great-drives
Our reviews of the top family vacation destinations and trip ideas organized by keywords (Italy, Caribbean, teens, etc) and topic (snowsports, spa, etc) to make your research easier.
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Favorite Car Games For The BackseatDon't pack any electronics for your next road trip. Print out and use these classic, family-fun games to make the next overland trip with restless kids zoom by. It is an unfortunate fact of family car trips: kids, despite most efforts, can become pretty restless while cooped up in the... Category: great-drives |
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Family Camping Trip OptionsWhen you think about camping, what do you picture? Do you see a tent, or a pop-up camper? Are you boiling spring water, or drinking from the campground water spigot? Camping means different things to different people, from the hardcore, mountaineering types, to the comfort-seeking log cabin... Category: great-drives |
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A Desert, A Tiny Car, and Some Complete StrangersThe ONLY reason I’m going is to visit my best friend at college, I told myself. Why else would I spend my senior year spring break sitting in a car for 12 hours with people I don’t even know? I don’t even have to socialize with my best friend’s mom, little brother,... Category: great-drives |
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A Vacation Date to the Finger Lakes WineriesOn a recent romantic getaway upstate, my wife and I discovered the little town of Hammondsport, New York, located at the base of Keuka Lake, one of the many Finger Lakes. The pace of the vacation is what I will remember most, plenty of leisure time. We didn't try to attack this vacation, there... Category: great-drives |
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Teens Westward Bound: It's More Than a Trip, It's an Experience You'll Never Forget!After packing for days for Teens Westward Bound, the day of departure finally arrived. As my parents drove me to Davidson College, the point of departure, I suddenly began to feel a monster of nerves rise up inside me. I was about to depart on a trip across America for twenty-three... Category: great-drives |
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Banjo, Folk, Country Songs - Driving Appalachia's Crooked RoadSpend a weekend in Floyd watching fiddle pickers perform and you start to love bluegrass (if you don't already). Slow down to string banjoes with luthiers in Galax and you'll begin to understand the heritage of southern Virginia. With the richly detailed guide, A Guide to the Crooked Road:... Category: great-drives |
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A Food And Wine Lovers Family Roadtrip Through TuscanyA food and wine infused Tuscany holiday is a fantasy shared by many. But when you throw kids into the mix, this dream can quickly turn sour. Do you dream of driving through sun-dappled vineyards and camera-ready hill towns where even a simple meal is a celebration? Do your taste buds long for a... Category: great-drives |
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Boulangeries and Mercis in the Eastern Townships of QuebecAbout 150 miles south of Quebec and maybe 90 miles east of Montreal, The Eastern Townships of Canada (Cantons De L'Est,) are so French, you may have to brush up on your language skills. The villages and hamlets are French Canadian enclaves, and while many may bear English names, they boast a... Category: great-drives |
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Austin Beyond the City LimitsWe recently visited Austin, Texas on a nostalgia tour led by my husband, a long-ago resident. Our son was delighted to see the town made famous by SXSW and my husband, well, he's at that age where revisiting the haunts of his youth is fun. I had spent time in Austin back in 1986 and... Category: great-drives |
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How I spent 10 days in a camper in New ZealandIt is true what they say about New Zealand: "The world in one Country". As European I have seen a lot of countries especially in Europe but also outside, but what amazed me the most was how much scenery of all those different countries you see back in New Zealand, it's just amazing!... Category: great-drives |
