Family-friendly resorts

If you’re looking for the ideal mountain resorts for families, these are must-visits: Espot, Port Ainé, Vallter 2000, La Molina, Vall de Núria, Boí-Taüll and Masella. And that’s not just an opinion or a claim they all make;  rather it’s a fact as they are certified as family-friendly facilities by the Catalan Tourist Board. To earn this certification they need to meet a number of requirements such as having marked slopes with slow-speed zones for children, a children’s club and a ski school. Here are some of the very best activities you can do there.

La Molina makes it easy for kids to share your love of snow. At the ski school, they can enjoy two spaces designed exclusively for them to get familiar with the snow. Children aged 4 and above can try out the Snow Park. It has a conveyor belt on foot of the Long Slope and private lessons are held there. The Children’s Park is the second space for children, for those aged 6 months and above. It is supervised by resort staff and features a play area, cots and deckchairs.

La Molina has two tubbing tracks in the El Bosquet family area. In the first track visitors go down a slide, and in the Coll de Pal track visitors slide directly on the snow.

Looking for an activity to delight the whole family? Check out our segway trips. A guide will accompany you and take you along various mountain paths so you can enjoy the Pyrenean landscapes with this innovative means of transport. Another unmissable activity is the “Alerta Allau” Escape Snow. This is an escape room in the snow where you will put yourself in the shoes of a rescuer during an avalanche alert and make difficult decisions. Will you succeed?

And let’s not forget: as a family tourism resort, La Molina has installed baby changing facilities across the resort. 

The resort, located in Setcases and the most Mediterranean resort in Catalonia, is the ideal destination for families. It has a playroom inside the Snow Garden, Miniclub L’Esquirol Fajol. Children can participate in workshops and educational games accompanied by qualified staff. In the meantime, you can enjoy the slopes worry-free. It’s open on weekends and holidays from 9am to 1pm and is suitable for kids aged between 3 and 8. To avoid kids that visit repeatedly getting bored, they organise themed weekends: pirates, animals and much more. There’s plenty of entertainment available!

A more relaxed alternative for the family to enjoy as a group is snowshoeing. At the resort, four routes have been created to be followed freely and, in addition, there are guided ones with varying levels of difficulty. In addition, the resort has extended the offer of children’s activities and events and has incorporated two ski schools. 

Vall de Núria resort wants to be a family facility all year round. The Leisure Park is the resort’s top attraction for kids. It is designed exclusively for you to enjoy the snow with your family. It has toboggan runs, tubbings of different lengths, a height balancing game course, a zipline and even a climbing wall for the little ones.

This winter you can enjoy Christmas with the kids on your family getaway in the resort. The Christmas activities will take place from 3 December to 7 January. In addition, throughout the winter season you will find a wide variety of activities for the whole family, including workshops, guided tours, piano concerts and much more. 

To reach the resort, take the Núria zip train. It covers a distance of 12.5 kilometers with a slope of over1,000 m to offer unique views of the valley. Now you can also make this journey aboard the new MGB passenger cars, Swiss vintage vehicles from 1963.