Easter with children. 10 ideas to enjoy family holidays

The Easter holidays are the perfect time to make family plans enjoying nature or performing cultural, sporting or entertainment.

This holiday season reopens unknown: What do we do with the kids on holiday? Establish a fun plan and the enriching time for our children is sometimes difficult. Sometimes the routine makes us forget our attention to what matters most. Taking time to our children is very important because it improves the family atmosphere, increases the bonding, and also spend time gives them security and improves self-esteem.

10 family plans for Easter

If you have not yet decided what to do this holiday season, do not miss the following options to enjoy the Easter family.

Natural parks with animals

Cabárceno Park is one of the most visited. Located in Cantabria, it is an outdoor space where more than 1,000 animals from five continents. From native animals such as bears, wolves, deer and domestic animals and all kinds of exotic animals such as gorillas, elephants, tigers, lions, rhinos, ostriches or reptiles. In the Pyrenees, also we found another natural park, La Cuniacha, where you can enjoy outdoor species in the Pyrenees.

On the other hand, zoos are parks with various attractions that allow closer to nature, and more specifically to the animals. Large cities have their own zoos, even some also have aquariums that provide insight into the underwater life. The Oceanogràfic of Valencia is the largest aquarium in Europe, with over 45,000 specimens of 500 different species. One of its most emblematic aquariums is the Dolphinarium with 24 million liters of water. A show for the smallest since the visit is made by numerous glazed tunnels to enjoy the marine fauna. Others are more specific and exotic Loro Parque in Tenerife.

Amusement parks

Spend a day at the amusement park may be the favorite plan of any child. Spain has excellent facilities such as Amusement Park Madrid or Barcelona, the Warner Park in Madrid, Port Aventura in Tarragona, Isla Magica in Seville or Terra Mitica in Castellón. They all have facilities adapted to any age, from daring roller coasters to enjoy shows with which the little ones.

Nature excursions

A magical place to go with children is the Monasterio de Piedra, in Zaragoza. It is a space surrounded by water, rocks and vegetation, and is a very simple excursion to do with them. To mark the arrival of spring, we can also approach the Jerte Valley, and admire the cherry blossoms. The scenery is spectacular and there are many activities around to make a family. If you opt for quedaros in the big city, you can make a visit to the Botanical Garden of Madrid, or strolling through the Park Guell in Barcelona. Go a piece of the Camino de Santiago can also be interesting, let the kids wander along northern Spain and enjoy nature. The Pyrenees and the Doñana National Park also offer easy hikes to do with children, are an ideal place to live and enjoy family space.

Fun in the snow

Time has made the winter and snow delayed a little, and taking advantage of the slopes are full snow, you are still in time to enjoy a few days in the mountains. Skiing with kids is a fun experience. But if you do not want to ski, snow offers many possibilities for family activities: sledding, hiking in the mountains, skiing ... Almost all Spanish ski resorts have tracks for initiation into winter sports, but some stations have playgrounds for various activities in the snow, all highly recommended for traveling with kids: children's bikes, sledding, ski daycare, restaurants with children's menu.

City tourism

If we choose to visit a Spanish city, most offer activities and routes to go with children. Some small towns like Santander and San Sebastian are very interesting for its large parks, scenic walks, tourist trains, etc.

Museums and exhibitions

The main Spanish cities offer a wide cultural offer. Specifically, in Madrid during this Easter there are several museums that offer very interesting for smaller exhibitions. In Barcelona, for example, you can visit the Museo del Mamut with the tour, go to Bellesguard on Sunday, where they combine creative workshops for children and guided tours for adult visitors, and if the weather is nice, you can choose to go to Museum optical illusions, which will spend a fun time. In Zaragoza, children can join different urban neighborhoods, visit the Museo del Fuego, the exhibition 'movie magic' in CaixaForum, or spend the day in Dinópolis, the largest exhibition on dinosaurs, in Teruel.

Beach Vacations

Despite the cold and still missing a few months for the arrival of summer and good weather, the coast is always a desirable destination for children. Canary is a destination that always offers sunshine and warm weather. Bathing in the sea is not the only attraction to go the beach: southern Spain, where the weather is warmer, offers many possibilities to enjoy the beach. Sunbathing, games in the sand, coastal walks.

Easter eggs

If you want to enjoy a few days relaxing at home, you can follow the tradition of painting eggs chocolate with children, hide them in the garden or in different corners of the house and be themselves who find them. The little film we will looking for them! Giving eggs at Easter is a tradition in many countries around the world and continue for centuries. Today, chocolate eggs, more suitable for children are used. In different cultures eggs symbolize "life" and "fertility". In Greek and Roman times and decorated in early spring eggs were given away.

Travel abroad

If you prefer to catch a plane and enjoy a few days in major European cities, they offer a very wide cultural offer for children and adults. It is worth remembering that if you are traveling to a foreign country with minors, must follow a series of recommendations, especially review the documentation and if the destination is an exotic country, check for possible vaccines. These forecasts should be higher in the case of a site outside Europe. Also, if you are a customer of DKV, remember that you have included in your policy healthcare abroad.

Enjoy traditional Easter

During Easter, our country lives forward the tradition of the brotherhoods and processions. Malaga, for example, becomes a moving museum with precious robes and thrones. The Brotherhoods live this time with much emotion. Alternatively, Navarra, Tudela is famous El Volatín and Bajada del Angel, two acts declared Celebrations of National Tourist Interest which dates back to the sixteenth century. Castile and Leon is also typical contemplate the meeting of San Juan and the Virgin, Gregorian chants, etc. In the province of Teruel is typical Tamborada, thousands of drums burst in the central town squares.