Family Dispatches
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Just Back From…Wales
Looking to show her young daughters a slower, more elemental way of living, Faustine Poidevin-Gros headed to the Black Mountains of Wales in search of folklore, fresh air, and old-world magic. Staying in a beautifully restored Victorian mill in Abvergavenny straight out of a children’s book, they spent their days hiking the hills of Brecon…
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Southwest Road Trip
Returning to the American Southwest 35 years after her own childhood road trip, Emma Flanders retraces the route with her father and son through Zion, Bryce, Monument Valley and the Grand Canyon.
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Dispatch from Zakynthos
Zakynthos may have a bit of a party reputation (and a beautiful beach that keeps breaking Instagram), but Cameron Curtis and her family discovered a very different, family-friendly side to the island.
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Dispatch from Lofoten Island, Norway
Looking to give their family a true adventure rather than a holiday, Adam Sebba and his wife took their two children to stay in a decommissioned lighthouse on the edge of the Norwegian Arctic.
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High Desert Road Trip: Portland to Bend, Oregon
Looking to revisit a place that shaped an earlier chapter of his life, Michael Neault heads to Oregon’s high desert with his wife and two boys, 7 and 10.
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Dispatch from Rome & The Roman Coast
Photographer Stephen Ringer and his wife return to some of their most beloved, romantic places in Italy… with a two-year-old in tow. First stop: Rome, then on to La Posta Vecchia on the coast, ending at Corte della Maestà in the countryside.
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Frequent Criers: Q&A with Ali Alquiza Klidonas
From annual 10-hour flights to Greece with twins to dinners in Madrid that stretch well past bedtime, Ali Alquiza Klidonas brings her hard-won expertise to our family travel column.
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Just Back From…Bequia
Looking for an adventure over New Year’s, Hannah Bronfman and her family headed to the low-key island of Bequia. The kind of place where kids can run around on the beach while parents supervise from a distance during long, toes-in-the-sand lunches, and happy hour means rum and Cokes set to a soundtrack of soca music.
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Family Road Trip: LA to Mendocino County
Restaurateur Brooks Reitz set off with his wife and young son on a road trip that stretched from the palm trees of LA to the apple orchards of Philo, winding through Ojai, Carmel, Inverness, and beyond.