Neuschwanstein Castle is set in the perfect fairytale setting; surrounded by forests, mountains and a beautiful lake nearby. A tiny bit of background information; Ludwig II grew up in the nearby Castle of Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein was designed and built between 1869 and 1886 by him. Picture this; on a ridge, in a magnificent setting which is high above the …
Auchingarrich Wildlife Centre is one of my favourite places to visit, although I don’t go often as it is about 1.5hrs away from where we live. My parents took us to Auchingarrich Wildlife Centre many times when I was little and we have been a couple of times with my eldest son. It is about …
For many years I had not even heard of the Five Sisters Zoo or even knew it existed. We only live about 15 minutes away by car so we had no excuse really. We all love animals and when we did eventually find time to go we were not too impressed. To use it felt …
In all honesty, I have only ever been to Stirling Castle on a school trip back in Primary School! We always pass the castle on the way to Callandar or on our way to Blair Drummond Safari Park. My eldest son has always mentioned the castle when we pass so when I was looking for …
I will let you into a little secret…I find museums boring. Yes I know I really shouldn’t but for some reason I do. Saying that I really liked the National Museum of Scotland. The place is absolutely huge! The last time I went was over 20 years ago so a lot has changed in the …
As a family, we have been countless times over the years to Chatelherault Country Park. It is a great place to get the kids outdoors and let them enjoy themselves. There are roughly 10 miles of walks that you can do along the River Avon and through the ancient woodland that surrounds the area. If …
Before we had our boys we had been on several villa holidays and have always really enjoyed our villa stays. Which is why we have wrote this article on why to take a villa holiday with kids. Once the boys were born, we decided we would try different types of holidays to see what would work better …
We visited Majorca back in 2015 on our family holiday. I decided to book the Alcudia Pins Hotel through Thomson, in one of their stores at our local shopping centre. For 2016 this hotel is now included in their Family Life category (please do check if this has since changed). You can read more about …
