Trip Ideas By Activity
There are so many ways to vacation with your children.
City explorations, museum sleepovers, condo-style rentals, road trips, mountain and lake cabins, beaches, cruises, and all-inclusive vacations stretch budgets. Resorts run the gamut from moderate to pricey. Staying midweek or during shoulder season saves money.
Dream trips—African safaris, Galapagos treks, polar bear watches—deliver the thrill of wildlife encounters but at a hefty price. Farmstays, state and national parks, and hikes through Costa Rican rain forests let you enjoy animal encounters at a fraction of the cost.
Time travel fascinates kids. At living history parks, march with the militia and meet pioneers. In Europe, tour centuries-old castles, climb atop medieval walls, and stroll streets laced with 18th-century buildings. Go back millions of years to the dinosaur era. Satisfy your kids’ curiosity by going on a dinosaur dig, walking in dinosaur footprints, and ogling fossils of these fierce critters in museums.
Build sandcastles at the beach, canoe and fish at a lake, get tossed, twirled, and dropped on rollercoasters at an amusement, ski downhill, or snowshoe through snowy woods.
Stay overnight, for a few days, or a week. Plan carefully, allow for spontaneity, know that things will go awry, and maintain your sense of humor. Have fun.
The Ultimate Belizean Food Guide
Celebrity Cruises||by Candyce H. StapenCategories: Caribbean, Bahamas & Bermuda Destinations, Central & South America Destinations, Family, Featured News, RestaurantsBelizean food reflects its people, a rich medley of Maya, British, Spanish-American, African, Indigenous, Caribbean, and Creole heritages.
The Garifuna, descendants of free Africans and Indigenous Arawak and Afro-Caribbeans, contributed bread, pudding, and drinks made from cassava. The Maya’s food legacy includes chocolate, tamales, and masa, a type of corn dough.
From Creole settlers, look for rice and beans, hearty soups, and engaging spices. And then there’s the natural bounty of Belize, from abundant seafood to delicious tropical fruits.
Here are 23 of the best foods in Belize.
What is Costa Rica Known For?
Celebrity Cruises||by Candyce H. StapenCategories: Adventures, All-inclusive Vacations, Beaches, Caribbean, Bahamas & Bermuda Destinations, Central & South America Destinations, City and Cultural Vacations, Cruising, Destinations, Family, Featured News, Historic, Wildlife and Safari VacationsTropical, mountainous Costa Rica is known for many things. Dazzling biodiversity in its treasure trove of animals, birds, fish, and plant species, for one; this is where you’ll see glossy toucans perched in the trees and graceful macaws, scarlet against the bottle green of the rainforest.
Eco-adventures—hiking, white water rafting, river tubing, snorkeling—are another reason to visit. Then there are long, glorious beaches, cloud forests draped in ethereal mist, smoldering volcanoes, and high-altitude coffee plantations.
Above all, Costa Rica is known for its welcoming, happy people, “Ticos”, who appreciate the bounty among which they live and work hard to conserve it.
Here are 17 things Costa Rica is known for.
When is the Best Time to Visit Key West?
Celebrity Cruises||by Candyce H. StapenCategories: Destinations, Featured News, Southern United States Destinations, United States DestinationsThe best time to visit Key West is December through April. In winter, the island rewards visitors with mild temperatures averaging highs in the mid-seventies (about 24℃), sunny days, and little rainfall.
The average high temperature rises only about five degrees during March and April, and precipitation remains low. In June, although humidity is increasing, the water is a welcoming 86℉ (30℃), and high temperatures average a pleasant 88℉ (31℃).
Visit Key West by season.