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I still can not get over the fact that we finally visited Disneyland. I have been waiting for this day since the day my big girl was born. I have been collecting outfit pieces for years and was so happy there. Miss it already and although I said that this trip will probably be a once in lifetime thing I am pretty sure we are going back when our littlest girl is about 4 years old  (in my opinion the perfect age), cause I really want her to show everything.

Disneyland Paris Trip Recap

How to get there

We drove to Disneyland Paris. From our home it was about 8 hours to drive so we split it up in two days. We started on Sunday morning and I have made a hotel reservation in Saarbrücken for one night. It is about 4,5 hours to drive. We checked in and headed out downtown but it was a very ugly and boring city. I really do not recommend staying there for sightseeing. The next morning after breakfast we made the rest of the drive. It was about 3,5 hours. I would do it exactly the same the next time (if we are driving) cause we arrived before everyone was fed up of sitting in the car. Another upside is that we had a whole nights sleep and started in the Disney Parc around noon and no one was overly tired. 

You have to pay for the highway in France but the system is really easy. Either you take a ticket or you pay your ticket. That´s it. There are no toll roads in Germany. It is free to drive.

Hotels

Everyone knows the Disneyland Hotel cause it also functions as the entrance of the park. You walk straight underneath through it. The most dreamy and beautiful hotel I have ever seen. But it is a five star location and very expensive. It would have cost us 2.000 Euro more to stay here for the same time and amount of people.

We stayed at the Newport Bay Club hotel, a very beautiful and rich in detail New England inspired hotel. It is the biggest hotel on the premise and has an east and west wing. You can meet Disney characters in the lobby and shop for Disney merch at their cute store. Everything is sailor themed and I really really loved it there. First time staying here.

We booked a double and single room with a connecting door and it was perfect for us. My husband and I slept in the bigger room with the two little girls and my SIL and our oldest shared the big bed in the other room. Perfect solution for everyone. We had space and two bathrooms and it was a really good decision. Also the rooms are much bigger than they look in the pictures. I had no problem to store two strollers in our room.

 

Disney Village 

Security

If you are staying at a Disney hotel you need to pass security before entering the Disney Village. Same is for foreign visitors. If you are wanting to start your day during the magic hour I would suggest to get there early cause it gets crowded very fast. 

 

Shops

They have a great variety of Disney themed shops from toys to jewelry and clothing. And the best is you can visit the Disney Village and spending some hours there without being a hotel guest and without having a ticket to the parcs. 

Restaurants

We had three evenings to go out to dinner and we choose to eat at the Disney Village cause for most of the restaurants in the parc you will need a reservation and they are booked months in advance and it was also halfway to our hotel so when you are tired and full you only have a few minutes to walk back.

The first night we had dinner at a sports bar. It is a huge restaurant and you will probably get a table anytime you want to go there. I had the pulled lamb taccos and they were amazing. Super soft and juicy. 

 

On night 2 and 3 we went to the Rainforest Café. Let me tell you about the coolest food spot I have seen in a while. It really is like a visit into the rainforest. You are eating between monkeys and elephants (only puppets of course) in the middle of the jungle sourrunded by trees and leaves and from time to time you can hear the thunder rolling in for a little rainstorm. Really really cool. A total must see if you ask me. My kids have been so fascinated, they asked to go there two days in a row. The food was really good and the service also, but it is expensive. We paid around 15o Euro for 5 meals with drinks which is a lot. 

Main Street

Parades 

A Million Splashes of Color  – at 2, 4 and 7 pm.

Disney Stars on Parade – the main parade with all the princesses and side characters. Don´t miss it, it´s amazing!!!

Disney Tales of Magic 11 pm – the firework and light show around the Sleeping Beauty castle

Spots along the sidewalk fill up quick about an half hour before the parade. When you recognize lots of people sitting on the floor there will be a parade shortly.

