Wild monkeys? Why yes. They are among the wild things that make Alsace fun for the young and young at heart… Kintzheim (Monkey Mountain, Eagles’ Castle) Kintzheim promotes itself as the “village of animals in freedom.” The freest animals are the 200 or so Barbary apes living on a fifty-acre forested hill. The monkeys…
Our Tuscan UnTour is a top destination for families, and for good reason. Here are 16 activities we are sure the kids and adults in your family will love. 1. Buonconvento: Visit the playground in town, where you may even meet local kids in the afternoons. Take a short local train trip in the…
Family photo courtesy of Carl Peters Each of our UnTours has something for everyone. It is hard to narrow it down to 10, but here are our favorite spots for a multigeneration vacation. 1. Swiss Heartland and Swiss Oberland You mean the photo isn’t enough? Then consider the endless hiking trails, mountain peak vistas, picturesque…
Multigenerational travel is endlessly rewarding for kids and their travel companions. Rather than simply seeing a place, you are sharing an experience and making family memories that will outlive you. Sharing a special place with young ones not only enriches them, but it can help you discover new dimensions of a place you think you…
Sue Baker enjoyed sharing Tuscany with her kids when they were teenagers. They’ve grown up since, and Sue has very recently become a grandma. We hope she’ll get to take her grandson to Italy some day. In the meantime, Sue’s observations remain relevant today. I have always loved to see my children in awe…
Friendly dogs and sandy beaches aren’t the first things that come to mind for me when I think of Nafplio and our Greek UnTour. My 14-year-old daughter opened my eyes to new sides of this lovely seaside town when we visited Greece this summer. Anna didn’t join me on a work trip to Greece to see…
Disney World with my Grandma, 1982 My grandmother passed away this past fall, at the age of 93. She was adventurous into her 90s, joining my mom on road trips to my Aunt and Uncle’s lake house or my home in Philadelphia. She embraced life and travel with an unassuming openness. Unfussy, patient, and easily…
This week’s Monday Memory is from our very own Elizabeth Killough, UnTours Foundation manager. Traveling may be dangerous to your figure or self esteem. At not quite 4 years old, I was in Sorrento, Maine, with my family at the town dock. We were visiting relatives and delivering a boat to them that my dad…
We asked Janet Dieman to be an UnTourist of the Week. Her creative answer to the questions—Tell us about your last UnTour? Why did you go there? What’s your favorite UnTour memory? What three words best describe UnTours?—are below. We’re not sure it’s ever been so poetically stated. Rather than telling you about my most…
A good bag, water bottle, wipes and snacks are essentials for travel. OK, so he is a big boy preschooler now. But my son was a toddler when I took him and his daddy to Italy with me for a work trip. And in getting ready for the journey, I felt my travel systems were…