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Worthy Website: Ciao Bambino for family travel to Italy and well beyond

Readers of Travels with Baby may have already come across my recommendation for this site, but it has been truly awesome to watch CiaoBambino.com continue to grow and evolve as a go-to source for finding high-end family-friendly vacation rentals, hotels and resorts around the globe. You’ll find reviews and expert booking help and tips for…

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Photo Fave: Reflection pool at Nasrid Palaces, The Alhambra

For a month before we traveled to Spain, our family ate dinner each night beside a smattering of photos of the things I hoped we would see on our journey. In the center was a full-page photo of the unmistakable reflection pool at the Nasrid Palaces in Granada’s UNESCO World Heritage Site: The Alhambra.  While…

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Photo Fave: Pancakes in Paradise (a.k.a. Manzanillo, Costa Rica)

I recently saw a tweet from @SoulTravelers3 that read, “Family travel is often about doing ordinary things in extraordinary places.” It got me thinking. Traveling with a school-age child now, it’s things like watching her do homework on the airplane or on a balcony in Spain that sets my heart a-flutter about family travel as…

costa rica dinner with private chef
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Dinner with our private chef in Costa Rica

Note: That’s not me in the kitchen. (Heheh.) While planning our Costa Rica trip, there were so many things to look forward to—an aerial tram ride, monkey sightings, wildlife sanctuaries, hanging bridges, beaches, volcanoes, butterflies, waterfalls—but one thing I especially looked forward to (as the uninspired cook for a family of 5) was the night…

Ask Shelly: Where to spend a 1-month vacation with our 1-year-old?

Barcelona with our 14-month-old, catching a game of boules en route to a cafe con leche. Hi Shelly, We have an 8 month old infant (born mid July) and a one month vacation coming up and can’t decide where to go that will satisfy all of our needs. Some initial thoughts were Australia, Belize, Mexico…