take a visit to Swanage Railway where they are giving passengers hot cross buns on Fri 10th and Saturday 11th April 2009… hmmm!
