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A mag­i­cal 24 hours, and the begin­ning of a new fam­i­ly tra­di­tion: the extend­ed lay­over.<p><i>Here’s a few tips on how to trans­form an incon­ve­nience into a great expe­ri­ence:</i><p><b>1. Choose your home base wise­ly</b><p>A 24-hour lay­over is not the time to neigh­bor­hood hop. With only a day to visit, it’s best to focus your activ­i­ties in an area that has a good mix of sights and activ­i­ties as well as places to eat. My per­son­al rule: if we can’t walk there, we’re not going. For Barcelona, we focused on the bar­rio of Eix­am­ple, where we could take in Gaudí’s fan­tas­ti­cal archi­tec­ture, eat great food, and have our pick of hotels.<p><b>2. Pre-book your hotel</b><p>When you’ll bare­ly be spend­ing any time in your room, stay­ing in a five-star resort doesn’t make sense. But pre-booking to ensure you can access your room imme­di­ate­ly upon arrival is cru­cial to pre­serv­ing every­one’s san­i­ty. (For this trip, I booked an apart­ment at the <b>Hotel Mur­muri</b>.) My chil­dren bare­ly sleep on a plane, which means I pull an all-nighter every time we cross the Atlantic. Upon land­ing, we eat break­fast, then take a three-hour sies­ta — no more — to force our­selves onto the local sched­ule. It’s tough love, but it works.<p><b>3. Book every­thing else in advance</b><p>When we arrived in Barcelona, we already had our car ser­vice from the air­port booked (I’d rec­om­mend <b>Barcelona Air­port Trans­fers</b> for great ser­vice, charm­ing dri­vers, and brand-new car seats) and every restau­rant and activ­i­ty planned. Long waits are the pits — even when you’re not suf­fer­ing from jet lag. These days, you can buy tick­ets to most attrac­tions online that allow you to bypass lines. I’d already booked an after­noon entry to the famous <b>Casa Milà</b>, but when we saw the around-the-block line at t …","sourceURL":"http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2013/07/23/a-new-family-tradition-the-24-hour-layover/","allowFullscreenImage":true,"inlineImage":{"mediumURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/0ecfe92cb2cab3a92b949c0a5752e628e92a2f7a/original.jpg","smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/0ecfe92cb2cab3a92b949c0a5752e628e92a2f7a/thumbnail.jpg","original_width":590,"original_height":392,"original_hints":"color,face-181-140-83,focus-181-140,photo,rgb-170-128-98"},"readButtonCaption":"Read Article","sourceMagazineURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/flipmag?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.flipboard.com%2Fnationalgeographic.com%2Fb9804717ccef68576d9aebc620cab2e3aa06cd0b%2F0bd484c2834f5cc5a8dd043884f075c46e5f70e0%2Farticle.html&campaignTarget=flipboard%2Fmix%252F30220771&partner=natgeo&tml§ion=flipboard%2Fcurator%252Fmagazine%252F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%253Am%253A3199501&fallbackTml","language":"en","article":{"sectionID":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","partnerID":"natgeo","url":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/b9804717ccef68576d9aebc620cab2e3aa06cd0b/0bd484c2834f5cc5a8dd043884f075c46e5f70e0/article.html"},"authorDisplayName":"Henley Vazquez","authorImage":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/twimg.com/c7f2868c969e09e0a1aa7ce825869b202d2731fe/thumbnail.jpg"},"referredByItems":[{"type":"status","authorDisplayName":"National Geographic","authorUsername":"NationalGeographic","userid":"3199501","authorDescription":"Inspiring perspectives on the planet.","authorImage":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/uploads/avatar/dc69447750a415b4d654648e6cc808ff73d9a90b.jpg"},"text":"","urls":["http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2013/07/23/a-new-family-tradition-the-24-hour-layover/"],"service":"flipboard","remoteServiceItemID":"_7zniBLVR92rGS8hZ4uEKA:a:3199501","dateCreated":1374677425,"ingestionTime":1377597237,"sectionLinks":[{"type":"author","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/user%2F3199501","title":"National Geographic","linkType":"user","username":"NationalGeographic","userID":"3199501","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/uploads/avatar/dc69447750a415b4d654648e6cc808ff73d9a90b.jpg"},"description":"Inspiring perspectives on the planet."},{"type":"magazine","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","title":"Family Travel Tips","referringText":"Family Travel Tips","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/0ecfe92cb2cab3a92b949c0a5752e628e92a2f7a/original.jpg"}}],"id":"flipboard-_7zniBLVR92rGS8hZ4uEKA:a:3199501-1374677425"}],"service":"flipboard","remoteServiceItemID":"_7zniBLVR92rGS8hZ4uEKA:a:3199501","dateCreated":1374677425,"ingestionTime":1377597237,"sectionLinks":[{"type":"author","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/mix%2F30220771","title":"National Geographic","referringText":"National Geographic","linkType":"user","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/twimg.com/c7f2868c969e09e0a1aa7ce825869b202d2731fe/thumbnail.jpg"}}],"hideTimelineDate":true,"partnerID":"natgeo","flipboardSocialId":"flipboard-_7zniBLVR92rGS8hZ4uEKA:a:3199501-1374677425","sectionID":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","time":95,"count":3,"rssText":null},{"id":"flipboard-_kjCUPwaQRGnVgBanGNKRw:a:3199501-1373293132","hashCode":928682039,"sortValue":31126082683385,"type":"post","title":"Rebooting the Family Vacation","excerptText":"The Amer­i­can fam­i­ly vaca­tion needs an over­haul.<p>Once the best oppor­tu­ni­ty for enrich­ment and edu­ca­tion as well as much need­ed R&R, today it’s often a dys­func­tion­al, unhealthy, sense-dulling waste of time and money, typ­i­cal­ly enabled and abet­ted by an unimag­i­na­tive trav­el indus­try.<p>Don’t believe me? Then head to some of Amer­i­ca’s vaca­tion hot spots this sum­mer, such as Orlan­do, Gatlin­burg, Grand Canyon Nation­al Park, or Hon­olu­lu, and watch the fam­i­lies.<p>Thought­less­ly, par­ents herd their kids into fast-food restau­rants, nov­el­ty muse­ums, and theme parks. At night, they deposit their off­spring in the hotel’s kids cen­ter, where Junior and his sib­lings hud­dle around their elec­tron­ic over­lords, ignor­ing all exter­nal stim­uli. Real­ly, why even both­er leav­ing home?<p>What’s dri­ving the dumb­ing down of the Amer­i­can fam­i­ly vaca­tion? We par­ents are, to some extent.