Soccer and holidays ...the perfect match
DON’T put off your summer holiday when you can take the World Cup with you. Enjoy a football-themed break with all the family at various holiday parks and hotels across the country – and you won’t have to miss a minute.
PARKDEAN: In dire need of a holiday but don’t want to miss out on the biggest football event in the world? The good news is that with Parkdean, you can have the best of both. Take your pick from holiday parks across the country, many of which are a stone’s throw from award-winning beaches such as Croyde Bay and Challaborough Bay in Devon. These have both received the Seaside Award for the second year running.
In Hampshire, Hayling Island’s Beachlands has been awarded a Blue Flag and is the perfect spot for a kickabout before the matches begin.
Once you’ve shown off your passing skills on the beach, head back to the Hayling Island Holiday Park to catch all the action on big-screen TVs. Keep an eye out, too, for food and drinks offers, as well as Parkdean’s very own sporting events, with everything from football tournaments and tennis to darts and archery. OCEANA HOTELS,
BOURNEMOUTH: As well as being big on watersports, this year, to celebrate the World Cup, Oceana hotels in this popular seaside resort in Dorset will celebrate all things football. And just in case anyone would rather avoid the football, there’s always the spa to flee to.
Cheer on your favourite team while snacking on Brazilian tapas and drinking Brahma lager, or escape to the Oceana Day Spa, which is offering a 20 per cent discount on all treatments
PARK RESORTS: Share all the highs and lows of the World Cup with Park Resorts, which is showing every single match on widescreen TVs at its holiday parks across the country. There’ll also be special World Cup menus and new cask ales to try throughout the tournament.
Want to experience something other than footie? Park Resorts has a host of performers and
HAVEN PARKS: Fans will be glad to know that Haven’s holiday parks will be showing all the England games. As well as football fever filling up the showbars, there’s also the chance for budding Beckhams to show off their skills and practise penalties during free football coaching sessions on the sports field. Sessions are available for threeto five-year-olds, and five to 16-year-olds, both lasting 30 minutes – that’s enough time to tire them out so you can relax and enjoy the action.