I’ve got a terrible habit of booking holidays and then silently dreading them. I know it sounds strange, but I spend hours agonising over every review and worrying that the hotel/food/location won’t live up to my – let’s be honest, slightly unrealistic – expectations. Thankfully, I breathed a sigh of relief after 12 hours at our luxury family-friendly hotel on the northern end of Croatia’s incredible coastline – one of our top destinations for a sunshine holiday. The hotel/food/location at the Falkensteiner Diadora were amazing, my two girls were happy and, crucially, I was happy (cue a huge sigh of relief from my husband).
Falkensteiner hotels aren’t well known in the UK, but the Austrian-owned chain is hugely popular in Europe for combining luxury accommodation with great food, spas and outdoor pursuits, all in incredible locations. We chose Diadora – about 30 mins from Zadar on its own private stretch of coastline – because it’s family friendly but still offers a tasteful, relaxing break for grown ups.
