Splash Adventure

Short version: most mainland parks close in September, but you still have two solid plays for autumn/winter—Siam Park (Tenerife) and the Aquashow Indoor park just across the border in Portugal’s Algarve. Everything else is basically a plan-for-next-summer situation. Here’s the clear list. Quick-glance status (Oct 2025 → Apr 2026) Park Where Oct–Apr status Typical off-season […]

Because “family-friendly” means different things when someone still naps in a stroller Let’s be honest — water parks are only magical when the kids are smiling and not soaking through their third pair of pants because the splash bucket “was too loud.” If you’re a parent trying to plan a park day in Spain and

If you’ve been to Siam Park, you already know the drill: giant slides, timed tickets, screaming kids, and German dads in speedos shouting “Maximilian, jetzt!” while you try not to slip on the poolside tiles. It’s brilliant. It’s exhausting. It’s not the only option. Spain is quietly full of smaller, cheaper, better-than-you’d-think water parks that

Right, so imagine this. You’re in Spain. The sun’s doing its thing — aggressive but sexy. Your kids are halfway through their third Calippo. Someone’s screaming joyfully from the kamikaze slide and your partner’s got that face on, the one that means “I’m about to do something foolish for TikTok.” You’re thinking: today’s a good

There was a woman at Parque Warner who rolled in a full watermelon. A big one, like… beach-ball big. No knife. No plan. Just a watermelon and the kind of confidence you can’t buy. I watched her park it next to her flip-flops and go off for a smoke. It sat there, glistening, like it

I once saw a man launch himself off the Kamikaze slide at Aquopolis like a leathery human missile, arms flailing, sunglasses flying, screaming “¡Olé!” as if that might somehow improve his landing. He limped away with a dignity-stripped toe injury and a bruised ego, but it could’ve been worse. I’ve got three kids and a

Let’s not pretend this is a normal holiday. You’re not museum-hopping or wine-tasting. You’re willingly throwing yourself down plastic tubes at 50 km/h and calling it fun. And if you’re going to plan a full-on, no-holds-barred water park holiday in Spain—you need to do it right. Because nothing ruins your splash-fest like showing up with

Let’s be honest. Most of us swear we’ll “learn something new” while traveling—maybe a bit of Spanish, maybe the difference between Rioja and Ribera wines, maybe just how to read a local bus timetable without breaking into a cold sweat. But then tapas happen. And beach naps. And 14 hours vanish in a sun lotion

Alright. Picture this: you’re sunburnt, slightly dizzy from too many turns on the kamikaze slide, and there’s still chlorine in your ears. Now imagine swapping your afternoon sangria for a Spanish class where you learn how to ask “Where’s the nearest waterslide?” en español. Sounds ridiculous? Maybe. But also maybe kind of genius. Spain’s coastlines

Water parks. You hear that, and your brain probably goes straight to sunburned tourists, kids screaming down slides, overpriced ice cream—family chaos in flip-flops. But, plot twist: companies are all over them now. Corporate retreats, team-building, even those painfully awkward networking events. Spain, especially, is turning its water parks into business playgrounds, swapping out juice