<p>We’re too tired to pre­pare real meals for the kids, and we’re too busy to plan enrich­ing trav­el expe­ri­ences, so we buy what’s easy—processed junk food and off-the-shelf, high­ly mar­ket­ed pack­age vaca­tions that are over­ly focused on amuse­ment.<p>Con­sid­er this telling num­ber: About 50 mil­lion vis­i­tors go to Flori­da’s Dis­ney World com­plex every year to go on thrill rides and have tea with car­toon char­ac­ters. Mean­while, just 63 miles away, the Kennedy Space Cen­ter, where you can touch an actu­al moon rock and shake hands with a real live astro­naut, draws a lit­tle over 1 mil­lion peo­ple a year. And did I men­tion that the $50 adult admis­sion costs about half that of a Dis­ney daily tick­et?<p>Just as the food indus­try can pro­duce health­i­er fare, the trav­el busi­ness can do bet­ter.<p>The idea came to me at the end of an oth­er­wise spec­tac­u­lar guid­ed group tour to Italy last year. We’d done it all — explored the Colos­se­um in Rome, vis­it­ed the Sis­tine Chapel at the Vat­i­can, and seen Michelan­ge­lo’s “David” at the Gal­le­ria dell’Accad­e­mia in Flo­rence.<p>It was a once-in-a-lifetime trip. Then we sat down to din­ner and the kids were served pizza, chick­en ten­ders, and burg­ers. We flew more than 5,000 miles, to a coun­try known for its cui­sine, and they’re eat­ing fries? Mamma mia!<p>Hotels have been phon­ing it in for years. When our kids were younger, we stayed at a swanky resort in St. Peters­burg, Flori­da, that offered a kids pro­gram with activ­i­ties around an ocean theme. We dropped them off before din­ner. When we …","sourceURL":"http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2013/07/02/rebooting-the-family-vacation/","allowFullscreenImage":true,"inlineImage":{"mediumURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/b68461c25b247fc2071166a9de78bdab435208bf/original.jpg","smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/b68461c25b247fc2071166a9de78bdab435208bf/thumbnail.jpg","original_width":590,"original_height":393,"original_hints":"color,photo,rgb-188-95-103"},"readButtonCaption":"Read Article","sourceMagazineURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/flipmag?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.flipboard.com%2Fnationalgeographic.com%2F57e3c5cd7926a32ee96a83cfaf9623dbe6b8fa68%2Fe9e221d89df7691d3580225b33b0a729c6c88dca%2Farticle.html&campaignTarget=flipboard%2Fmix%252F30220771&partner=natgeo&tml§ion=flipboard%2Fcurator%252Fmagazine%252F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%253Am%253A3199501&fallbackTml","language":"en","article":{"sectionID":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","partnerID":"natgeo","url":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/57e3c5cd7926a32ee96a83cfaf9623dbe6b8fa68/e9e221d89df7691d3580225b33b0a729c6c88dca/article.html"},"authorDisplayName":"Christopher Elliott","authorImage":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/twimg.com/c7f2868c969e09e0a1aa7ce825869b202d2731fe/thumbnail.jpg"},"referredByItems":[{"type":"status","authorDisplayName":"National Geographic","authorUsername":"NationalGeographic","userid":"3199501","authorDescription":"Inspiring perspectives on the planet.","authorImage":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/uploads/avatar/dc69447750a415b4d654648e6cc808ff73d9a90b.jpg"},"text":"","urls":["http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2013/07/02/rebooting-the-family-vacation/"],"service":"flipboard","remoteServiceItemID":"_kjCUPwaQRGnVgBanGNKRw:a:3199501","dateCreated":1373293132,"ingestionTime":1377597237,"sectionLinks":[{"type":"author","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/user%2F3199501","title":"National Geographic","linkType":"user","username":"NationalGeographic","userID":"3199501","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/uploads/avatar/dc69447750a415b4d654648e6cc808ff73d9a90b.jpg"},"description":"Inspiring perspectives on the planet."},{"type":"magazine","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","title":"Family Travel Tips","referringText":"Family Travel Tips","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/0ecfe92cb2cab3a92b949c0a5752e628e92a2f7a/original.jpg"}}],"id":"flipboard-_kjCUPwaQRGnVgBanGNKRw:a:3199501-1373293132"}],"service":"flipboard","remoteServiceItemID":"_kjCUPwaQRGnVgBanGNKRw:a:3199501","dateCreated":1373293132,"ingestionTime":1377597237,"sectionLinks":[{"type":"author","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/mix%2F30220771","title":"National Geographic","referringText":"National Geographic","linkType":"user","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/twimg.com/c7f2868c969e09e0a1aa7ce825869b202d2731fe/thumbnail.jpg"}}],"hideTimelineDate":true,"partnerID":"natgeo","flipboardSocialId":"flipboard-_kjCUPwaQRGnVgBanGNKRw:a:3199501-1373293132","sectionID":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","time":95,"count":4,"rssText":null},{"id":"flipboard-0x2jyI7sRP2PL1m8paj8cw:a:3199501-1371759431","hashCode":1934161065,"sortValue":31126082683384,"type":"post","title":"A Capital Tour of London","excerptText":"The cap­i­tal of the Unit­ed King­dom and its most pop­u­lous city, Lon­don is a cul­tur­al, polit­i­cal, and finan­cial hub. The city is prepar­ing to host the Sum­mer Olympics in 2012. An exten­sive pub­lic trans­porta­tion sys­tem makes it easy to get around. Visit the Hous­es of Par­lia­ment and Big Ben. Also be sure to check out the orig­i­nal Madame Tus­sauds Wax Muse­um, which opened over 200 years ago.<p><b>Where to Play</b><p>For breath­tak­ing views of the city, take a ride on the Lon­don Eye over the River Thames. You can see St. Paul’s Cathe­dral, Buck­ing­ham Palace, and West­min­ster Abbey. In Cen­tral Lon­don next to the Vaux­hall Bridge, check out the head­quar­ters of MI6, the British Secret Intel­li­gence Ser­vice. Look from the street, though, because no vis­i­tors are allowed. While in cen­tral Lon­don, take a break and kick back on the lawn at Hyde Park. Inter­est­ed in flight? Head to the Royal Air Force Muse­um, where you can see World War I bombers and find out what it feel like to fly in the Eurofight­er flight sim­u­la­tor.<p><b>At Day’s End</b><p>Coram’s Fields is a great place in the city to either relax or burn off any left­over ener­gy. There are slides, open lawns for pic­nick­ing and play­ing sports, sand­pits, a mini pet­ting zoo, and more. No adult is allowed in the play­ground with­out a child. The park is open until 7 p.m. in sum­mer and until dusk in win­ter.