Morocco family travel tips for families: visas, safety, getting around, medinas, the Sahara, and everything we learned traveling Morocco with kids There is no country in the world quite like Morocco. Sitting just 9 miles (14 kilometers) from the southern tip of Spain, close enough to see across the Strait of Gibraltar on a clear …
Ten countries. Thousands of kilometers of trail. Here are the best hiking destinations for families who want more than a leisurely stroll. There are two kinds of family vacations. There’s the kind where everyone gets a wristband, stands in a line for forty-five minutes for three minutes of action, eats something deep-fried, and goes home …
The complete family packing list for Thailand, covering men, women, teens, and kids across all three seasons. Built from firsthand family travel experience Packing for Thailand isn’t like packing for one trip. It is three countries wearing the same badge. There is urban Thailand, with Bangkok’s street markets and grand temples, where 95-degree heat and …
Thailand travel tips for families covering visas, health, ethical wildlife, and regional guides – from a family who traveled from Bangkok to Phuket, Kanchanaburi to Chiang Mai It was just after sunrise in Chiang Mai when we truly started to understand Thailand and what we’d gotten ourselves into by traveling here. This was a discovery …
Everything your family needs to pack for Greece and nothing you don’t. Covers summer islands, shoulder season ruins days, and winter mainland travel, organized by season. I’ll tell you the moment when I understood what packing for travel in Greece actually required. We were four days into our Greek road trip through the Pelopponnese, somewhere …
The complete family packing list for Iceland in summer, covering men, women, teens, and kids. Built from firsthand family experience. Travel in Iceland during the summer, and you’ll quickly discover that the experience isn’t exactly what the photographs suggest. The midnight sun is real. Those 2 am hikes under late-day skies are magic. The green …
Greece with kids doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Here are the Greece family travel tips you need: Visas, transportation, road trips, islands, safety, and where to go first. I have never traveled anywhere quite like Greece. This country has shaped so much of the culture that we embrace today. It’s a place where history is …
The complete family packing list for Peru, covering men, women, teens, and kids across the Andes highlands, the Amazon Basin, and the Pacific coast. Organized as a general list plus regional kits. Built from firsthand family experience The boys pulled their new llama wool toques down over their ears and leaned into the wind. We …
The complete family packing list for Morocco, covering men, women, teens, and kids for summer and winter travel. Built from firsthand family experience across Marrakech, Fes, the High Atlas Mountains, the Sahara Desert, and the Draa Valley. There’s a photograph from our trip to Merzouga that sits on the wall in our house. The boys …
Here’s the honest Ecuador family travel guide nobody else is writing. We spent 18 days traveling through Ecuador with kids. Quito, Volcano Alley, the Galápagos Islands, the Amazon. There is no country quite like Ecuador. The smallest nation in South America, smaller than the state of Colorado, may not stand out on a map. Yet …
The complete family packing list for Ecuador, covering men, women, teens, and kids across three wildly different environments: the high-altitude Andes, the Amazon rainforest, and the Galapagos Islands. Here is the thing about packing for family travel in Ecuador that nobody warns you about before you go. It is not one trip. It is three. …