GOING on holiday with the kids doesn't have to just be soft play and swimming - especially with this French resort. The Villages Nature Paris is "completely different" to other child-friendly hotels according to one travel mum who even compared the water park to being "in Bali ". The Villages Nature Paris, part of Center Parcs , is 35 minutes away from the French capital which can be reached from the UK in two hours.

Translated to 'nature village', the hotel is found in amongst a forest across 544-acres with lots of holiday apartments and cottages looking over the lake. While it's family friendly and has the classic kids club, one traveller has insisted Villages Nature Paris is like nothing she's ever seen before. Charlotte Burgoyne who runs the littlevoyageurs account documented her stay calling it the "perfect stop" for anyone visiting France .

More Water Parks in France Charlotte said that while she's usually "pro boutique" and anti-family hotels , she "loved" it. For the kids, the hotel offers activities like a trips around the farm, gaming , cinema and silent disco, and even glow in the dark climbing walls. At an added cost, there's a safari around the nature reserve, pony rides and cooking classes.

For the adults, there's a spa, sauna, pedal boats and an introduction to wine tasting. Most read in Family One of the most impressive parts of the hotel is the water park which looks like it's in the tropics thanks to the lagoon-style pool and lazy river. In the centre is the.