If you're looking for somewhere exciting to take the children in Menorca, Son Bou will probably be top of your list of attractions. The resort not only boasts the longest, sandiest beach in the Balearics, but also an exciting maze where your children can run away from the clutches of ghosts and goblins.

On the island of Menorca, Son Bou might be the perfect destination for your family to relax and unwind, but as is usually inevitable on a family holiday, someone suggests a trip to a nearby water-park and the peaceful reverie is instantly broken. Whether they're two or twenty it seems that children love nothing more than splashing around in water-parks and whizzing their way down log-flumes.

Menorca is lucky enough to boast two parks with water slides; one in Cala en Bosc and the other in San Jaime, close to Menorca's Son Bou resort. Club San Jaime is considered to be the number one children's attraction on Menorca and it really isn't hard to see why. The water sports in San Jaime are significantly smaller than those in AquaRock making the area better suited to toddlers and younger children. Children can bring buckets, spades and water-rings to the pool and spend some time splashing around; this is ideal for those who are perhaps a little too young to brave the slides and chutes. Parents will be pleased to hear that the Club San Jaime also has an on-site restaurant, and with outdoor seating you can sit and relax with an ice-cold beverage, while your children cool down in a completely different way!

While Menorca's Son Bou resort has enough to cater to the younger family. Parents of teenagers and older children may want to try the kamikaze waterslides at the AquaRock Park in Cala en Bosc. The twisting water-slides here are definitely not for the faint-hearted, and although you may not be brave enough to try the Black Hole, you can be certain that your children will put you to shame. Like Club San Jaime, parents can relax with a beverage in the on-site restaurant, but for those that bring their swimming costumes along there are also a relaxing Jacuzzi and a swimming pool that you can use. AquaRock has three swimming pools in total, although one is shallow for younger children. The third pool provides the most fun in the park, as twice an hour warning sirens signal that the wave machine is about to go off!

As with most places on Menorca, Son Bou has easy access to the water-park and it can be easily reached by car or public transport, with a connecting bus in the resort of Cituadella. If you're still not sure about braving a water-park then there is an alternative option - the beach at Son Bou! Menorca's longest beach has plenty of water-based attractions that will appeal to the whole family, and you don't necessarily have to get wet to try them. Pedaloes and canoes are available from most beachside vendors, and although Son Bou doesn't have a harbour, you can take child-friendly glass bottom boat tours from the nearby capital of Mahon.