 

Shops

Main Street holds the most shops at one place in all of Disneyland. You can get any kind of merch you can think of (after some rides like Tangled and Frozen ever after are exclusive shops with things you can only buy there).

 

One thing I will cherish forever (found this of course on Instagram) are the silhouettes I got cut from my little girl´s faces. There is a little corner shop on Main Street where you can get this done. Only takes a few minutes but the memory lasts a life time. 

 

Food

Foods to try on Main Street – Definitely get the Mickey Beignet. It is the best treat I could find (filled with chocolate). There are many shop windows where you can get snacks, sweets, coffee and cold drinks. Around the corner on Main Street looking at the castle there is a little cart tucked away to the right where you can get a glass of champagne and you can keep the cup as a souvenir. 

 

Parcs

Disneyland Park

 

Frontierland

We rode through Phantom Manor (at least 5 times during our stay) and saw some ghosts, had a Mickey Mouse meet-up at the secret spot under the cemetary. Rode the Thunder Mesa River Boat and ate a turkey leg at the Last Chance Café. 

 

Adventureland

We rode through the Caribbean and saw some pretty scary pirates, met the Captain himself in front of his restaurant. Found a secret passageway through Aladdin´s story and met Vaiana after climbing into Robinson Crusoe´s treehouse.

 

Fantasyland

We spun around in Mad Hatter´s tea cups, visited Pinocchio, sailed through miniature Disney tales, rode the train and Lancelot´s caroussel and found out that it´s a small world after all. We met two amazing princesses (Mulan and Snow White) at the Princess Pavilion and found Snow White´s house as well as a huge and scary dragon under the castle. Walked through Sleeping Beauty´s story up in the castle. 

 

We only did the Nautilus walk-through in Discoveryland. Totally ignored this one cause there wasn´t enough time.

 

Food

You can basically get something to eat everywhere. Not very nutritinous things or some that will hold you full long but still delicious. There are many quick dine restaurants you can just go in and order and take it away or eat it there. I have also spotted tons of food trucks in Fantasyland and also in the Adventure World so you will not starve but beware that most of these don´t open before 11 o´clock. Most of the food is very expensive. Our biggest expense might have been the food for these 4 days. So if you try to get through the day without buying tons of stuff (a coffee and a Mickey beignet is fine) snacks is the answer. I have brought a huge snack bag with us (was fairly easy cause we went there by car) and it lasted all of the four days. But we still got everything Mickey shaped cause I wanted to try it.

 

 

Restaurants with character dining like the Auberge au Cendrillon are booked up months before you even know what and where you want to eat, so if you are really interested in this you should probably secure your spot when you book your hotel. 

 

Rides 

Premier Access is a great thing if you don´t want to wait in long lines for your favorite rides. You can book a certain time slot via the Disneyland App and get in immediately. Of course this isn´t free and prices depend on the popularity of the rides.

The three most ridden rides with the longest wait times – I have seen everything from 45 to 100 minutes

Peter Pan´s Flight – Fantasyland

Big Thunder Mountain – Frontierland

Frozen Ever After – Magic Kingdom

Character Meet-Up

Virtual Lines

The Disney Princesses in the Disneyland Park as well as Anna and Else in Magic Kingdom can be met for photos and autographs but you must secure a ticket in the virtual line. There are two time slots throughout the day you can enter via the App but spots go fast and you´ll have about 5 seconds until it is fully booked. We were lucky three times and I still can not believe my luck. It was the cutest thing to see the excitement it their eyes to meet the Disney princesses.

Spontaneous Meet-Up with Open Lines

There are several places throughout the park where you can find at least two umbrellas. Here characters will appear unannounced throughout the day. We met Captain Hook this way. Super cool.

Scheduled Meet-Ups with Open Lines

If you are looking on the app you will find a lot of character spots where Disney character appear for certain times everyday. You can not book a meet-up here but you should be there about 20 minutes before (also depends on the Disney movie – Aladin was always full and we couldn´t get in line before it closed up). 

