• Family guide to Paris with kids
    France,  Trips with kids

    Paris with Kids Travel Tips: how to plan the perfect family trip to Paris

    Paris tips for families with kids. A practical travel guide by a mama with all you need to know before you go to Paris with kids, including overall feel, best areas to stay, tips for using a stroller in Paris and what to expect eating out in Paris with kids. I love Paris and find it a fantastic, exciting city to visit with kids. So much to see, so many parks and kids’ attractions, so much variety in this big, bustling, lively city!  Despite this love for Paris however, I knew visiting with kids would be very different from experiencing the city as a couple or with a friend and…

  • View of Houses of Parliament, London
    Trips with kids

    Visiting London with kids: all you need to know for a perfect first visit

    Planning a family trip to London? This essential guide to visiting London with kids covers the best things to do, where to stay, how to get around and practical tips to help you plan a fun, stress-free family city break. London is one of the world’s most exciting destinations for a family vacation. I first visited the city when I was a child myself and, decades later, I still vividly remember the excitement and sense of wonder of this one-of-a-kind capital. The shops!The parks with squirrels!The lights on the Thames!The museums! That first trip sparked a real love affair with London (and eventually led to me living there for several months to…

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    Three days in Paris with kids: our exact itinerary + best things to do for a stay you’ll love

    Three days in Paris with kids: follow our exact intern around Paris and find our travel tips for a perfect family stay in Paris with kids of all ages. Paris is a city I love and that I try visit as often as possible. I have been here as a child, with friends, with my husband and now also with my kids, who seem to have fallen in love with is as much as me. Despite this love for Paris, or maybe because of it, planning a trip to Paris with my kids took a lot of work. I had so many ideas of things I wanted to show them,…

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    the Netherlands,  Trips with kids

    Visiting Amsterdam with kids: how to plan a perfect trip (our exact itinerary and tips!)

    A mum’s guide to a great weekend in Amsterdam with kids: our exact itinerary, top things to do in Amsterdam with kids, family friendly restaurants and travel tips. I am exceptionally fond of Amsterdam and I believe it is one of the best cities to visit in Europe with kids. Compact, leafy and very safe, Amsterdam is an elegant, beautiful and vibrant place. I love its multicultural and relaxed vibe and adore the architecture of its historical houses reflected in its canals, its pretty concept stores, museums and endless food options. I also love how easy it is to enjoy Amsterdam with kids of any age and my kids agree! We have…

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    Berlin with Kids: Everything You Need to Plan a Family Trip you’ll love

    Our family guide to planning a trip to Berlin with kids: the best family friendly things to do, where to stay and our best family travel tips based on our own visits. Berlin is one of my favourite cities to visit with children, and one I recommend without hesitation to families planning a European city break with kids. It is big, vibrant, and extraordinarily rich in history, but it is also remarkably well organised, genuinely welcoming to children, and easier to navigate as a family than many comparable European capitals. We have been several times as a family. First when the kids were very small (one a toddler, one not…

  • Marrakesh mosque view
    Trips with kids

    5 days in Marrakesh with teens: trip report, why we loved it, useful tips

    Detailed travel account of our last trip to Marrakesh with the kids: our itinerary and tips for 5 days in Marrakesh with teens Our recent family trip to Marrakesh has been one of our most successful and satisfying trips we have taken with our kids to date. It was our first trip outside of Europe since about 6 years ago, the first one we took to a place that was really ‘other’, culturally, with our kids, and it came with a lot of excitement. After years cooped up within the familiar borders of Europe (and the US), I was itching to get traveling again and I couldn’t wait to do…

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    Dolomites,  Italy,  Trips with kids

    The Dolomites with kids: the very best places + travel tips

    The best places to visit on the Dolomites with kids and travel tips for the perfect family vacation on the Italian Dolomites. The Dolomites, the stretch of Alps in the North East of Italy, are one of the most beautiful places in Italy for natural beauty and a one of my favorite places in the world. The area has stunning mountains, picture-perfect villages with balconies adorned with cascading flowers that seem out of a fairy tale and a plethora of hiking options for adventurous families and also for families who don’t want crazy hikes but enjoy nature, relaxing time at the playground and fresh air. The place is just special…

  • Europe Travel Guides,  Trips with kids

    How to spend 2 fantastic days in Berlin with kids – itinerary and tips

    Two days in Berlin with kids: from history to Lego play areas, this is our family friendly itinerary for a trip to Berlin for all ages. I love family city breaks in Europe, and Berlin is one of my favorite cities for a short jaunt with the kids. We have been many times. Sometimes, we have been to Berlin only, another time we have seen Berlin and Hamburg and in all cases, no matter how much or how little time we had in the city, we found it to be stimulating, fun and super kid friendly. Over out several visits, we have seen different parts of the city and several…

  • View of Barcelona from Park Guell
    Europe Travel Guides,  Trips with kids

    Barcelona with kids: our exact family itinerary + tips

    Our family guide to Barcelona, based on our very own experience. All you need to know to plan a great family trip to Barcelona with kids. Best family attractions in Barcelona, how to visit Barcelona’s main sights with kids, and travel tips for families.  Barcelona is one of the best cities in Europe to visit with kids and a personal favorite of our family.  Barcelona is the first city we visited with kids, and the one that proved to us that city trips with kids are not just possible but great fun!  Beautiful, varied, fascinating, safe, colorful and fun, we found it a city with plenty to offer to visitors of all…

  • Italy,  Trips with kids

    Venice with kids: our itinerary for 3 days in magical Venice (+ our travel tips)

    Our recommended itinerary for two nights / three days in Venice with kids. Hotel recommendations, child friendly actives and restaurants we loved. I am very fond of Venice. I find it to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world (for me, only Rome competes with it for beauty) and while I know this statement may sound like a cliche’, I promise you in this case it truly comes form the heart. I have been to Venice more times than I can count and every time my heart skips a beat: the city has a type of unique beauty and pensive atmosphere that I simply cannot get enough…