Family Fun Holidays
From hotels with leisure centres to self-catering options with a beach at the back door, Waterford county has plenty of options to keep families with young and older children occupied.
There’s a range of accommodation for every budget. A selection of caravan parks can be found along the coast as well as self-catering options suited to family groups that need plenty of room. A number of hotels around the county offer family rooms and have swimming pools.
The city and county has plenty of fun family options open to young children and teenagers. Choose from open farms to adventure in the great outdoors, scenic walks, amusement arcades and some high-quality playgrounds.
There are cinemas in both Waterford and Dungarvan. In Tramore, there’s Splashworld, and for the more adventurous, an amazing selection of surf schools can be found along the Waterford coast, to keep families busy.
The Lismore Family Fun Experience allows mums, dads and kids big and small to explore Lismore in a hugely fun and interactive way. With tricky clues to solve and questions to answer as well as flowers, trees and bugs to hunt everyone will have to roll up their sleeves and work together. The Family Fun Experience is part nature trail, part treasure hunt and a total boredom buster for those long summer days. Family Fun packs can be picked up from the Heritage Centre at any time for just €10
• Ireland’s first glow in the dark mini-golf course