You can collect autographs. Every character has its own signature and will write into your book. You could bring your own book or buy one in almost every store.

 

Adventure World

World of Pixar

Toystory Land

We met a toy story soldier and flew over Agrabah.

 

Ratatouille Area

The Ratatouille area around the ride was very french with bistros, french music and lots of delicious food carts. You could get quiche and champagne. The french way!!!

 

Cars and Finding Nemo was not on our bucket lists and also always super crowded with long lines.

 

Tangled Area

You can find the Tangled ride (which is a lot like the tea cups but of course Rapunzel themed) were you ride over the river in little boats and watch the lanterns in the sky. The music from the movie plays and it´s just so cute. In front of the ride is a beautiful photo spot overlooking the lake. Not crowded at all. 

There is a very little shop in the area as well were you can get exclusive Rapunzel merch and of course to top it of there is a musical show with Rapunzel and Flynn. They act together to all the songs from the Tangled movie.

 

The World of Frozen

So now this was the main reason we went to Disneyland. I wanted to see the Frozen World. It turned out amazing and did not dissapoint. Definitely looks like you are standing right in front of the mountains. Feels very real and surreal at the same time. 

Sadly there is only one ride – the World of Frozen ride. And even Magic Hour can not save you from the huge crowd and long lines to wait. I have rode it as a single rider to test it out if it would be for the girls and it was the perfect mix between ride and and story and I had to show it to them, but we didn´t get in under 60 minutes so I ended up getting Premier Access tickets over the Disneyland App. You pay and you will get a time slot to come back and ride immediately. It was 14 Euro for each of us. But also if you want to spend the money you need to act quick cause these will also sell out fast for the day.

 

Tipps and Tricks

– Disneyland Paris App is a must for everything you need to know like wait times on rides, character meet-ups, restaurant reservations and the parades

for Princess Pavillon / Anna & Elsa Virtual Line Tickets – you have 2 chances at 9:45 and 14:00 here / 3 chances at 8:45, 9:45 and 14:00 but if you want to enter you must be in the right parc otherwise it will not work

– Early Park Access aka the Magic Hour as Hotel Guests – you can enter at 08:30 and have access to a few rides before everyone else is allowed to go in

– Photo Pass – you get professional pictures from all the character meets and random spots photographers will pop up – this was 90 Euro once and the photo quality is impeccable, if you plan on doing lots of character and photo things this is totally worth it

– Entering through the right side entrance under the Disney Hotel safes a lot of time avoiding the main crowds

– Rain ponchos from home cause if it rains you will need them and they cost betweenn 13 to 16 Euro per person (I paid 10 Euro for 5 rain ponchos)

– Free water from the fountains in front or in the restrooms (clearly marked there)

– Hidden things and details are everywhere – don´t just run to your next destination, take a look around and take it all in

– we found a walk-through the Aladin story right at the side of Agrabah Café

 

 

– you will find the dragon underneath Sleeping Beauty´s castle (take a right into the dark room when you are walking around the castle) and also take the stairs up to see the whole story of Sleeping Beauty whimsically woven into carpets and painted window glass

– there are quiet and not so crowded ways of the main path between all the lands 

– toilets are almost everywhere. If you look around you can´t miss the next sign. They are mostly clean, some don´t work and sometimes it can be very crowded but overall it is fine for the amount of people using the restrooms everyday

 

XO Kati

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A few weeks ago my husband and I (and our littlest of course) spent some time in Salzburg. We stayed for exactly 24 hours from arrival ´til departure. 

But first things first. We got the big girls fed and dressed and brought them to Kindergarten and then we packed all of their things and about 20 stuffies and drove those things to my inlaws. Then we headed out to Salzburg.

Our 24 hrs in Salzburg

Check in at our Hotel. We stayed at the Hotel Hyperion, a 5 star hotel at the backside of Castle Mirabell. You have very quick access into the city from there. Just walk through the parc by the castle and cross one bridge and you are downtown Salzburg. We were able to bring up our luggage to our suite cause it was already ready when we arrived. 

