Cinque Terre National Park
Liguria, Italy
Cinque Terre National Park protects the five fishing villages and terraced cliffs of the Ligurian coast between Levanto…
211 tickets & tours
Europe
Best national parks for families in Europe
Europe's easiest parks for families are those where transport does the hard work. Cinque Terre has a train every few minutes between its villages and paths that can be walked one short section at a time. Sintra-Cascais is palaces, a Moorish castle and a beach. Thingvellir is a flat walk between two continental plates, Krka and Plitvice are boardwalks over clear water with boats included, and Teide has a cable car, though not for children under three.
Sintra-Cascais Natural Park
Portugal
Sintra-Cascais Natural Park is the green wedge of hills and Atlantic coast on Lisbon's doorstep, and it contains…
201 tickets & tours
Thingvellir National Park
Iceland
Thingvellir lies forty-five kilometres, about three quarters of an hour by a good road, north-east of Reykjavik, and it…
176 tickets & tours
Madeira Natural Park
Portugal
Madeira Natural Park covers about two thirds of the island, including nearly everything above the villages, so a visit…
67 tickets & tours
Lake District National Park
England, United Kingdom
The Lake District occupies the mountainous heart of the county of Cumbria, in the north-west of England, a compact…
56 tickets & tours
Teide National Park
Canary Islands, Spain
Teide is the volcano at the centre of Tenerife and the most visited national park in Spain, and it is reached from…
48 tickets & tours
Arrábida Natural Park
Portugal
Arrábida is the limestone ridge and coast south of Lisbon between Setúbal and Sesimbra, forty minutes from the city,…
37 tickets & tours
Krka National Park
Croatia
Krka is the waterfall park behind Šibenik, an hour from Split and an hour and a half from Zadar, and the day trip from…
34 tickets & tours
Zingaro Nature Reserve
Sicily, Italy
Zingaro is the seven-kilometre stretch of wild coast between Scopello and San Vito lo Capo in north-western Sicily, the…
33 tickets & tours
Marmaris National Park
Turkey
Marmaris National Park is the pine-forested peninsula and hills that surround the resort of Marmaris on Turkey's…
32 tickets & tours
Serra da Estrela Natural Park
Portugal
Serra da Estrela is the highest range in mainland Portugal, in the centre of the country about three hours from Lisbon…
30 tickets & tours
Peneda-Gerês National Park
Portugal
Peneda-Gerês is the only national park in Portugal, in the mountains of the far north on the Spanish border, an hour…
24 tickets & tours
The ranking orders the European parks we mark as family-friendly by the number of tours and tickets on sale. Entry to most is free or cheap, and spring and early autumn are kinder than August.