Family Travel

  • Family Road Trip: LA to Mendocino County

    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.

  • The Souvenir: Sun Print Paper Kit

    The Souvenir: Sun Print Paper Kit

    It’s rare to find a kid craft activity that is also lovely and almost meditative for adults. And something you truly want to keep—or gift!

  • Just Back From… Normandy

    Just Back From… Normandy

    The twin towns of Deauville and Trouville-sur-Mer on the Normandy coast have long lured Parisians for their buzzy restaurants, Neo-Norman architecture, and sandy beaches sprinkled with candy-colored umbrellas. Maddy Odom made the easy trip from Paris for a few laid-back days of shell-scavenging and sandcastle-building, waterfront meals of fresh oysters, (plus a detour to Giverny!)…

  • Venice and Vicenza with Kids

    Venice and Vicenza with Kids

    For his daughter’s school break, Martins Pilens decided to revisit one of his favorite places through their eyes. With thrilling water taxi rides, nightcaps of gelato (for the kids) and Americanos (for the parents), and a picnic in the garden of a Palladian villa, the trip was equally fun for all.

  • Packing with Alexa Brazilian 

    Packing with Alexa Brazilian 

    Co-founder of The Perfect, Alexa Brazilian nails the laid-back preppy-cool look inspired by her childhood on Nantucket and honed over years as a fashion editor in New York and London.

  • Patagonia Road Trip

    Patagonia Road Trip

    Nanda and Max Haensel set off on a 2,500-mile loop through Southern Chile and Argentina with toddlers in tow—no screens, just crayons, picture books and the open road. Along the iconic Ruta 7, they discovered that the planet’s wildest frontiers can stir a sense of adventure and discovery, even in the smallest travelers.

  • Our Giant Paris Black Book

    Our Giant Paris Black Book

    We know you need no convincing. But our contributors showed us a side of Paris that makes us even more excited to revisit a city we already know well. Of course, there are the classic French bistros/brasseries and formal dining rooms where time stands still, and the cool new tables that we’ll want to try…

  • A Two-Week Family Trip Around Rajasthan & Goa

    A Two-Week Family Trip Around Rajasthan & Goa

    Looking to create a life-changing adventure for her 6-year-old son, Alix Massimo di Roccasecca’s rules were to travel light, stay only in small soulful hotels, and to leave much of the trip unplanned—following tips from people they met along the way.

  • Packing for a 4-week European Adventure with Irene Kim

    Packing for a 4-week European Adventure with Irene Kim

    This stylist managed to pack for a month-long trip circumnavigating Sardinia, city-hopping in France, and hiking solo for seven-days in the Alps. Here’s how she did it in one suitcase (and a 40L backpack).