After a quick refresh and a diaper change we headed out into the city to start explore. 

Our first stop in the city was lunch. When you enter at the Sternbräu entrance you find yourself in a courtyard. Some would say a food court. There is a Italian restaurant, several Asian restaurants, the Sternbräu and a little Biergarten. We got ourselves some food there. When in Austria you can never go wrong with a Bosna (a special type of sausage). 

Next stop on our list and inevitable when you are on your way to the Festung Hohensalzburg is the Getreidegasse. The main shopping street of Salzburg. They really have everything from Luis Vuitton to H&M and Spar. 

 

I made a stop at my favorite store – Christmas in Salzburg. It is a huge store full of real Easter eggs that are handpainted. The prices range from 5 to 15 Euro per egg. I got 4 green ones with a ditsy floral paint.

Afterwards we continued our way up the city and again found some things we hadn´t seen before. Wandering around with no clear goal is one of my favorites (only on vacation) cause you can find some real charming places in a city people don´t rave or even know about.

This time around we took the tram up the steep hills of Salzburg. You can get a ticket that includes the entrance of the tram and all of the buildings here. We bought the all-inclusive ticket with furnicular. It gives you access to everything including the prince´s chamber.

After we took the round-trip (we went one after another cause you can not take the stroller with you and I doubt it would be highly interesting for our youngest) we had coffee and the original Salzburger Nockerl (the most famous dessert you can get everywhere, it represents the 3 hills Salzburg is built upon, made of eggwhites and sugar) at the Festungscafé. The view down into the city has been impeccable. 

Now it was time to get back down into the city. Got some pretzels and wandered around through the university area, did some more shopping and headed back to the hotel to freshen up for our dinner reservation. 

We made a reservation for the Asian restaurant Yuan. I had the Chicken Wok Terriyaki. It was insanely good. We went there last year as well. I know the Austrian food is delicious too, there is no need to tell me that but if you have one meal to spare where it doesn´t matter the restaurant I would suggest this place. It is the best Asian food I have ever had.

 

The next morning we got up early (not by choice !!!) and got ourselves ready to head out to Garden Mirabell. There is a very old and huge magnolia tree and I wanted to take an outfit picture there. 

This was at half past eight and nobody was there. Super timing. Afterwards we headed back to our hotel for breakfast.

We packed up and checked out and went back downtown one last time. Unfortunately it rained the whole time so we looked for dry places and went inside two gorgeous churches. 

This one was called the White Church of Salzburg and you can probably guess why??!!

 

Next stop – the Dom of Salzburg. While all the other churches are free to visit, the Dom of Salzburg has a entry fee of 5 Euro. It is stunning inside. If you are interested in church concerts you should probably visit their site as they offer quite the different shows.

 

After that we went back down the Getreidegasse. Our little baby fell asleep and we split up. I went into H&M and my husband went into the Mozart Haus. This is the exact building where Mozart the famous piano player and Wunderchild was born and lived in his early years.

 

The last stop of this Salzburg trip was Café Sacher. Maybe you have heard of the world´s most famous chocolate cake  – the Sacher Torte. There is a whole business behind it with luxury hotels and cafés all over Austria.

It is a coffee house made of my dreams. Red velvet seating, old pictures from royalty and so much gold details everywhere. Also they offer many different little cakes besides the Sacher cake. I had the Esterhazy cake and it tasted like a giant Giotto. So so so good.

Now it was time to head back home to get our girls and spend the rest of the weekend together.

Two other suggestions I have:

If you are only looking for a quick and filling snack without loosing much time or money over lunch in a restaurant, I´d say go for one of those giant pretzels. We had the pizza pretzel twice and it was really good. You can find these all around Salzburg.

 

People often like to bring the significant treats back home of the city they visited. Make sure to buy the silver and blue Mozartkugel. This is the real one, the one and only . 