<p><b>Details</b><p>Check out Nation­al Geo­graph­ic's ulti­mate guide to Lon­don.<p><i>Based on arti­cles from</i> Nation­al Geo­graph­ic Trav­el­er <i>and com­piled by Stephanie Robichaux</i>","sourceURL":"http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/family-trips/london-england/","allowFullscreenImage":true,"inlineImage":{"mediumURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/083b4f1b4259b753fde1f17e85690d3832a7715a/original.jpg","smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/083b4f1b4259b753fde1f17e85690d3832a7715a/thumbnail.jpg","original_width":600,"original_height":450,"original_hints":"color,photo,rgb-178-98-118"},"readButtonCaption":"Read Article","sourceMagazineURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/flipmag?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.flipboard.com%2Fnationalgeographic.com%2F6b1eda68fbdb979ee8aa2ca704b7a487bc75cce1%2F8fe4fc4bf945a1d0c63173a34f7bfee93098b8bc%2Farticle.html&campaignTarget=flipboard%2Fmix%252F30220771&partner=natgeo&tml§ion=flipboard%2Fcurator%252Fmagazine%252F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%253Am%253A3199501&fallbackTml","language":"en","article":{"sectionID":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","partnerID":"natgeo","url":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/6b1eda68fbdb979ee8aa2ca704b7a487bc75cce1/8fe4fc4bf945a1d0c63173a34f7bfee93098b8bc/article.html"},"authorDisplayName":"National Geographic Society","authorImage":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/twimg.com/c7f2868c969e09e0a1aa7ce825869b202d2731fe/thumbnail.jpg"},"referredByItems":[{"type":"status","authorDisplayName":"National Geographic","authorUsername":"NationalGeographic","userid":"3199501","authorDescription":"Inspiring perspectives on the planet.","authorImage":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/uploads/avatar/dc69447750a415b4d654648e6cc808ff73d9a90b.jpg"},"text":"","urls":["http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/family-trips/london-england/"],"service":"flipboard","remoteServiceItemID":"0x2jyI7sRP2PL1m8paj8cw:a:3199501","dateCreated":1371759431,"ingestionTime":1377597237,"sectionLinks":[{"type":"author","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/user%2F3199501","title":"National Geographic","linkType":"user","username":"NationalGeographic","userID":"3199501","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/uploads/avatar/dc69447750a415b4d654648e6cc808ff73d9a90b.jpg"},"description":"Inspiring perspectives on the planet."},{"type":"magazine","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","title":"Family Travel Tips","referringText":"Family Travel Tips","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/0ecfe92cb2cab3a92b949c0a5752e628e92a2f7a/original.jpg"}}],"id":"flipboard-0x2jyI7sRP2PL1m8paj8cw:a:3199501-1371759431"}],"service":"flipboard","remoteServiceItemID":"0x2jyI7sRP2PL1m8paj8cw:a:3199501","dateCreated":1371759431,"ingestionTime":1377597237,"sectionLinks":[{"type":"author","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/mix%2F30220771","title":"National Geographic","referringText":"National Geographic","linkType":"user","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/twimg.com/c7f2868c969e09e0a1aa7ce825869b202d2731fe/thumbnail.jpg"}}],"hideTimelineDate":true,"partnerID":"natgeo","flipboardSocialId":"flipboard-0x2jyI7sRP2PL1m8paj8cw:a:3199501-1371759431","sectionID":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","time":96,"count":5,"rssText":null},{"id":"flipboard-KhVTM6khR3mojvaREq-SOw:a:3199501-1371754257","hashCode":300649837,"sortValue":31126082683383,"type":"post","title":"When in Rome …","excerptText":"From the May 2012 issue of National Geographic Traveler<p>Impe­r­i­al splen­dor, reli­gion, and Renais­sance art give Rome deep and endur­ing mean­ing to adults. The very same things can speak to chil­dren (<i>bam­bi­ni</i> in Ital­ian) who find hid­den trea­sures through­out the city.<p><b>Going Down in Time</b><p>Escape under­ground in Rome where it’s sat­is­fy­ing­ly spooky with a cool cli­mate year-round. On the cypress-lined <b>Appia Anti­ca</b>—bliss­ful­ly closed to cars on Sun­days—the tombs, tun­nels, and secret Chris­t­ian sym­bols of the cat­a­combs tell how early believ­ers sac­ri­ficed for their faith. The Scavi Tour at <b>St. Peter’s Basil­i­ca</b> is an unfor­get­table adven­ture for teenagers (15 years and up), descend­ing deep below the basil­i­ca to explore the bur­ial place of St. Peter, and kids of all ages can climb 551 steps (or take the ele­va­tor) to Michelan­ge­lo’s dome. There are mum­mies in the Egypt­ian col­lec­tion and a gallery of Roman ani­mal sculp­tures at the Vat­i­can Muse­ums. A lit­tle off the beat­en track but near the Colos­se­um, the <b>Basil­i­ca of San Clemente</b> is an archae­o­log­i­cal layer cake; enter through the post­card shop, then take the steps down to an early Chris­t­ian church and, below that, an even older pagan cult room from the end of the sec­ond cen­tu­ry A.D.<p><b>Il Colosseo</b><p>Kids do a dou­ble take when they get their first look at the enor­mous <b>Colos­se­um,</b> and they can’t get enough of the glad­i­a­tors—the modern-day ones pose for pic­tures at the entrance. Tour the amphithe­ater, which had seat­ing for 50,000 spec­ta­tors when it opened in A.D. 80, then cross the street to see <b>Ludus Mag­nus,</b> a par­tial­ly exca­vat­ed train­ing camp for the Colos­se­um war­riors with a prac­tice ring and sleep­ing cells. Kids can play Spar­ta­cus and learn to wield swords at the <b>Roman Glad­i­a­tor School</b><b>,</b> led by mem­bers of the His­toric Group of Rome.