Destinations for Families: Top 10 List
November 11, 2008
Filed under Destinations
Travel + Leisure Family magazine recently unveiled its list of Top 10 Places to See before You’re 10. Many of these attractions are located in or are within driving distance of popular family timeshare resort destinations. Here’s a sneak peek:
Stay in Ocean City and visit the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore. Perhaps the least known attraction on the T+L list, this museum exhibits all sorts of eye-popping sculptures, like a four-story, outdoor “whirligig” creation and a car covered in Noxzema jars. Discussion-provoking, to say the least!
Stay in Williamsburg and visit Colonial Williamsburg. It’s the ultimate interactive, living history attraction for kids: Colonial Williamsburg transports visitors back to the late 18th century. Original and recreated buildings, actors in period dress, and exhibits that show how people lived and worked during the Revolutionary War era all converge on the 301-acre Historic Area.
Stay in Anaheim and visit Disneyland. Travel + Leisure magazine says Walt’s Disneyland is more charmingly retro than its Orlando counterpart, Disney World. Buy a park-hopper pass to enjoy the sights and attractions at next-door (and newer) Disney’s California Adventure Park, and go shopping and eat out at the Downtown Disney District.
Stay in San Francisco and visit Muir Woods. Children delight in the gigantic redwood trees (the tallest in the world) found in Muir Woods National Monument – an oasis of nature just minutes from an urban center. Stop at the visitor’s center to pick up a Junior Ranger activity book so your kids can earn their ranger badges.