 

XO Kati

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It has been a while since I have shared our travel content but I always fee like people aren´t really interested in Summer travel in late Fall or Winter. Maybe I am wrong about this and you all start dreaming of warmer weather and being outdoors as soon as it gets cooler. 

Anyways this is only part 2 (I have already posted about our Mallorca stay last month) of 4 outstanding travel posts. These have become my favorite posts to write (besides fashion of course) cause I can share so much with you and give you some tips and recommendations. 

Where we stayed

 

I always wanted to stay in a Chalet and we finally found one available and it was the cutest ever. I have loved every second in there. We stayed at  Mountain & Lakes Chalet Village. It was a tiny village with 9 chalets. The owner was very nice and looked after us if everything was okay. We would definitely stay there again. The girls also loved it there. 

We had a living room, kitchen and one bedroom on the 1rst floor. The two small girls and I slept downstairs and my husband and our big girl slept upstairs. A very small and high ladder took you upstairs to a big bed and a great view.

 

Day 1

We headed out at 5 in the morning and almost drove through. Only made one stop cause no one wanted to make a break. It was about 4 hours to our final destination. We stopped at Castle Landskron. A old medival place high upon the hill. They do have all the really cool birds of prey and an awesome bird show as well. You can have some food and coffee and wander around the castle grounds. The most gorgeous views are there to find.

Admission is 17 Euro per Adult and 9 Euro for children. Kids under 6 years are free. You can read everything about it here and everything about the Burg Landskron. There are 3 shows a day so you´ll be definitely able to catch one. Stroller and dogs must be kept away from the tribunes during the show.

 

Day 2

On our second day we visited the Affenberg. A place full of monkeys. You can walk through with a guide and look at the monkeys in their natural habitat. They play and interact with the other monkeys as well as the guide (but that´s probably only because he has food in his pocket). There is a small playground as well as a little restaurant and you can also buy some souvenirs like stuffed animals – monkeys of course. A really nice experience for toddler as well as grown ups. I mean where can you see monkeys this close!!! 

You can go on guided tours only but there are at least two or three per hour. It is 17 Euro per Adult and 9 Euro for children. Kids under 4 years are free. You can read everything about it here.

 

Since we checked out the monkeys in the morning we went to town in the afternoon for some coffee and a little ice cream cone. Downtown Villach is very beautiful. Tiny but beautiful. There is one main shopping street with stores and restaurants and cafés and then you have a few sights. 

One of the is the St. Jacobs church. It is beautifully made with terracotta columns and black and white flooring. There is the church tower right next to it with a seperate entrance. If you are not to late in the afternoon (like we were) you can pay a small fee and walk up the stairs and have the most beautiful view of Villach. We got some ice cream, wandered around a little and then headed back to our chalet for the rest of the evening. 

 

Day 3 

This was by far the worst day. It rained cats and dogs all day long. Initially we had other plans but with 3 little kids there was no way we would spend any time outside in the rain so we went to the Kärnten Therme. A huge indoor swim area with wellness, restaurant and so much more. 

We spent some time in the kids area. The kids pool was really nice. Strollers have been accepted and they offered several changing / toilet areas just for little ones. It was also possible to buy swimming diapers for your baby in case you forgot them. 

But let´s talk about the main attraction – the restaurant. I have never had better food at a swimming pool than there. Maybe it´s because the focus lies on wellness and spa and mind and body??!! I guess that´s it. So delicious, fresh and so much to choose from. Of course the girls stayed true to themselves and had fries and nuggets 😉

My only downside – it is super hot inside. I was so overheated after some hours in there and not even the air conditioning in the restaurant nor the cool water could save me, I was just over it.

Side tip – there is a self-service bake shop outside of the Kärnten Therme which is amazing. The bread was so tasty and the cookies filled with currant jam – marvellous !!!! Don´t skip on that.

