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| It's always fun to plan your next family vacation, whether it's a weekend jaunt, or a long holiday with kids. Here's our latest additions: | |||
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Favorite travel apps - Here's our running list of travel apps we use for family trips - all the constellations in the night sky, dictionaries where we can instantly translate the menu in a restaurant and then convert the cost to the local currency, maps to help us hike in the mountains and navigate a foreign city, and lots more. | ||
| Death Valley - We went back to Death Valley over the Easter holidays, and discovered new things. Imagine Darwin Falls with a year-round creek with frogs hopping around, a real miracle of water in the driest place in North America. In early morning, we looked at animal tracks on the sand dunes, slid down the marble chutes at Mosaic Canyon, and watched the pupfish playing like puppies in Salt Creek. The drive through Titus Canyon was a real adventure, and Artist's Drive the most colorful. | |||
Legoland Florida and fun things to do near Winter Haven - Check out the new Legoland Florida in Winterhaven, as well as other fun things to do in the area. |
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Update Switzerland - More fun things to do in Zurich, Bern, Geneva, Interlaken, and our favorite place in the Bernese Oberland, the Lauterbrunnen Valley. Find all the bears in Bern, including cookies with white icing bears. Walk down the Zurich lakefront promenade, check out arms & armor or clothing & costumes in the Swiss National Museum, and take a day trip to the castle town of Rapperswil. Walk cobbled streets of the old city in Geneva or ride the yellow Mouette ferries. Plus, our list of family hotels for all four cities. |
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Mono Lake and Yosemite - Labor Day weekend we had an amazing canoe ride on the pristine waters of Mono Lake, and a hike up Sentinel Dome in Yosemite. |
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Italian Lakes - In the heat of summer, the Italian Lakes are the place to head outdoors. What to see and do at Lake Garda (your best bet for family fun), Lake Como (charming town of Varenna) and Lake Maggiore (hikes on Mt Mottarone). And, our favorite medieval castles around the lakes and the most beautiful walled city, Bergamo. |
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Milan - Milan is an old as Rome, the home of Leonardo da Vinci in the Renaissance, and a cosmopolitan city today. Walk on the roof of the Gothic Duomo cathedral, explore the great fortress, Sforza Castle, take a pony ride in the Giardini Pubblici, stand in awe of the Last Supper, models of da Vinci's inventions, and his huge bronze horse. Plus, our own researched list of family hotels and apartments. |
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Switzerland - Ride the Jungfrau railway to the highest train station in Europe, where kids can play in the snow and walk through tunnels of ice, even in summer. The Bernese Oberland is chock full of outdoor adventures for everyone in the family. Lake Geneva is a year round destination, with ancient castles to modern water parks. In the Valais, see the real Matterhorn and meet Saint Bernard rescue dogs. |
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Munich - Our latest, updated info for Munich, plus family hotels. Our favorite city walks through the old city (Altstadt) and along the Isar River, best views of the old city, where to get ice cream and sweets, and best bets for Nymphenburg Palace and Park. |
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Southeast Arizona - The land of saguaro cactus, javelinas and gila monsters, sparkling underground caverns, the wild west town of Tombstone (site of the O.K. Corral gunfight), and prehistoric sites where people lived in the desert centuries ago. In Tucson, our favorite "must sees" are the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, live animals and plants in a natural desert setting, playing in the creek at Sabino Canyon, the Pima Air and Space Museum, and horseback riding in the foothills. |
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Singapore - We've just added an update of fun things to do in Singapore. The Children's Garden at the Singapore Botanic Gardens has a treehouse, suspension bridge, and water play area. At Marina Bay is the boggling Sands SkyPark high in the sky. And our favorite things to do at Sentosa Island - zip lines over the rain forest, swimming at Palawan Beach and the pink dolphins at Dolphin Lagoon. |
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Brazil - Thanks to Cristiana Jurgensen, a parent living in Rio de Janeiro, for all her insider tips on fun things to do in Brazil. In Rio, find out the best family beaches, where to eat empadas, hike in the rain forest or pedal boat on the lagoon, plus, how to visit that natural wonder, Iguazu Falls, in southern Brazil. |
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St. Augustine, Florida - We've updated St. Augustine with info about the super new Pirate & Treasure Museum, Fort Menendez living history museum, and more, plus books. |
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Utah - Southern Utah is one of our favorite places to explore on a drive trip. It's filled with natural wonders, weird and wonderful hoodoos, slot canyons, natural stone arches, and we visited the stunning national parks, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Canyonlands, and less well known Capitol Reef and Grand Staircase - Escalante. In northwest Utah, visit Golden Spike, where kids can watch steam trains chugging down the track, commemorating the completition of the transcontinental railroad, or float in the salty waters of Great Salt Lake. |
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Kerala, India - Thanks to Lorraine Charles for her excellent "fun things to do" from her family trip to Kerala. A "must do," cruise on a houseboat through the lagoons and inlets of the backwaters. Explore the old city of Cochin, see a Kathakali dance drama performance, and go on a walk through a wildlife reserve to look for elephants. |
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Patagonia, Argentina - We've just updated the latest "fun things to do with kids" in Patagonia - where to walk among the penguins, the best glacier trek for teens, and more. Thanks to Marissa Moss for tips from her family trip. |
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Alaska - Where else can kids promise to stay up until it gets dark, and it's still light at midnight? Explore the Inside Passage in southeast Alaska, including a visit to Juneau, look for caribou and grizzlies in Denali National Park, and more. Get the scoop on all our first hand tips - ice worm safari, sled dog rides, moose in Anchorage, and glacier treks. |
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Travelforkids.mobi - Travel for Kids goes mobile! Now you can have all the in-depth "fun things to do with kids" at your fingertips - the play place next to Notre Dame in Paris, where to buy bagels in Montreal, the best hikes in national parks in the U.S., tips for big cities, from Beijing to New York to Rome, theme parks, countryside excusions, family beaches, and much more. |
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Family hotels Travel for Kids has always had plenty of fun things to with kids, but now we also have fun places to stay. We now offer our own list of family hotels and apartments. Travel for Kids hand-picked list of family hotels are all styles and price ranges, in neighborhoods that are near to fun things to do with kids. Hotels are selected for amenities such such as fresh-baked cookies, cribs and babysitting services, swimming pools, suites with kitchens, on-site restaurants, and more. Check out our first listings, and check back often for our latest hotels listings: |
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Kids Books We're always adding new fun books for all the countries on Travel for Kids! In our "Books for Everywhere," see all our family travel staff picks each month, year by year. Our staff pick for May is The Mysteries of Angkor Wat by Richard Sobol. Angkor Wat is the world's largest religious monument, filled with mysteries old and new. Searching for clues about this lost civilization, the children of Angkor Wat took photographer Richard Sobol to a special place in the ruins – you'll never guess what he saw. |
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| New! Check out our favorite list of eBooks to read on the airplane - adventure, mystery and fantasy. Just a few of our latest favorites - Wildwood, Moon Over Manifest, The Wyvern's Treasure, and more.
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