<p><b>Head for the Hills</b><p>The beau­ti­ful, green Aven­tine—least known of Rome’s famous seven hills—has a park on top and an ancient church, <b>Santa Maria del Pri­o­ra­to;</b> look through the Aven­tine Key­hole by the door for a framed view of St. Peter’s across the Tiber River. Watch the col­or­ful chang­ing of the guard at the <b>Ital­ian Pres­i­dent’s Palace</b> on the Quiri­nal Hill, or climb the Pin­cio over­look­ing Piaz­za del Popo­lo; when the view palls, kids can work off steam rid­ing pedal cars. Just below the Capi­to­line in the cen­ter of Rome, a glass-lined ele­va­tor takes impe­r­i­al eaglets to one of Rome’s high­est aeries …","sourceURL":"http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/city-guides/family-rome/","allowFullscreenImage":true,"inlineImage":{"mediumURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/9d20ea49ad9e7d0444430df82ed3fee738b3799c/original.jpg","smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/9d20ea49ad9e7d0444430df82ed3fee738b3799c/thumbnail.jpg","original_width":600,"original_height":450,"original_hints":"color,photo,rgb-97-80-67"},"readButtonCaption":"Read Article","sourceMagazineURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/flipmag?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.flipboard.com%2Fnationalgeographic.com%2Ff940cbc23849bb482f289af05b9d2c056fa8c673%2F2dd263abd8a4da398af28d9bac8f54b6a409f99f%2Farticle.html&campaignTarget=flipboard%2Fmix%252F30220771&partner=natgeo&tml§ion=flipboard%2Fcurator%252Fmagazine%252F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%253Am%253A3199501&fallbackTml","language":"en","article":{"sectionID":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","partnerID":"natgeo","url":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/f940cbc23849bb482f289af05b9d2c056fa8c673/2dd263abd8a4da398af28d9bac8f54b6a409f99f/article.html"},"authorDisplayName":"By Susan Spano","authorImage":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/twimg.com/c7f2868c969e09e0a1aa7ce825869b202d2731fe/thumbnail.jpg"},"referredByItems":[{"type":"status","authorDisplayName":"National Geographic","authorUsername":"NationalGeographic","userid":"3199501","authorDescription":"Inspiring perspectives on the planet.","authorImage":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/uploads/avatar/dc69447750a415b4d654648e6cc808ff73d9a90b.jpg"},"text":"","urls":["http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/city-guides/family-rome/"],"service":"flipboard","remoteServiceItemID":"KhVTM6khR3mojvaREq-SOw:a:3199501","dateCreated":1371754257,"ingestionTime":1377597237,"sectionLinks":[{"type":"author","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/user%2F3199501","title":"National Geographic","linkType":"user","username":"NationalGeographic","userID":"3199501","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/uploads/avatar/dc69447750a415b4d654648e6cc808ff73d9a90b.jpg"},"description":"Inspiring perspectives on the planet."},{"type":"magazine","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","title":"Family Travel Tips","referringText":"Family Travel Tips","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/0ecfe92cb2cab3a92b949c0a5752e628e92a2f7a/original.jpg"}}],"id":"flipboard-KhVTM6khR3mojvaREq-SOw:a:3199501-1371754257"}],"service":"flipboard","remoteServiceItemID":"KhVTM6khR3mojvaREq-SOw:a:3199501","dateCreated":1371754257,"ingestionTime":1377597237,"sectionLinks":[{"type":"author","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/mix%2F30220771","title":"National Geographic","referringText":"National Geographic","linkType":"user","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/twimg.com/c7f2868c969e09e0a1aa7ce825869b202d2731fe/thumbnail.jpg"}}],"hideTimelineDate":true,"partnerID":"natgeo","flipboardSocialId":"flipboard-KhVTM6khR3mojvaREq-SOw:a:3199501-1371754257","sectionID":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","time":97,"count":6,"rssText":null},{"id":"flipboard-nQ1VmYHxRNWAgZJNBDPe-A:a:3199501-1371588568","hashCode":2822406758,"sortValue":31126082683382,"type":"post","title":"Living History in Athens","excerptText":"“The best part of being in Athens is the abil­i­ty to explore across centuries,” says Eleni Vainas, a Greek-American poet, ani­ma­tor, and long­time res­i­dent of the cap­i­tal of Greece. “Walk­ing around Athens is a liv­ing his­to­ry les­son. Mod­ern is jux­ta­posed with ancient, and art is fea­tured through­out the city in ways that touch peo­ple on an every­day basis.”<p>Any child who has taken basic world his­to­ry class­es knows about Athens and its indeli­ble con­tri­bu­tion to West­ern civ­i­liza­tion. But study­ing a place and its her­itage is far dif­fer­ent from actu­al­ly being there, espe­cial­ly if you are on a flat-topped hill called the Acrop­o­lis, gaz­ing up at one of the most per­fect struc­tures ever built by man — the Parthenon.<p>Where indeed would we be with­out the ancient Greeks, their lega­cy of phi­los­o­phy and democ­ra­cy, their obses­sion with fig­ur­ing out how Earth and the heav­ens func­tion, their ground­break­ing strides in math­e­mat­ics and med­i­cine?<p>Greek civ­i­liza­tion didn’t start in Athens, but it reached its great­est height here in the fifth cen­tu­ry B.C. under leg­endary fig­ures like Per­i­cles, Sopho­cles, and Socrates.<p>Kids who clam­ber across the Acrop­o­lis and enter its new muse­um — which dis­plays stat­ues of a three-bodied mon­ster and the god­dess Nike lean­ing over to tie her san­dal — gain a tan­gi­ble con­nec­tion with a bygone world that gave us so much of our own civ­i­liza­tion.<p>The Parthenon alone is worth the trip.<p>Ded­i­cat­ed to the god­dess Athena, the tem­ple arose between 447 and 438 B.C. The roof may be gone, but noth­ing can detract from the build­ing’s grace­ful, geo­met­ric lines.<p>Focal point of the Acrop­o­lis hill, the Parthenon was later turned into a Byzan­tine church, a cathe­dral, an Ottoman mosque, and a ware­house to store gun­pow­der for the Turk­ish army, before it was res­ur­rect­ed as a glob­al icon after Greece gained its inde­pen­dence from the Ottoman Empire.<p>The shim­mer­ing, white struc­ture is one of 20 atop or attached to the sides of the Acrop­o­lis, includ­ing two open-air the­aters. In a flash­back to those ancient times, fam­i­lies can attend per­for­mances at the hill­side Odeon of Herodes Atti­cus dur­ing June’s annu­al Athens Hel­lenic Fes­ti­val.<p><i>This piece was adapt­ed from Edi­tor in Chief Keith Bel­lows’s book</i> <b>100 Places That Can Change Your Child’s Life</b> and appeared <i>in the May 2013 issue of</i> Nation­al Geo­graph­ic Trav­el­er <i>mag­a­zine.</i>","sourceURL":"http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2013/06/18/living-history-in-athens/","allowFullscreenImage":true,"inlineImage":{"mediumURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/ba714f38166c527d3278b00547947dcfad3e90c9/original.jpg","smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/ba714f38166c527d3278b00547947dcfad3e90c9/thumbnail.jpg","original_width":590,"original_height":393,"original_hints":"color,photo,rgb-109-106-94"},"readButtonCaption":"Read Article","sourceMagazineURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/flipmag?