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Our Outside Suburbia Itineraries are family-friendly and jam-packed with activities, restaurants and hotel suggestions. Most of them are for a two-week holiday or weekend trips that show you have to make the most of travel days while allowing for some splurges and downtime along the way.
I hope it provides some travel inspiration and helps you plan your trips.
Known as “The City of Seven Hills,” Lisbon is charming, colorful and filled with mosaic tiled buildings stacked up on cobblestone streets. We spent a few days in December discovering all the fun things to do – riding the old cable cars and listening to the sound of Fado in Read More …
Milan is recognized as Italy’s financial hub and one of the world’s fashion capitals, but it also has some great things to do, and see! Best way to see the Milanese way of life: sip a coffee with the view of the Duomo or take a tram through the center Read More …
Marrakech is a place steeped in history and architecture, the city with its souks, palaces and the labyrinth-like medina is best navigated leisurely with a guide or someone who truly knows it well particularly if you only have a few days. We spent a perfect week in Morocco last December Read More …
I have a love affair with Paris, then again who doesn’t! We have been to Paris many times – a holiday trip in December before kids, took our 3 year old daughter and spent sometime when my sister was working there, a couple more short trips after that. Any time Read More …
Known as “Little Rome”, Verona has a rich cultural past but is mostly known for Shakespeare’s famous love story, Romeo and Juliet. Can you see Verona in a day? You could easily spend 3 or 4 days here exploring the nearby wineries but if you are short on time this Read More …
We were driving from Vienna to Geneva during our Alps road trip and Salzburg was our base for 3 days. We only spent one day in Salzburg, most others were spent in the car drives. It was the perfect base for some amazing road trips in Austria all within close distance from Salzburg. Located Read More …
Spiti Valley is a desert valley at a high altitude in the mountains of Himalayas, in Himachal Pradesh, India. Spiti means “middle land” gets its name since it separates India from Tibet. To explore at leisure 10 days would be ideal but can be done in 7 days. Here is Read More …
So you have been to Paris a few times but can you really check France off your list if you haven’t visited Southern France? Called Région Sud or PACA, Southern France includes Provence, French Alps and Côte d’Azur. You most definitely heard of the lavenders of Provence and the glitz and glamour of Read More …
Barcelona has some of the most unique and inspiring architecture in the world, masters like Gaudi and Picasso have left their mark in this vibrant city. Our daughter was so inspired by this city that her Extended Essay for her International Baccalaureate program in High School was based on this Read More …
We have been to Italy a few times before, but when Mr.Suburbia mentioned that he saw tickets to Milan at a great price and we jumped on it and booked a Thanksgiving trip to Northern Italy. While most Italian itineraries are set on summer getaways – here is why we Read More …
We took a train from Seville to Cordoba to visit the Candy Cane double arches of Mesquita – also called the Grand Mosque or Cathedral of Cordoba. Can you see Cordoba in a day? Absolutely! Here is a look at our one day in Cordoba, a quick and easy day Read More …
Flamenco dancers, horse carriages, bright bougainvilleas, tapas, and elaborate Moorish castles are what is in store when you visit Southern Spain. Here is our 7 day Andalusia Itinerary to see the best of Southern Spain. While westerners spell Andalusia with a ‘s’, Spaniards spell it as Andalucía! Andalucía called Al-Andalus Read More …
Visiting Japan, the Land of the rising sun, red-lacquered bridges, orange Torii gates and the sacred Mt Fuji has been on our wishlist for a while now. We finally got to visit during Japan in Winter. Given that our school breaks never coincide with the time when the beautiful Sakura Read More …
We visited London during the summer for a week and took a train to Scotland to spent another 5 days there. Here is our one week Itinerary of all the highlights to see on your first-time visit to London and the top things to do in London with kids. London much Read More …
From exploring the city on bicycles to enjoying the many cafes and having cotton candy at the beautiful Tivoli gardens, here are 10 Best things to do in Copenhagen with kids and a 3 day Copenhagen Itinerary to see the best the city has to offer. Copenhagen has a distinctly Read More …
We spent a week in Iceland, a trip that I have been dreaming about and planning for a few months. Like most of our other trips, this was a tightly packed Iceland Itinerary for seeing the best of the island in 7 days – from chasing waterfalls, snowmobile rides. The Read More …