Think the Isle of Wight is old-fashioned and uncool? Think again. This grand dame of British seaside resorts might have Victorian heritage, but it’s evolved into a hotspot for outdoor sports, fossil hunting and back-to-nature family holidays. Wightlink's new Secret Wight guide unlocks the island’s huge family holiday potential. Ten great things to do that don’t cost a penny. 
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Wightlink says
In addition to 60 miles of beaches and an unspoiled green landscape – more than half of it classified an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - the Isle of Wight has a multitude of secret pockets for adventurous families to explore.
To help baffled parents, we have introduced a new guide, Secret Wight, with ten of the very best families activities and challenges on the Isle of Wight.
The trip from Lymington or Portsmouth across the Solent is an adventure in itself. The Island is just far enough across the water to make it feel like an overseas break and getting there is a breeze on Wightlink’s modern fleet of car and passenger ferries.
Once on the Isle of Wight, Secret Wight allows families to re-enact Famous Five-style adventures and set out on foot to find miles of virgin sand, rocky ledges sheltering below towering cliffs, other-worldly monster vegetation covering huge expanses of rock pools and even dinosaur bones that have been hidden for millions of years.
The best thing about the Secret Wight challenges is that they come for free!
Wightlink has selected a range of hand-picked properties in rural locations, which can be combined with a Secret Wight discovery holiday. Wightlink’s Green Getaways accommodation ideas include a Grade II listed manor house, luxurious converted barns, back-to-nature camping and even Mongolian-style yurts.
Click here to discover more about Secret Wight and to download the guide (PDF file). Click here for the Green Getaways accommodation ideas .
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