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.flipboard.com%2Fnationalgeographic.com%2F76913e7a586240e86427e2f068cc8bab361090b5%2Fc434133640deb79082db52f01ffcce8bfc7b3afc%2Farticle.html&campaignTarget=flipboard%2Fmix%252F30220771&partner=natgeo&tml§ion=flipboard%2Fcurator%252Fmagazine%252F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%253Am%253A3199501&fallbackTml","language":"en","article":{"sectionID":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","partnerID":"natgeo","url":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/76913e7a586240e86427e2f068cc8bab361090b5/c434133640deb79082db52f01ffcce8bfc7b3afc/article.html"},"authorDisplayName":"Intelligent Travel","authorImage":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/twimg.com/c7f2868c969e09e0a1aa7ce825869b202d2731fe/thumbnail.jpg"},"referredByItems":[{"type":"status","authorDisplayName":"National Geographic","authorUsername":"NationalGeographic","userid":"3199501","authorDescription":"Inspiring perspectives on the planet.","authorImage":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/uploads/avatar/dc69447750a415b4d654648e6cc808ff73d9a90b.jpg"},"text":"","urls":["http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2013/06/18/living-history-in-athens/"],"service":"flipboard","remoteServiceItemID":"nQ1VmYHxRNWAgZJNBDPe-A:a:3199501","dateCreated":1371588568,"ingestionTime":1377597237,"sectionLinks":[{"type":"author","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/user%2F3199501","title":"National Geographic","linkType":"user","username":"NationalGeographic","userID":"3199501","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/uploads/avatar/dc69447750a415b4d654648e6cc808ff73d9a90b.jpg"},"description":"Inspiring perspectives on the planet."},{"type":"magazine","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","title":"Family Travel Tips","referringText":"Family Travel Tips","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/0ecfe92cb2cab3a92b949c0a5752e628e92a2f7a/original.jpg"}}],"id":"flipboard-nQ1VmYHxRNWAgZJNBDPe-A:a:3199501-1371588568"}],"service":"flipboard","remoteServiceItemID":"nQ1VmYHxRNWAgZJNBDPe-A:a:3199501","dateCreated":1371588568,"ingestionTime":1377597237,"sectionLinks":[{"type":"author","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/mix%2F30220771","title":"National Geographic","referringText":"National Geographic","linkType":"user","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/twimg.com/c7f2868c969e09e0a1aa7ce825869b202d2731fe/thumbnail.jpg"}}],"hideTimelineDate":true,"partnerID":"natgeo","flipboardSocialId":"flipboard-nQ1VmYHxRNWAgZJNBDPe-A:a:3199501-1371588568","sectionID":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","time":98,"count":7,"rssText":null},{"id":"flipboard-Gg8SCTa-TIK7hUdCgeKEBQ:a:3199501-1371588476","hashCode":469520908,"sortValue":31126082683381,"type":"post","title":"The Maine of Spain","excerptText":"You’ve never heard of my favorite place in Spain. It’s not styl­ish Barcelona, food­ie San Sebas­t­ian, or pic­turesque Mal­lor­ca. But <b>La Coruña</b> is just as unique.<p>I’ve been return­ing to the small cap­i­tal city of Gali­cia — the north­west­ern cor­ner of Spain that sits atop Por­tu­gal like a cap — for 12 years now. I first came here for the tra­di­tion­al post-graduation tour of Europe’s best bars and cheap­est hos­tels with my boyfriend (now hus­band), one of La Coruña’s adop­tive sons (he grew up in Bil­bao).<p>The city became our home-away-from-home stopover, where his fam­i­ly fed us well, did our laun­dry, and let us camp out on the floor of their apart­ment by the port. The plan was to recharge, save some money, and push on to more excit­ing locales, but it didn’t take long for me to fall in love with La Coruña. Lit­tle did I know that just a few years later, I’d be intro­duc­ing our chil­dren to its sandy beach­es and lush, green inte­ri­ors.<p>Per­haps one of the rea­sons tourists over­look Gali­cia is because it doesn’t <i>feel</i> all that Span­ish. Its misty morn­ings, rolling hills, and fish­ing vil­lages remind me more of Ire­land. Its peo­ple do, too. Thanks to an early set­tling by the Celts, Gale­gos have lighter hair and com­plex­ions than most Spaniards, and their fes­tiv­i­ties involve bag­pipes, not fla­men­co. But the region also calls to mind Maine. Most­ly rural Gali­cia is never very warm, has lots of coast­line and seafood, and — the best part — isn’t swarm­ing with tourists.<p>If you’re trav­el­ing to Spain, book a few days in La Coruña and see what’s kept me com­ing back for so long. <b>Here are a few high­lights to spark your wan­der­lust:</b><p><b>Getting Oriented</b><p>La Coruña is on a penin­su­la that juts into the Atlantic, with an active fish­ing port on one side and the beach on the other. The old city is between, push­ing up the hill toward land’s end, where the <b>Tower of Her­cules</b> (a UNESCO World Her­itage site) has served as a bea­con for sailors since the first cen­tu­ry.<p>A long prom­e­nade hugs the coast, offer­ing spec­tac­u­lar views of the sea and city (and an ideal run­ning route). <b>Orz</b><b>án</b> <b>beach</b> is wide and gold­en, and despite the chilly water, hearty Gale­gos swim and surf daily. And the won­der­ful <b>Casa de los Peces</b>, an aquar­i­um built into the cliffs, shouldn’t be missed — espe­cial­ly if you have chil­dren.<p>In the old city, home in on <b>Plaza Maria Pita</b> (a small­er ver­sion of Madrid’s Plaza Mayor), a hub for cul­tur­al activ­i­ties — from pup­pet shows …","sourceURL":"http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2013/06/13/the-maine-of-spain/","allowFullscreenImage":true,"inlineImage":{"mediumURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/082a6879c6bac2ce81b97e3594ccf3930c4f5198/original.jpg","smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/082a6879c6bac2ce81b97e3594ccf3930c4f5198/thumbnail.jpg","original_width":590,"original_height":392,"original_hints":"color,photo,rgb-131-120-102"},"readButtonCaption":"Read Article","sourceMagazineURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/flipmag?