Many resorts in Mallorca are great for relaxing with children thanks to the calm sea and shallow lagoons. However, despite the fact that almost every hotel offers children's animation services, every family that goes on holiday to the island in its entirety, a natural question arises where to go to Mallorca with children so that they do not get bored and get a rest from pleasure less than adults, and allowed adults to rest normally.
Mallorca provides a variety of entertainment for children, so you can if you want to visit "attractions for children" at least daily. However, adults will also receive a tremendous pleasure from their visit.
Top places in Mallorca that you need to visit with children!
House Kathmandu - entertainment for the whole family for the whole day
Perhaps the first thing worth seeing in Mallorca with the children is the Kathmandu House, located in the theme park in Magaluf with the same name. Here you will find entertainment for the whole family, from two-year-olds to adults: an enchanted forest, a variety of mechanical wonders, a room of fear, an interactive aquarium and much more. Every year something new appears here. Perhaps adults without a child here will be interested in just a couple of hours, but your baby will spend a lot of time with pleasure here, and he will have enough impressions for a long time.
Water parks: choose to taste!
There are several water parks on the island.
- The largest is Arenal Aqualand , located, respectively, in the resort of Arenal. Its area is more than 200 thousand square meters and offers more than 20 different attractions.
- Another one is in Alcudia, it offers, in addition to water attractions, paintball, mini-golf and other entertainment.
- The newest water park is Westernpark , made in the style of a small town in the Wild West.
Water parks operate from May to the end of October.
Riding on an ostrich
Artestruz is a real ostrich farm. You can visit it if at least tolerably speak English, Spanish or German - it is kept by German farmers, and since this is an "active enterprise" rather than a tourist attraction, interpreter services are not provided here. For 27.5 euros, your child can ride on an ostrich. The trip is absolutely safe - it is conducted under the supervision of adults. Still here you can visit small ostrich, and for a large watch and play with them will be very interesting.
La Reserva Arventur
A natural park with all kinds of waterfalls, caves, waterfowl, free-walking peacocks, a mini-zoo and the Arventur program, which includes rock climbing and the passage of a variety of "difficult routes" along the hanging Amazon and Tibetan bridges. Approximately in the middle of the park is a recreation area with a playground, and adults can reward themselves by frying a barbecue. Visit it can be daily from 10-00 to 18-00 (tickets are sold until 16-00).
Mini-zoo Natura Park: lemur poses and other animals
Natura Park is a small zoo, and, nevertheless, very interesting. Here you can not only watch the animals, but also feed them, and with some "chat" closer, going directly to the cage. Especially popular among visitors are lemurs who willingly "work for the public".
Natural Parks
- The Jumaica Tropical Park is a small botanical garden with an area of 25 thousand m °, remarkable for being the only banana plantation on the island. Still here you can see exotic birds and beautiful waterfalls.
- Another place where you can admire the diversity of birds is Albufera Nature Park , the largest and most important reserve for wetlands. There are more than 230 species of birds, various fish, reptiles, sea turtles.
- Of course, visiting the park Albufera will be interesting to older children. But Jungle Park in the resort of Santa Ponsa like the older children, and very little ones. There are several "high-altitude" routes laid along the trees, and there are routes for both adults and very young.
- Jardi Botanic in Sóller is a botanical garden, where plants from all over the Mediterranean are collected. In the garden is the Museum of Balearic Natural Sciences.
- The nature reserve of Mondragó in the southern part of the island is the main attraction of the municipality of Santana. Here you can also observe the birds, rabbits, hares and other animals that live in nature.
- Botanycactus is a humid tropical park, where more than 15 thousand various cactuses grow! And children, of course, will be very interested to go on a boat on the lake, the area of which is more than 10 thousand m2, and see the windmill.
Oceanarium and Dolphinarium
The Aquarium of Palma de Mallorca is a large aquarium, repeatedly recognized as the best aquarium in Europe. You will find here 55 aquariums, divided into 5 themed zones, as well as an excellent playground for children and a tropical park.
Dolphinarium Marineland is the only dolphinarium on the island (and the largest dolphinarium in Spain), which has been operating for more than 35 years. Daily morning and afternoon you can watch a show of dolphins and sea lions. There is also a small water park for children, a mini-zoo and a show of exotic birds.
Zoo Safari
Nothing brings children such pleasure as monkeys jumping straight to the car. In order to become a party to this adventure, you need to go to the Zoo Safari in Sa Coma. You can go by car, or you can - and by mini-train. Of course, there is a possibility that monkeys will write on the car or tear off, for example, a janitor, but the children will definitely be delighted with this trip.
Holiday of "Moors and Christians"
If you come to Mallorca in early September, then in the period from 6 to 12 in the resort town of Santa Ponsa you can watch a theatrical performance dedicated to the landing on the island of the troops of the conqueror of Mallorca, King Jaime I.
Those who are planning a holiday in Mallorca with children, there is something to see and what to entertain their offspring. But do not forget to indulge them with traditional Majorcan delicacies, for example - an Enamay bun, and, of course, ice cream!