Mallorca - an island to discover on winter and summer with your toddler

Travel is always a good idea, and with small ones even better. How about an island, and discover its´ beauties with a toddler? We thought that even if it is cold and it is winter a little trip to Mallorca will be a good idea for us. Even though we found a great deal to go with all the family, I mean with our lovely grandparents. A big company is interesting, a lot of fun, and quite much more time for me and my husband, as our kid were in a good hands.

We went to Mallorca for a New Years´Eve, and stayed for a few days later on the island. Apart of the idea to meet New Year on the beach, which was the best one, we also enjoyed medieval architecture in the North and beach beauties in the South of Mallorca. Our toddler was happy about the trip, and all this because:
1. he adores to fly, every time when he sees an airplane he asks us for flying with it
2. like his parents he loves new places, new apartment and changes
3. there were grandparents, and he loves them and were playing a lot in the evenings, as his parents were too busy with planing the next day journey

This doesn´t mean that we had no tantrums and difficult moments, with a toddler these things happen on a daily basis as something normal :). It´s just a question of managing these tantrums correctly. I will write an article on this something later, but now I would like to share with you some tips while travelling with a toddler.

Tips for traveling by plane:

1. take a flight early in the morning or late in the evening, or even better at midday when your kid has his sleeping hours. Even if our kid enjoys planes and flights as our, if the flight lasts more than 1 hour, it is complicated to keep him calm on his seat in the plane.

2. take big toys, small toys will be through away and it will be difficult to manage to have them at the end of the flight

3. take snacks, I prefer different fruits, something easy and healthy to eat, milk, water, juice, all in small packs, to be easier to use.

4. Dry and wet wipes, clothes.

Tips for traveling to an island:

Which is the difference you will ask? Yes, there is. To travel to an island it is very different compared to a big city. In a big city you do not need to rent a car, as all main sightseeing are very closed to each other and well communicated by public transport, on an island, you have to walk a lot and to move by car, as public transport usually goes where is more population. That is why we decided to rent a car, a big one and to discover the island.

1. Rent a car
2. Take your car seat for your toddler. We had a bad experience in Tenerife, because we´ve rented the car chair, and our kid at the end of our trip didn´t want to sit there, as his back was hurting him and he could not sleep. Imagine how many tantrums and cryings we had in the car. In Mallorca we took our car seat, and there where no questions on where our kid is sitting, as well he slept well during our journeys. Ask the company you will fly with, about the permit of taking pushchair and car seat, as a lot of them has the option to take both. You won´t regret.
3. Take a pushchair, you will walk a lot, and of course your toddler will get tired.
4. Manage your stopovers, to eat, sightseeing and other reasons, think firstly on your toddler. Be sure that you can make a stopover everywhere you go, as a toddler asks for a stopover very often.
5. Have a lot of snacks with you in a car and water, juice in this case is not preferred, as they asks for a toilet much more times.
6. Toys -  very appreciated the one that is mostly wished by your kid, we had a little car that it is his preference wherever we go and a flash/CD with the songs we are used to listen in the car/home. Singing in the car is always fun, and your kid will love to sing with you.
7. A great mood for travelling

I think too many information in just a post, I won´t bother you more, here you go with some lovely pictures of Mallorca.