Where to Go

    Rome with Teenagers: Must-Sees and Top Things to Do

    By Map & Family

    April 19, 2016

    Planning an Italian city break to Rome with teens? Here are our tips for things to do in Rome in three days. Must-see sights from the Colosseum to the Sistine…

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    Tips for Family Camping in the Swiss Alps

    By Map & Family

    April 12, 2016

    A campsite in Switzerland for summer family trips. Walking, hiking, alpine sights, activities for children: things to do on a Swiss Alps camping holiday.

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    New York with Teens: eating, sleeping and getting about

    By Map & Family

    March 22, 2016

    Heading to New York with teenagers? Here’s our essential guide to where to eat, where to stay and getting around the city.

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    Things to do in New York with teens: Top 10 sights Part 2

    By Map & Family

    March 15, 2016

    Our top five must-see sights on a trip to New York with teens. Part 2 of our sightseeing guide includes Empire State building vs Top of the Rock for the…

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    NYC with teens: Statue of Liberty

    5 Days in New York with Teens: our Top 10 Sights part 1

    By Map & Family

    March 8, 2016

    Looking for the ideal family city break with teens?  We’d vote for the city that never sleeps! We spent 5 days in New York: sightseeing, flea market shopping and taking in…

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    Boys standing in windy boat deck

    Family trip to Argentina Part 1 – lakes and glaciers

    By Map & Family

    October 11, 2015

    Caroline and her family spent a ten day Christmas holiday in Argentina. They travelled from stylish Buenos Aires to one of the most remote parts of Patagonia, taking in lakes,…

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    Christmas tree, Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires

    Family trip to Argentina Part 2 – city and wildlife

    By Map & Family

    October 11, 2015

    Our second post following a family holiday in Argentina. Read on for a view of ultra-wild Peninsula Valdes – favourite of wildlife photographers – and sightseeing in Buenos Aires

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    Venice to Verona Day Trip: all you need to know

    By Map & Family

    October 11, 2015

    Our favourite things to do in Verona on a day trip from Venice. From the Roman Arena to Juliet’s balcony there’s plenty to see on a walk around this beautiful…

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    Family holidays in Lisbon, Portugal: insider’s guide

    By Map & Family

    April 14, 2015

    The capital of Portugal is a vibrant, historic city with beaches on its doorstep. Freya and family visit regularly: here’s their round up of the best of Lisbon for kids,…

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    two Arabian cats curled up in bed

    “I rescued two street cats in Abu Dhabi and brought them home.”

    By Map & Family

    October 30, 2014

    On holiday in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, Anne-Marie and her daughter made an unexpected find…

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    surfers on Polzeath

    Polzeath: Cornish family holidays with teenagers

    By Map & Family

    August 26, 2014

    Could this be the perfect Cornish summer beach holiday for families? At Polzeath, North Cornwall there’s surfing, golf and tennis as well as rock-pooling, cliff walks, cycling, boat trips and…

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    Iceland: family weekend in Reykjavik

    By Map & Family

    August 26, 2014

    A weekend away in another world: in Reykjavik Camilla and family abandoned coats and scarves to bathe in glorious geo-thermal pools, headed out to sea to spot hump-backed whales -…

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