Low-cost carrier Avelo Airlines has doubled its flights from Sonoma County by adding four new routes.
09.02.2024 - 14:00 / lonelyplanet.com
Spring is on its way – meaning rising temperatures, blooming buds and the dread that accompanies the idea of having the kids at home for their mid-semester vacation.
But planning for this time off with your family doesn’t have to mean endless lines at theme parks or overpriced beach restaurants – or, for that matter, yet another walk to the neighborhood playground. As you think about how to amuse your kids and reconnect as a family, we’ve come up with a few ideas for trips you might not have considered before.
Here are a few places in the USA that will make for a fulfilling spring break for everyone in the family.
You can get plenty of family kicks with a road trip along USA’s most fabled highway. Start in Las Vegas and make your way east to Arizona to pick up Rte 66 near Kingman, home to colorful murals and the Route 66 Museum, which tells the story of Arizona’s segment of the storied road through photographs and memorabilia. As you continue the road trip, map out “notable” attractions for a pit stop – such as the wonderfully kitsch Giganticus Headicus, a 14ft Easter Island–style head in Kingman, as well as Meteor Crater in Winslow. In Holbrook, be sure to stop off to explore Petrified Forest National Park, which the famous route cuts right through.
With near-perfect weather year-round, there’s never a bad time to visit San Diego – and its family-friendly attractions make it especially appealing for spring break. Sprawling Balboa Park is filled with amenities that merit multiple visits. In addition to nature trails, playgrounds and a historic carousel, the park is also home to the world-famous San Diego Zoo, and such kid-friendly institutions as the San Diego Air & Space Museum and Fleet Science Center. A free park tram can shuttle you all around.
Just over a (very tall) bridge from downtown lies the beach at Coronado. Kids will love erecting castles from sand that glistens due to the glittery mineral, mica, that’s mixed in with the sand, while adults will enjoy sipping alfresco cocktails at the iconic Hotel del Coronado. Hop on the ferry back across San Diego Bay and gaze up at the almost-too-big-to-believe aircraft carriers docked at the naval base – enough to inspire a bit of patriotic awe in visitors of all ages.
There’s no need to seek out the Mouse during a Florida sojourn. Head to Clearwater Beach on the Gulf Coast, where the little ones can frolic for hours as you lie out on the white sand. In between sun sessions, check out the acclaimed Clearwater Marine Aquarium, a leading animal rehabilitation center and home to Winter the Dolphin, who was rescued and uses a prosthetic tail to swim. (Winter starred in the wildly popular Dolphin Tale movies.) Every night brings a party on west-facing Pier 60, as
Low-cost carrier Avelo Airlines has doubled its flights from Sonoma County by adding four new routes.
When the Ranch at Malibu opened in 2010 as a luxury health resort on 200 acres in California’s Santa Monica Mountains, its approach was somewhat radical: Guests signed up for a full week of group hikes, fitness classes, spa treatments, nutrition consults and communal, organic meals without caffeine, gluten, soy or dairy. The goal, says its founder Alex Glasscock, was “for people to mentally and physically reset and recharge.” On April 15, a second location, the Ranch at Hudson Valley, is scheduled to open near Tuxedo Park, N.Y., in a slate-and-stone lakefront mansion surrounded by state parks. Glasscock hopes the 25-room property, which he describes as “like a big, luxury dorm,” will facilitate connections between those who stay. Guests will do yoga under the ornate plaster ceiling of the former ballroom and, in Glasscock’s ideal world, come to dinner in their pajamas and robes. This new outpost offers a few additional treatments including colonics and energy healings — which incorporate techniques such as hypnosis and sound therapy. In winter, guests can sled or snowshoe, and in summer there’s paddleboarding on the lake. The Ranch has also relaxed a few of the restrictions: You can book three nights at the Hudson Valley property instead of the seven required in Malibu, and, in concession to the most common request of all, caffeine is no longer taboo — organic Nicaraguan coffee is served at breakfast in both locations.
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