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.flipboard.com%2Fnationalgeographic.com%2Fdb279f95cc94775653b76d90ef6949b8d5cee270%2Fc30e6d7c0fb86fb0853b96314e1c5ae20dbcffad%2Farticle.html&campaignTarget=flipboard%2Fmix%252F30220771&partner=natgeo&tml§ion=flipboard%2Fcurator%252Fmagazine%252F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%253Am%253A3199501&fallbackTml","language":"en","article":{"sectionID":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","partnerID":"natgeo","url":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/db279f95cc94775653b76d90ef6949b8d5cee270/c30e6d7c0fb86fb0853b96314e1c5ae20dbcffad/article.html"},"authorDisplayName":"Henley Vazquez","authorImage":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/twimg.com/c7f2868c969e09e0a1aa7ce825869b202d2731fe/thumbnail.jpg"},"referredByItems":[{"type":"status","authorDisplayName":"National Geographic","authorUsername":"NationalGeographic","userid":"3199501","authorDescription":"Inspiring perspectives on the planet.","authorImage":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/uploads/avatar/dc69447750a415b4d654648e6cc808ff73d9a90b.jpg"},"text":"","urls":["http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2013/06/13/the-maine-of-spain/"],"service":"flipboard","remoteServiceItemID":"Gg8SCTa-TIK7hUdCgeKEBQ:a:3199501","dateCreated":1371588476,"ingestionTime":1377597237,"sectionLinks":[{"type":"author","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/user%2F3199501","title":"National Geographic","linkType":"user","username":"NationalGeographic","userID":"3199501","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/uploads/avatar/dc69447750a415b4d654648e6cc808ff73d9a90b.jpg"},"description":"Inspiring perspectives on the planet."},{"type":"magazine","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","title":"Family Travel Tips","referringText":"Family Travel Tips","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/0ecfe92cb2cab3a92b949c0a5752e628e92a2f7a/original.jpg"}}],"id":"flipboard-Gg8SCTa-TIK7hUdCgeKEBQ:a:3199501-1371588476"}],"service":"flipboard","remoteServiceItemID":"Gg8SCTa-TIK7hUdCgeKEBQ:a:3199501","dateCreated":1371588476,"ingestionTime":1377597237,"sectionLinks":[{"type":"author","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/mix%2F30220771","title":"National Geographic","referringText":"National Geographic","linkType":"user","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/twimg.com/c7f2868c969e09e0a1aa7ce825869b202d2731fe/thumbnail.jpg"}}],"hideTimelineDate":true,"partnerID":"natgeo","flipboardSocialId":"flipboard-Gg8SCTa-TIK7hUdCgeKEBQ:a:3199501-1371588476","sectionID":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","time":98,"count":8,"rssText":null},{"id":"flipboard-4u1pfaMRR56cJDL0ItbZQA:a:3199501-1371588440","hashCode":96210073,"sortValue":31126082683380,"type":"post","title":"The Best of South Africa: Family Style","excerptText":"South Africa has received its fair share of ink in recent years due to Nel­son Man­dela’s health, the Oscar Pis­to­rius mur­der case, and the 2010 World Cup. It’s also grabbed the atten­tion of more and more trav­el­ers, mak­ing what’s hap­pen­ing there that much more news­wor­thy.<p>As a result of the increase in over­seas vis­i­tors, the coun­try’s infra­struc­ture has dra­mat­i­cal­ly improved. This is good news for par­ents who have always want­ed to take their chil­dren to Africa.<p>After return­ing from a recent trip with my fam­i­ly (see my last post), I’m more con­vinced than ever that South Africa is a top-notch des­ti­na­tion for adven­tur­ous fam­i­lies. As Terry von Guil­leaume of South African Air­ways Vaca­tions said: “South Africa has such an incred­i­ble diver­si­ty of both nat­ur­al attrac­tions and cul­ture, all with­in short dis­tances of one another.”<p><b>Here are some of the places I’d rec­om­mend adding to your itin­er­ary:</b><p><b>Cape Town</b><p>Since you’re trav­el­ing all the way to Africa, you have to spend at least a cou­ple of days in the con­ti­nent’s most cos­mopoli­tan city. Cape Town feels like a mix of San Fran­cis­co, Miami Beach, and Rio – with a dash of New York City thrown in for good mea­sure. But not to worry, this town is very fam­i­ly friend­ly.<p>Table Moun­tain is the must-see attrac­tion – as long as there’s no cloud cover. The chil­dren will love the cable car ride to the top, and the view is as good as views get. Once back at sea level, head down to the Two Oceans Aquar­i­um (so named because it sits at the con­flu­ence of the Indi­an and Atlantic Oceans) to learn about the incred­i­ble vari­ety of marine life found along South Africa’s shores. Great white sharks, jel­ly­fish, right whales, even pen­guins are all com­mon in this part of the world.<p>Want to real­ly impress the kids? Take a drive to near­by Boul­der Beach and visit the indige­nous pen­guin colony, or head to the beach­side sub­urb of Muizen­berg and watch the surfers shred it while you play in the sand.<p><b>Kruger National Park</b><p>South Africa’s largest nation­al park has one of the most bio­di­verse wildlife pop­u­la­tions on the con­ti­nent.<p>You have the choice of stay­ing on one of sev­er­al pri­vate game reserves or ven­tur­ing into the bush on a self-driven safari. We returned to our fam­i­ly favorite, Sabi Sabi, an exclu­sive 5-star prop­er­ty with some of the best safari rangers in the busi­ness.<p>Stay­ing in a lux­u­ry camp like the Bush Lodge at Sabi Sabi cer­tain­ly comes at a p …","sourceURL":"http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2013/06/11/the-best-of-south-africa-family-style/","allowFullscreenImage":true,"inlineImage":{"mediumURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/79b8c12aae36ce62c801806d19c9db2e23dcee1e/original.jpg","smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/79b8c12aae36ce62c801806d19c9db2e23dcee1e/thumbnail.jpg","original_width":590,"original_height":393,"original_hints":"color,photo,rgb-84-87-93"},"readButtonCaption":"Read Article","sourceMagazineURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/flipmag?