You missed the best part of Portugal, can't believe you didn't go to Porto and the Douro Valley, OP!!!!

Northern Spain, Istanbul and coastal Italy, east coast of Italy, Croatia/montenegro

Anonymous wrote:If June: roadtrip from Seville to Ronda to Granada to Nerja
If July/August: Costa Brava and Barcelona

Southern Spain is just too hot in the summer, even in June.

Yes, we brought our elementary age girls, but teens would love too.

The kids like beach vacations and shopping and one is a picky eater. Museums, not to much.

Lisbon has a “vacation” vibe, and it’s such a beautiful city that we could explore, and at the same time, they loved all the shops, hopping in a Tuk Tuk or a trolley. Me and my husband loved the food while kids found stuff they liked everywhere.

In the algarve, we stayed at a condo that had a shared pool outside our balcony, could walk to shops/restaurants, and had a rental car to explore a different beach area each afternoon. It was all heavenly

We haven’t done much international travel as a family, but many places im interested in going I think the kids would be bored and complain…dragging them around the heat in crowds to look at churches and museums.

Might sound shallow/spoiled, but trying to think of other destinations where we get the mix of beach, culture, good food, that kids and adults love.

Anonymous wrote:Our family absolutely loved Portugal as a summer vacation - Lisbon, Sintra, and the Algarve. If we love that blend, where to next summer?

Can you tell us more about why you loved it? We are thinking of this for our trip next summer with four teenagers and would love more info!

Nice, France. Crete.

What did you like about it? Food? Hiking? Weather?

Iceland

Spain for sure

Tenerife!

Northern Italy, Tuscany

Croatia and/or Montenegro

If June: roadtrip from Seville to Ronda to Granada to Nerja
If July/August: Costa Brava and Barcelona

Are you British? Algarve makes me think maybe? If so, have you been to coastal Turkey? I’d you enjoyed the Algarve, I feel like you’d like the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts.

Our family absolutely loved Portugal as a summer vacation - Lisbon, Sintra, and the Algarve. If we love that blend, where to next summer?