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June 22, 2012
Some of our favorite cities to visit

Dear family travelers:

 


Maybe you don't want to go too far from home. Maybe you just have a few days. Maybe you don't want to fly this summer (AAA says the vast majority of us will drive.)

That shouldn't hamper your summer fun. Take a long weekend to visit a city near your home.-Let each child plan a day of the itinerary. You will be amazed where they lead you! Here are four of our picks featured in our 51 Great Ideas for Your Family's Summer Vacation. 

 

BOSTON There's no better city to begin the college hunt ( there are more than 50 in the Boston area) learn a little American history (think Freedom Trail and  Boston National Historical Park) and experience a historic baseball park (Fenway is celebrating its 100th anniversary! ) that's not counting the wonderful New England Aquarium (go whale watching!) , MIT Museum(think robots) and the Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Science and Boston Children's Museum among them. The iconic Fairmont Copley Plaza is celebrating its centennial with several family packages.   In celebration of the bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the writing of the Star Spangled Banner, majestic Tall Ships and Navy Ships from around the world will gather in Boston in the week leading up to July 4th. Head to The Cape for some fun in the sun on beach along the Cape Cod National Seashore Here's what I wrote about learning African American history in Boston and to Provincetown.

 

SAN ANTONIO, TX San Antonio boasts more than 300 days a year of sunshine, is home to The Alamo and The Riverwalk. The Alamo has more than 2.5 million people a year visit and The Riverwalk is one of the most popular tourist destinations Visit Orlando ad1 in all of Texas. The legend of The Alamo, complete with Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, is one of America's most often researched US battles. The Alamo is an old mission that still rests on a 4.2 acre complex, complete with museum and monument to those who perished there, that is located in the middle of downtown San Antonio.There's also SeaWorld and the chance for some R&R at luxe resorts like the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country with its six-acre water park and junior golf academy and the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa with its own huge water playground and junior spa.

 

SAN FRANCISCO and BEYOND Cable Cars, Alacatraz, Sea Lions and The Golden Gate Bridge-San Francisco has plenty offer kids of all ages. What I love is that the city is so unique! Talk to local farmers at the Ferry Building farmer's market and sample veggies you've never tried; Visit The Exploratorium   that will show you and your kids

how science is really fun. Stay in a boutique hotel-San

Francisco is known for them! Head no

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over the Golden Gate Bridge-celebrating it's 75th anniversary this  year to see the Giant

Redwoods in Muir Woods, see how the Marine Mammal Center in the Marin Headlands sa

ves orphaned and sick sea lions and other marine mammals. Head south from San Francis

co to Half Moon Bay to explore tide pools, visit farms, fish and more. ( Here's what I wrote about San Francisco's museums and the Marine Mammal Center)

 

SEATTLE AND SAN JUAN ISLANDS   Seattle is a great bet for families from the world-class aquarium where you can learn all about Puget Sound sea life, Pike Place Market (watch the experts throw fish!), the Space Needle , Pacific Science Center and even the chance to be treated like Rock n' Roll royalty at The Edgewater, Seattle's luxury waterfront hotel where rock's biggest legends have stayed or at the kid-friendly boutique Kimpton Monaco with its lobby toy chest. Then head to the San Juan Islands, near Seattle, for the chance to kayak and to see Orcas in their home e

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nvironment. About 80 orca whales frequent these waters, most often in the summer months, and can be seen close to the shore at Lime Kiln Point State Park, which has an interesting 1919 working lighthouse now a whale research station too. 


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