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Family Fun on the Isle of Wight

For a stress-free family adventure holiday come to the Isle of Wight.

We understand you've a lot to think about when you holiday with your children. You need somewhere safe, clean and hassle-free. Somewhere to entertain the children - whilst you too get time out. Here on the Isle of Wight, we've thought it all through.

All year round, come rain or shine, there's an endless number of places to explore and to entertain. We've theme parks, and historic castles, historic houses and for animal lovers there's a tiger sanctuary, a falconry centre, an adventure park with exotic animals, and a donkey sanctuary.

Then we've the famous beaches. 13 have Seaside Awards, and the golden beaches of Sandown and Shanklin have the European Blue Flag Award - the mark of safety and cleanliness. Remote and rugged, the beach at Compton Bay gives you yet more choice.

For the older age groups, there are water sport centres, horse-riding schools and dozens of well-kept cycling tracks. And with the Isle of Wight Music Festival and Bestival, we've two of the world's greatest music festivals - huge events that welcomed the likes of REM and Faithless in 2005 and Coldplay, Prodigy and Foo Fighters in 2006 and Muse and the Rolling Stones in 2007.

For added peace of mind, our holiday parks and many of the larger hotels and family pubs are well geared-up for families. There are establishments who provide baby listening, smoke-free areas and children/healthy menus - in addition to our own organic ice cream! For parents who want some occasional time out from all the family fun, baby-sitting services are available too. We've even activity centres spread across the Island where your children can spend the day enjoying loads of fun activities.

A ferry-trip across the Solent adds to the adventure. And with a fast and efficient transport system, you'll find the Island a pleasure to travel around.

For a fun, stress-free family holiday come to the Isle of Wight.