If you travel internationally with your kids, what places have they loved?

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Anonymous wrote:You're all just listing everywhere you've taken your kids. Tedious.

That’s exactly what I see too. These are all places that one has traveled. The op asked for favorite, not just a list of places your kids have visited.

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Anonymous wrote:Really dumb responses. My kid has traveled extensively overseas since he was two months old. Has citizenship in three countries. What matters to kids is the activities they do and whether they're interests are being catered to. At age 6 my kid had no preference for seeing a giraffe at the zoo in downtown DC over the one in Melbourne. A leafy park with lots of vendors selling cute monkey hats in Mexico City is not much different to a 7-yr-old than one in the Market Square in downtown San Antonio.

My kids are similarly international and have traveled around the world for tourism and to visit family. Their favorite vacations were to the Black Hills of South Dakota, and to Wyoming and Washington/Oregon.

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I think my son's favorite was Berlin. I took him when he was 10. It really affected him. He was tremendously moved by the dome of the Reichstag. He really loved that city. He even wrote a poem about it.

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The most:
Caribbean islands
Machu Picchu
Kenyan Safari

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Anonymous wrote:The most:
Caribbean islands
Machu Picchu
Kenyan Safari

He also enjoyed a Disney cruise to Alask.

and Australia - he fed kangaroos there and also enjoyed the parks there immensely.

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Paris. My daughter loves it. Eiffel Tower, Lux Gardens, Rodin Garden and Cafe, L'Orangerie museum to see the giant water-lilies. She loved it at 7, 13, and 18, Now she goes regularly on her own in her 20s.

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Agree Paris is great for kids! We took our elementary age kids there last year and they still talk about it all.the.time. We went to the Eiffel Tower every day for pictures and picnics. Stayed in an airbnb.

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My son’s favorites have been London and now Copenhagen

London (visited at age 7 and 9)
- loved riding trains and Tube
- Tower of London, HP studio, Princess Diana playground, etc
- did small trip to Drayton Manor for Thomas Land which was the highlight of both trips

https://www.draytonmanor.co.uk/explore/thomas-land

Copenhagen
- loved Tivoli gardens (went twice!)
- loved train and subway
- great visit to Kronborg Castle
- visited Lego store but didn’t make it to Legoland
- easy city to navigate and he loved the old world but modern feel

He did not enjoy Paris at all 😔 but did enjoy the Eurostar experience

We are planning to go back to London and also planning to visit Japan

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Lots of folks just listing countries. Please tell us the details that the kids loved, like the PP Paris poster did.

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Anonymous wrote:Our kids are 6 and 3 and our favorites have been Spain, Germany, and Ireland.

What did they enjoy about Germany (hoping to the the kids next year!)

DP.
My kids really like Bavaria. They like hiking and seeing cows and stopping at mountains huts for meals. They love swimming in the lakes and dipping into mountain streams. They enjoy toboggan rides.
They liked the tour of Allianz Arena in Munich. They liked the Munich Zoo when younger. They liked the playgrounds at the Biergärten when younger.

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Anonymous wrote:Paris. My daughter loves it. Eiffel Tower, Lux Gardens, Rodin Garden and Cafe, L'Orangerie museum to see the giant water-lilies. She loved it at 7, 13, and 18, Now she goes regularly on her own in her 20s.

This is so sweet.

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Anonymous wrote:You're all just listing everywhere you've taken your kids. Tedious.

From the Tesla set no less, lmao

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Paris. My daughter loves it. Eiffel Tower, Lux Gardens, Rodin Garden and Cafe, L'Orangerie museum to see the giant water-lilies. She loved it at 7, 13, and 18, Now she goes regularly on her own in her 20s.

This is so sweet.

I am the poster of the original quote. I warn to emphasize to keep it "small" and do-able for the younger kids. Our trip with my daughter at 13 was nearly identical to the one at 7 -- she wanted to see again everything she remembered. Keep to the smaller museums. We added the Orsay, the Louvre and Versailles when she was 18 as those were basically all-day excursions. Having an apartment meant we ate out at simple cafes for lunch and had breakfast and dinner in the apartment. At 13 she would go the boulangerie by herself in the morning to get our baguette. Building confidence each trip. We went to local outdoor markets and bought fresh veggies, flowers, etc there. We learned the metro and buses on the earlier trips so by 18 she was off by herself on some excursions when we had different ideas for the day.

She did a year abroad in France in college as she was double-majoring in Economics and French.

No need to overwhelm younger kids with adults' expectations. Do things that make the kids want to come back.

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Anonymous wrote:You're all just listing everywhere you've taken your kids. Tedious.

My thoughts exactly.
One of the least helpful threads I’ve ever read in Travel.

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Anonymous wrote:Our kids pretty much love anywhere we go, if we plan things that they love. For us that means being outside, a lake, pool or beach is nice but not required. Being able to hike is usually high on the list. They get tired of too many museums and too much time spent in busy cities. They don't love hot and humid locations unless they are near a place they can cool off. They like winter activities. The majority of our trips have been to Europe since we have friends and families there. Most trips work out if we plan downtime and activities that meet their interests.

My kids like everything too. The only exception would be museums, which are kind of a drag for them. Internationally, they loved Scotland. Edinburgh is a manageable city, loved the castles and enjoyed hiking in the highlands. That said, kids are easy travelers and enjoy Ocean City, Canaan Valley and OBX as much as flying overseas.