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.flipboard.com%2Fnationalgeographic.com%2F1b97161883b77367d138cdec4307e94f2e67f12d%2F444996adbd4534116cf201f9eb73aa753c1057ac%2Farticle.html&campaignTarget=flipboard%2Fmix%252F30220771&partner=natgeo&tml§ion=flipboard%2Fcurator%252Fmagazine%252F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%253Am%253A3199501&fallbackTml","language":"en","article":{"sectionID":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","partnerID":"natgeo","url":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/1b97161883b77367d138cdec4307e94f2e67f12d/444996adbd4534116cf201f9eb73aa753c1057ac/article.html"},"authorDisplayName":"Rainer Jenss","authorImage":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/twimg.com/c7f2868c969e09e0a1aa7ce825869b202d2731fe/thumbnail.jpg"},"referredByItems":[{"type":"status","authorDisplayName":"National Geographic","authorUsername":"NationalGeographic","userid":"3199501","authorDescription":"Inspiring perspectives on the planet.","authorImage":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/uploads/avatar/dc69447750a415b4d654648e6cc808ff73d9a90b.jpg"},"text":"","urls":["http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2013/06/11/the-best-of-south-africa-family-style/"],"service":"flipboard","remoteServiceItemID":"4u1pfaMRR56cJDL0ItbZQA:a:3199501","dateCreated":1371588440,"ingestionTime":1377597237,"sectionLinks":[{"type":"author","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/user%2F3199501","title":"National Geographic","linkType":"user","username":"NationalGeographic","userID":"3199501","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/uploads/avatar/dc69447750a415b4d654648e6cc808ff73d9a90b.jpg"},"description":"Inspiring perspectives on the planet."},{"type":"magazine","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","title":"Family Travel Tips","referringText":"Family Travel Tips","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/0ecfe92cb2cab3a92b949c0a5752e628e92a2f7a/original.jpg"}}],"id":"flipboard-4u1pfaMRR56cJDL0ItbZQA:a:3199501-1371588440"}],"service":"flipboard","remoteServiceItemID":"4u1pfaMRR56cJDL0ItbZQA:a:3199501","dateCreated":1371588440,"ingestionTime":1377597237,"sectionLinks":[{"type":"author","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/mix%2F30220771","title":"National Geographic","referringText":"National Geographic","linkType":"user","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/twimg.com/c7f2868c969e09e0a1aa7ce825869b202d2731fe/thumbnail.jpg"}}],"hideTimelineDate":true,"partnerID":"natgeo","flipboardSocialId":"flipboard-4u1pfaMRR56cJDL0ItbZQA:a:3199501-1371588440","sectionID":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","time":99,"count":9,"rssText":null},{"id":"flipboard-M8L9a3TNTEeTnCfU5o9ZTQ:a:3199501-1371588399","hashCode":3556946386,"sortValue":31126082683379,"type":"post","title":"First-Trip-Away-From-Baby Tips","excerptText":"Will she eat the kiwi and banana I left behind for snacks? Will he remem­ber to pack the sun hat I put under the chang­ing table? And the pink sippy cup, not the blue one? Should I even be going in the first place? My head was filled with anx­ious “mom” ques­tions. This was my first time trav­el­ing away from my 9-month-old daugh­ter, and I was a mess.<p>Here I was head­ed to — of all places — the Mom 2.0 Sum­mit, to con­nect with other women whose heads were prob­a­bly spin­ning with the same kinds of ques­tions. If they were doing it, I could too, I rea­soned.<p>Then I took a deep breath and board­ed the plane.<p>Fast-forward six hours, and I was on the ground in south­ern Cal­i­for­nia. And for the next five days, I took care of me. I focused on work. On learn­ing, con­nect­ing, shar­ing — and let­ting go.<p>Trav­el can trans­form you, but it can also remind you of who you real­ly are. Now that I’m a mom, mak­ing time for those occa­sions is more impor­tant than ever. Cal­i­for­nia’s warm sun and cool sea breezes helped bring me back to me. Me, the opti­mist. Me, the mom. And me, the trav­el­er.<p>Being away from baby wasn’t easy, but it was good — and a wel­come break from the daily rou­tines of moth­er­hood. <b>Here are eight tips for sur­viv­ing your first solo trip as a new moth­er:</b><p><b>Do you have any tips for par­ents who are trav­el­ing with­out their child for the first time?</b> Share them with the Intel­li­gent Trav­el com­mu­ni­ty by leav­ing a com­ment below.<p><i>Anna Irwin works for Nation­al Geo­graph­ic and lives in Wash­ing­ton, D.C., with her hus­band, new baby, and very large dog, Min­nie. Fol­low her story on Twit­ter @AnnaIrwinDC.</i>","sourceURL":"http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/31/first-trip-away-from-baby-tips/","allowFullscreenImage":true,"inlineImage":{"mediumURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/a03ee3fc7baf5386023541fa01b7b55114f631c9/original.jpg","smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/a03ee3fc7baf5386023541fa01b7b55114f631c9/thumbnail.jpg","original_width":590,"original_height":393,"original_hints":"color,photo,rgb-94-94-94"},"readButtonCaption":"Read Article","sourceMagazineURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/flipmag?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.flipboard.com%2Fnationalgeographic.com%2Fe677061796f70a3960a2871396a84efeebe3a729%2Ff742c122f20d06ca1427723584064d8d1893ed1f%2Farticle.html&campaignTarget=flipboard%2Fmix%252F30220771&partner=natgeo&tml§ion=flipboard%2Fcurator%252Fmagazine%252F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%253Am%253A3199501&fallbackTml","language":"en","article":{"sectionID":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","partnerID":"natgeo","url":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/e677061796f70a3960a2871396a84efeebe3a729/f742c122f20d06ca1427723584064d8d1893ed1f/article.html"},"authorDisplayName":"Anna Irwin","authorImage":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/twimg.com/c7f2868c969e09e0a1aa7ce825869b202d2731fe/thumbnail.jpg"},"referredByItems":[{"type":"status","authorDisplayName":"National Geographic","authorUsername":"NationalGeographic","userid":"3199501","authorDescription":"Inspiring perspectives on the planet.","authorImage":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/uploads/avatar/dc69447750a415b4d654648e6cc808ff73d9a90b.jpg"},"text":"","urls":["http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/31/first-trip-away-from-baby-tips/"],"service":"flipboard","remoteServiceItemID":"M8L9a3TNTEeTnCfU5o9ZTQ:a:3199501","dateCreated":1371588399,"ingestionTime":1377597237,"sectionLinks":[{"type":"author","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/user%2F3199501","title":"National Geographic","linkType":"user","username":"NationalGeographic","userID":"3199501","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/uploads/avatar/dc69447750a415b4d654648e6cc808ff73d9a90b.jpg"},"description":"Inspiring perspectives on the planet."