Spain Holidays: Compare Packages by Island, Costa and City

Spain works for very different travellers because it offers three distinct kinds of trip. The islands and the costas are where most family holidays to Spain are booked: a week or a fortnight with a pool and a beach is the classic pattern. The cities suit couples and friends who would rather walk, eat and look around than lie by the water.

If you are planning family breaks, Spain gives you the widest choice on the islands and costas, and that is where you will find most fully inclusive holidays. Couples often split the difference, pairing a few days in Seville or Granada with time on the coast.

The Canary Islands draw more searches from the UK than any other part of the country, with the Balearic Islands next. Both are island holidays in the full sense: you fly in, transfer to your resort and stay put, which makes them the most popular spain holiday destinations for families and for anyone wanting all inclusives in Spain.

On the mainland, the Costa Blanca and the Costa del Sol are the busiest coasts with British travellers, followed by the Costa Dorada and the Costa Brava. For southern Spain family holidays, the Costa del Sol is the obvious starting point, and Seville and Granada are within the same part of the country if you want a city alongside the beach.

For city breaks, Barcelona leads, then Seville, Madrid, Valencia, Bilbao and Granada. These are better booked as hotel stays or short packages than as a beach fortnight, and holiday lettings in Spain are another route if you prefer self-catering.

The biggest factor in what you pay is when you travel rather than where. School holidays, especially the summer weeks and half terms, are when demand from UK families peaks, and package prices rise with it. If you are not tied to term dates, travelling either side of those weeks usually gives you more choice of hotels and flight times.

Families who must travel in the school holidays tend to book early, since the most popular resorts on the islands and the Costa del Sol fill first. Check each region's own page for its weather pattern before choosing your month.

A package holiday bundles your return flights from a UK airport, your hotel and, usually, your transfers between the arrival airport and the resort. When it is sold as a package, it is ATOL-protected, which means you are covered if the company fails before or during your trip.

Which UK airports you can fly from, and how long the transfer takes, depends on the region you pick, so look at the island, costa or city page for those details. For a city break you may prefer flights and hotel only and get around on foot or by public transport, while car hire makes sense if you want to explore beyond your resort.

This page shows live package deals from Jet2holidays, TUI, loveholidays and On the Beach, so you can compare spain package holidays side by side by date, departure airport, board basis and resort. Board basis matters as much as the hotel: room only, bed and breakfast, half board, full board and all inclusive change both the price and how your days run.

If you would rather arrange things yourself, you can also check hotel prices, browse tours and tickets, and compare car hire on the same page. Prices and availability change constantly, so the figures you see in the deal buttons are the ones that count.