Spain with Small Kids

It all depends on what you are looking for with activities, weather, price, authentic spain, an expat community, and so on. Valencia is amazing as well as Malaga.   If you like to be inland try Seville or near the mountains in Granada.

Hi JacksonWest,

We are a family of 4 (two girls 6 and 9)  from the US, financially stable, and also planning on moving to Spain in June.  We are between Malaga and Alicante.  We recently went to Malaga over the Thanksgiving break and enjoyed it very much, but now we are considering Alicante because it seems that you get so much more for your money there.  I was wondering a few things if you don't mind me asking.  Have you found out more information on good places to live in Alicante for families with young children?  Are you concerned at all that the main language is Valenciano and not Spanish?  Do you have any reservations about leaving the US?  We live very comfortably here, but wanted to give our children the experience of living abroad and learning a new language and culture.  I sometimes hesitate with the decision though as we will be selling our furniture and things to go over as light as possible.  Are you planning on shipping your furniture or are you selling as well?  I have traveled the world and there are things I like about the US as well as abroad.  May I ask what is influencing your decision to move?  I wanted to get a perspective from someone who knows life in the US with small children and seems to be in the same boat of making the decision to move to another country.  Thanks for your input and looking forward to chatting more.

Internationalme,

Hi! I have not looked into either Alicante or Malaga, but will certainly consider them now! Are they very bug cities compared to Valencia? We are also concerned about cost of living but want to find a good mix of affordable and good sized city.

There are2 main reasons we are moving. First because I have very bad food allergies/migraines from the food in the US, when we go to Europe I can eat anything. Here in the US I have to make everything from scratch and buy organic and the food in Soain is such better quality and healthier. Second we want our kids to have opportunities outside the US, and this move to Spain would allow us all to become Spanish citizens, thus having an EU passport. Colleges and universities are way more affordable/free in Europe. I like the lifestyle in Spain: you work to live not the other way around like the US. Health insurance has become ridiculous in the US. We can live better with less money in Spain, in my opinion of course.

What about you? Why are you considering the move?