},{"type":"magazine","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","title":"Family Travel Tips","referringText":"Family Travel Tips","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/nationalgeographic.com/0ecfe92cb2cab3a92b949c0a5752e628e92a2f7a/original.jpg"}}],"id":"flipboard-M8L9a3TNTEeTnCfU5o9ZTQ:a:3199501-1371588399"}],"service":"flipboard","remoteServiceItemID":"M8L9a3TNTEeTnCfU5o9ZTQ:a:3199501","dateCreated":1371588399,"ingestionTime":1377597237,"sectionLinks":[{"type":"author","service":"flipboard","remoteid":"flipboard/mix%2F30220771","title":"National Geographic","referringText":"National Geographic","linkType":"user","image":{"smallURL":"http://cdn.flipboard.com/twimg.com/c7f2868c969e09e0a1aa7ce825869b202d2731fe/thumbnail.jpg"}}],"hideTimelineDate":true,"partnerID":"natgeo","flipboardSocialId":"flipboard-M8L9a3TNTEeTnCfU5o9ZTQ:a:3199501-1371588399","sectionID":"flipboard/curator%2Fmagazine%2F3k1zj9RxSVaJt49mLsOWtA%3Am%3A3199501","time":100,"count":10,"rssText":null},{"id":"flipboard-A0JIn_0FRzumA28raBMwSg:a:3199501-1371588377","hashCode":437768975,"sortValue":31126082683378,"type":"post","title":"Fun in the South African Sun: Durban","excerptText":"If you’re think­ing about going to Africa for your next big fam­i­ly vaca­tion, chances are you’re dream­ing about see­ing lions, ele­phants, and giraffes. Right­ful­ly so. Going on a safari is undoubt­ed­ly one of the con­ti­nent’s great­est draws, and coun­tries like Kenya and Tan­za­nia offer world-class tour pack­ages for fam­i­lies.<p>But if you’re look­ing for an itin­er­ary with a lit­tle more vari­ety, few places can match South Africa for its mix of cul­ture, beau­ty, and wildlife adven­ture.<p>As I pre­pared for my sixth visit to the coun­try (the sec­ond with the entire fam­i­ly in tow), I want­ed to move beyond what we’d already seen while keep­ing it age-appropriate. So, work­ing with DSA Vaca­tions, we decid­ed to build in a few days in and around the beach­es of <b>Dur­ban</b> before head­ing into the bush.<p><b>Here’s a sam­ple of the kid-friendly activ­i­ties we expe­ri­enced in South Africa’s third largest city:</b><p>Dur­ban is an essen­tial stopover on any in-country itin­er­ary. Locat­ed along the Indi­an Ocean in KwaZulu-Natal and renowned for its year-round warm weath­er, the city is a beach lover’s par­adise. The water was a bit too rough for the surf lessons we had planned for the boys, but there are miles of soft sand to explore, along with con­ve­nient snack bars and restau­rants when tum­mies start to growl.<p>Although it’s tempt­ing to stay on the beach, plan to spend at least half a day at <b>uSha­ka Marine World</b>, South Africa’s ver­sion of Sea World. There’s a nice aquar­i­um and dol­phin show to check out in between the Wet ‘n Wild Water Park rides. And if your hotel is locat­ed along the prom­e­nade (I’d rec­om­mend a fam­i­ly room at the South­ern Sun Elan­geni), you can walk, rent bikes, or even skate­board to get there and back.<p>One of Dur­ban’s newest attrac­tions, <b>Moses Mab­hi­da Sta­di­um</b>, built espe­cial­ly for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, offers a Sky­Car that takes you high over the arena for a bird’s-eye view of the city. Spoil­er alert: We didn’t think it was all that excit­ing. On the other hand, if your fam­i­ly has a teenag­er (or par­ent) who’s an adren­a­line junkie, you can always take the plunge on the Big Swing, a 660-foot arc that swings you through the sta­di­um itself. Good luck, and let me know how it goes!<p>If you have the time (and money), it’s well worth spend­ing a few extra days at the <b>Zim­bali Lodge</b> nes­tled in a coastal for­est reserve 45 min­utes north­east of Dur­ban. 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Flights were not only expen­sive, but the con­nec­tions between the U.S. and Ibiza were so bad that our choic­es includ­ed either very long lay­overs or switch­ing air­lines to make it to the islands with­in a 24-hour peri­od.<p>Switch­ing air­lines means col­lect­ing bag­gage and bat­tling secu­ri­ty a sec­ond time — some­thing I knew wasn’t an option with two cranky kids and no sleep. So our clever trav­el agent made a sug­ges­tion: For­get about mak­ing the trip in one day and embrace the incon­ve­nience by spend­ing a day some­where en route.<p>We chose Barcelona, one of my favorite cities in Europe, because I knew it would be a hit with my kids. The result? A mag­i­cal 24 hours, and the begin­ning of a new fam­i­ly tra­di­tion: the extend­ed lay­over.<p><i>Here’s a few tips on how to trans­form an incon­ve­nience into a great expe­ri­ence:</i><p><b>1. Choose your home base wise­ly</b><p>A 24-hour lay­over is not the time to neigh­bor­hood hop. With only a day to visit, it’s best to focus your activ­i­ties in an area that has a good mix of sights and activ­i­ties as well as places to eat. My per­son­al rule: if we can’t walk there, we’re not going. For Barcelona, we focused on the bar­rio of Eix­am­ple, where we could take in Gaudí’s fan­tas­ti­cal archi­tec­ture, eat great food, and have our pick of hotels.<p><b>2. Pre-book your hotel</b><p>When you’ll bare­ly be spend­ing any time in your room, stay­ing in a five-star resort doesn’t make sense. But pre-booking to ensure you can access your room imme­di­ate­ly upon arrival is cru­cial to pre­serv­ing every­one’s san­i­ty. (For this trip, I booked an apart­ment at the <b>Hotel Mur­muri</b>.) My chil­dren bare­ly sleep on a plane, which means I pull an all-nighter every time we cross the Atlantic. Upon land­ing, we eat break­fast, then take a three-hour sies­ta — no more — to force our­selves onto the local sched­ule. It’s tough love, but it works.<p><b>3. Book every­thing else in advance</b><p>When we arrived in Barcelona, we already had our car ser­vice from the air­port booked (I’d rec­om­mend <b>Barcelona Air­port Trans­fers</b> for great ser­vice, charm­ing dri­vers, and brand-new car seats) and every restau­rant and activ­i­ty planned. Long waits are the pits — even when you’re not suf­fer­ing from jet lag. These days, you can buy tick­ets to most attrac­tions online that allow you to bypass lines. 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