Colina in the Algarve is relaxing for adults and fun for the kids

In the pre-Plastocene era, when kids were not part of the landscape, choosing where to holiday was as random as trying to pick a winner from the Gold Cup racecard: you closed your eyes, jabbed a pin at the list and hoped for the best.

With three kids it’s all about short flight times and guaranteed sunshine and hoping your brood will hit it off with other kids in the resort allowing you to finally make headway with the novel that’s been sitting on your dresser since Christmas.

Measured against these considerations, Colina Village Resort in Portugal’s beautiful Algarve is ideal. After a ridiculously short flight time (less than two-and-a-half hours) we touched down in glorious sunshine in Faro Airport where the transfer to the resort took less than an hour.