Esencia
Best for
Children and babies of all ages welcome.
Recommended rooms
The private two-storey, two-bedroom cottages set in the gardens are enormous and wonderful for family holidays: they even have their own full-sized swimming pool, multimedia room, bar and chef. The ground floor rooms are ideal for smaller Smiths.
Crèche
The resort has a team of multi-lingual nannies.
Activities
The fabulous beach is sandy, gently shelving into clear, calm waters, and offers all sorts of watersports. Children aged 12 and over can try scuba diving; the resort has instructors on site.
Swimming pool
One of the resort's two swimming pools is a designated family pool (the other is adults only).
Meals
High chairs and kid-size cutlery and crockery are available. Your little ones can also have fresh fruit and vegetable purées made up by the chef, with advance notice.
Babysitting
Babysitting can be arranged at $25 an hour.
No need to pack
Cribs are provided. The hotel can stock rooms with diapers, wet towels and baby food upon request.
Also
Cottage rates cover two children and two adults. Up to two children aged under two stay in parents' rooms free. An additional third bed in any room costs $150 a night; $75 for under-12s (including breakfast). DVD/CD library.