 

Day 4 

Our last day wasn´t as nice either but at least it stopped raining during the night. I have to admit I thought that we would be able to bath outside in the lake or so but it was way too cold at this time of the year.

We headed out and visited Ossiach, a nearby city and name giver of the biggest lake around there – the Ossiacher See. You can take the ferry and go from place to place or you can even go swimming in the lake. It is very clear and so green. Just beautiful. We have wandered around a little and looked for a nice spot to have lunch but we ended up ordering food at L´Osteria like we did two days before cause it was just so convenient with 3 little kids but before that we visited the Family Wald. 

I have been searching up and down for activities when the weather isn´t too good and have found this (there was also a stalactite cave nearby we wanted to visit but the girls have been too young for it). The concept was pretty cool and I wanted to check it out. The whole area was built into the forest with paths to wander around, playgrounds and a super cool treenet area you could wander around and climb up real high into the trees. This was so so cool but you had to be barefoot for this and we got cold pretty quick. The idea is amazing and I really was in awe of how you could transforma little forest into such a nice and interesting place.

You can read all about it here. Admission is 28 Euro for an adult and 16 Euro for a child. Kids 3 and under are free. You can get some drinks and ice-cream at the entrance. The also have a highline which is like a little rollercoaster but this costs an additional 9 Euro and it won´t be available if it´s very wet outside. No strollers allowed inside. It is a short but pretty steep walk from the parking space up to the entrance of the Family Wald. They also offer a Kletter Wald for climbing only with different difficulty levels, but it has to be paid seperate.

 

Food and Dining

To be honest I can not recommend you much. We went along with the food that was offered at places we visited and we had take-out on 3 nights (2 times from L´Osteria- pizza and salad and once from a restaurant called Racer´s – Ceasar salad and burger and fries) which have been delicous and we didn´t mind. My husband and I could enjoy a meal in peace and the girls ran around the chalet or outside. This was very easy cause we had a full equiped kitchen and a coffee maschine in our chalet. Never would have done this at a hotel.

XO Kati

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This was our families first true beach vacation and also our first flight with the kids so I have been unsure from the start about all of this but I told myself this will be fine, everyone does this and you know what !!! It was amazing!!!! Also preparation is key and you know that this is my forté !!!!

We had truly a great time with very loose schedules and no stress of going somewhere and see all the sights or do all the things. A relaxing six days of sunshine (minus one rainy day) and beach. 

Where is Cala D´Or

Cala D´Or is a small town located in the south east of the island Mallorca. We have stayed at the south end of the town. Mallorca is one of the if not THE most famous island for Germans. Many of them come here several times a year or own a condo or a house and spend the Winter here. Also many of them come here only to party and stay drunk for time they are here. We have avoided this area with all costs. It is only a very small part of Mallorca but it is unfortunately very famous for this.

Mallorca has only one airport right in its capital city Palma. From there you can go in every direction and the distance is almost the same no matter the direction. There are palm trees everywhere and so much greenery plus the cute old houses I love so much – a little crocket and a little ruinous but with so much charme. The ride to your finca or hotel is equally pretty as the stay there.

How to get there 

We took a flight from Munich to Mallorca and it took about 2 hours (little less) to get there. I have booked a private transportation with Mallorca Transfers to get us to our destination cause they offered car seats for every age and I did not want to take these with us.  We definitely had enough luggage (also one piece of luggage got lost but we had a smart tag inside so it could be relocated pretty quick by the Lost and Found and was delivered the next day). Our transport took about 45 minutes. Although they had mixed reviews the service and the transport was amazing. We paid a little over a hundred Euro which was just fine. I booked them online and will again this year cause I think everything was great. Mallorca Private Transfers book here.

Where we stayed 

We stayed at the Ona Village Cala D´Or at a house. We booked a whole 2-storey house with 2 bathrooms and 2 bedrooms and it was amazing. We had so much space and separate rooms and everyone was sleeping so well. There was no chaos and no stress. The resort had mini golf, a playground for small children and a swimming pool included. We ended up at the beach most days but it was nice to have this as an option as well. I loved the house a lot. It was clean and spacey and the perfect home away from home. The kitchen had everything you could possible need. The owner also visited us on the second or third day to make sure we had everything and that there wasn´t a problem.

