Budapest with Kids: 4-Day Family Itinerary

One of the Family Can Travel kids looks at the views from Fisherman's Bastion while on a family trip to Budapest.

Budapest with kids was such a pleasant surprise for our family. We spent four days in Budapest with our 2-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter, and it ended up being a very enjoyable city to explore with small children. We found plenty of outdoor spaces, good playgrounds, easy walks, interesting cultural stops and enough kid-friendly breaks to keep everyone going.

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Ireland Packing List for Families: What to Pack

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Packing for an Ireland family vacation requires careful thought, often choosing function over fashion. During our three-week family road trip through Ireland, we learned that the key to a successful trip is being prepared for the elements. Our kids were 4 and 6 years old during our summer adventure, and our Ireland packing list focused on practical outdoor gear, flexible layers, and high-quality waterproof clothing rather than dressy outfits.

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10 Best Things to do in Ireland with Kids

image of two children with helmets sitting on rock wall overlooking landscape below

After an amazing 3-week Scotland road trip with kids, we were excited to spend just as much time exploring Ireland as a family. As with most of our trips, we weren’t just looking for the obvious sightseeing stops, we wanted to find the best things to do in Ireland with kids that mixed history, scenery, castles, coastal walks, beaches, cycling routes and easy outdoor adventures.

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Ireland Road Trip with Kids: A Family-Friendly Itinerary

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The land of leprechauns, four leaf clovers and rainbows, you’ll never forget a family trip to Ireland. Unfortunately, we didn’t find any leprechauns or four-leaf clovers, and by the end of our three-week road trip around Ireland with kids, we had only seen one rainbow. While we expected the first two, the third one was a bit of a surprise, but regardless, we still found visiting Ireland with kids to be a phenomenal experience.

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9 Best Hiking Songs For Your Family

Hiking with kids in the forest

I loved hiking as a kid! Hiking with my family was filled with endless adventures and discoveries. I remember great laughs and lots of hiking songs. It seemed like my Mom knew all the lyrics to all the hiking songs in the whole world and I loved singing them all.

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10 Best Things to do in Scotland with Kids

image of girl taking picture with a phone at the top of conic hill which is one of the best Loch Lomond walks to do with kids

Scotland has some of the most beautiful scenery we’ve ever seen. We were lucky to spend three weeks there in the summer on our family holiday in Scotland with kids. When we travel with our kids, we try to spend as much time outdoors as possible, so Scotland was right up our alley. You’ll find a healthy mix of family-friendly out door activities, along with fun cultural highlights in our list of the best things to do in Scotland with kids.

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Scotland Itinerary with Kids: A Family Road Trip

image of highland cow in Scotland with Kids

Like most families, we have a long list of places we want to visit and we add to it faster than we cross places off. Scotland had been on our family travel bucket list for a long time, especially the Isle of Skye. With a summer off to travel after our daughter’s first school year, we knew this would be the perfect time to travel to Scotland with kids.

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11 Best Things to do on the Isle of Skye with Kids

image of landscape on Brother's Point walk on Isle of Skye Scotland. Includes grass covered hills next to the ocean.

When planning our 3-weeks in Scotland with kids, the Isle of Skye was at the very top of our list of places to see. We had big plans to see a lot of Scotland on our family road trip, but when making our itinerary, we know that we had to spend as much time on the Isle of Skye with kids as possible. During our week-long stay we enjoyed many of the best things to do on the Isle of Skye with kids.

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