Recommend a holiday destination in April

Happy New Year Wollies, We have decided before baby #2 comes in July we'll get away for 7-10 days. Can you recommend some place nice, not too long flight time, that will have some sun in April and appeal to DS who'll be nearly 3 and me who'll be 6 months pg! (Not asking too much is it?!?) Would appreciate your help x

We went to Malta last April for 10 days and the weather was lovely,sun shining every day but not too hot.There's loads of water parks and there's Popeye Village too.Only downside is,its just under 4 hours of a flight.I don't think the weather in Spain or Portugal would be reliable in April.

Was going to suggest Mallorca....... mainly for the flying time (2.5 hrs). Aer Lingus fly there from the 19th of April, but as Lorraine said the weather may be unpredictable! Temps seem to be around the 20C mark at that time of year! We flew there for the last week in October when I was 4 mths gone and got a great week but I havn't been there in April!

Thanks girls, we were trying to see where would be sunny, I see Alvor on Portugal is 18-20 degrees in April! Short flight time, nice location but anyone know weather wise what's it's like then?!

I agree with Malta. We went in March 2012 when I was 6 months pg and loved it. Weather was nice but not oppressively hot, we thought it seemed very child friendly.

Going to get online now and look into Malta! Don't really now much about it all, can't wait

Ah Malta - I got married there and have been 3 times at this stage. It is lovely. If you want a nice relaxing time I would head to Gozo rather than Malta itself. Lovely beaches and villages dotted around. Malta itself is fantastic - just avoid staying in Valletta as it is EXTREMELY hilly and not the best place to be dragging a 3 year old around. Places to stay would be St Julians (avoid Paceville - unless you want the noise of nightclubs all night) Mellieha is probably the most child friendly - lovely sandy beach (a rarity in Malta) and most the hotels there have kids clubs etc. Just to be aware at that time of the year the flights are fairly limited but you can fly from Belfast or Dublin on different days afaik. Enjoy!

Am looking to book a holiday for April too, where in Malta would you stay? We are looking for relaxing area we just want chill, also would April be warm?

[quote="ginger power":1i9lgcre]Am looking to book a holiday for April too, where in Malta would you stay? We are looking for relaxing area we just want chill, also would April be warm?[/quote:1i9lgcre] Who is going - just adults or kids too? You can drive Malta in about 2hours - that's the whole island so I wouldn't worry too much about where you are staying if you are just going to relax. As I said - Valletta is hilly so not really great for buggies. The north of the island has beaches, diving and hotels with facilities for kids, the south of the island is less touristy and more fishing villages etc... We stayed here [url:1i9lgcre]http://www.corinthia.com/hotels/malta/palace-hotel-and-spa/[/url:1i9lgcre] and it was amazing. Other good hotels are [url:1i9lgcre]http://www.hoteljuliani.com/[/url:1i9lgcre] [url:1i9lgcre]http://www.phoeniciamalta.com/[/url:1i9lgcre] - where we got married so a little bias! [url:1i9lgcre]http://www.radissonblu.com/stjuliansresort-malta[/url:1i9lgcre] [url:1i9lgcre]http://www.lemeridienmalta.com/[/url:1i9lgcre] [url:1i9lgcre]http://www.victoriahotel.com/[/url:1i9lgcre] Not sure about the weather I have been in Sept, Oct and Jan only

We stayed in Qawra 3 times and its lovely and quiet with plenty of restaurants and bars.When we went last year we stayed in The Grand Excelsior in Valletta and it was fab.Only a couple of minutes walk into the city,all up hill,but when i do return to Malta i'll definitely stay in Valletta.Sliema is supposed to be really nice too.