Where we ate / shopped

– Dining

We stayed near a lot of really cool restaurants, all with different types of foods. I actually wanted to get some things for breakfast so I could make some every morning but we ended up going out for breakfast every morning cause we have found a delicious spot.

The supermarket was just right around the corner so I went there and got snacks and fruit for lunch and the afternoon and for dinner we went out again. So here are some restaurants we ate at and what they offered:

Nevada – Amazing breakfast plates for a unbelievably affordable price. We always took two big plates (pictured below) and two sweet dishes like pancakes or filled croissants and it was enough for our family of five. The girls loved the mushrooms and beans (something I would have never considered) and have been very happy. We went there every morning cause it was close, delicous and super affordable. 

 

Western Steakhouse – I haven´t had tuna in while but this steak was amazing. Cooked in terryaki sauce it was so soft and tasty. Definitely a recommendation. My husband had a steak and was equally satisfied. The girls of course ate fries and chicken nuggets.

 

Indian Johns – Indian Cuisine. We really love Indian food and always appreciate a good Indian restaurant. Ate Chicken Tikka Masalla (you can get this everywhere around the globe) and love every bit about it. The girls had just plain chicken and rice and have been super happy. 

 

Lima & Limon – Crépes, Ice-Cream, Waffles and Frozen Joghurt. On some days we went there twice cause it was just too good, also one of the cutest little ice shops I have ever seen.

 

Restaurant Beatriz – Steak House & Tapas – I had the lasagna and it was delicious but so unbelievably hot I had to wait until all the other already ate before I could start eating. A very nice restaurant with a beautiful terrace. You can sit comfortably when it is raining or the sun is shining. A lot of space for the stroller too.

 

– Shopping

Right around the corner of our vacation home was a little promenade with all the restaurants and lots of shops. Most of them have been just souvenir shops with lots of beach supply and the usual fake stuff but you could find really pretty linen dresses there. I have gotten some and they have been super affordable and so beautiful. The girls got some jewelry and key chains. 

There might have been more shops in the center of Cala D´Or but we never looked. It was enough for us (also had pharmacies and supermarkets and shops with great quality leather pieces) and we didn´t come to shop anyways. Although I was very happy they had a ton of a selection cause I got my own luggage on our second day of vacation as it got lost. 

 

What we did

There wasn´t much around. Everywhere we went was by foot cause we had a booked transport from the airport to our house but we visited the old fort Es Forti one morning. It was about 15 minutes away by foot and showed a very rough coast line. Looked like the whole area had once been under water cause the rocks were all hollowed out. I definitely wanted to go inside the fort, but of course we choose the one day of the week were it was closed. But nevertheless it was a cool location. Little dirty in some corners (why do people have to throw their garbage everywhere) but the view out on the open water was really worth the walk. 

Other than that the beach was all we did and it was amazing – our place was called Calo d´es Pou. About the half was in the shade it also had an area with beach loungers and umbrellas. Coffee and food like fries and sandwiches are available at the beach restaurant (food is definitely pricey there so you either don´t mind our you take some with you).

 

Starfish Glass Bottom Boat – We did not do this cause the girls are a little too small and I think they wouldn´t last hours on a boat but this would be definitely cool to do some day. I mean everyone loves dolphins am I right!! 

 

Since we loved the ocean so much we only went to the pool twice, but it would have definitely been a great option cause it was right in front of our house.

 

The Weather

The weather was amazing. It was warm and sunny every day. We had about 26 to 30 degrees and almost no humidity. There was a thunderstorm on one evening but this didn´t change anything. Definitely very enjoyable at this time of the year. We are heading back in May so we´ll see how the temperatures are then. 

XO Kati