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Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin preview

May 19, 2013 by Gretta Schifano Leave a Comment

Jo the penguin. Copyright Gretta Schifano

I was lucky enough to meet some penguins last week, and I reckon they’re pretty much like friendly small children. I was at SeaWorld Orlando for a tour of their newest attraction, Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, before it opens on May 24th. I went to see the colony of 247 penguins in their temporary home and Jo was […]

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Categories: USA
Tags: Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, family travel, SeaWorld Orlando

5 things I learnt at Busch Gardens, Florida

May 10, 2013 by Gretta Schifano 6 Comments

Echidna, Busch Gardens. Copyright Gretta Schifano

Busch Gardens in Florida is the oldest of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment’s 11 theme parks. It offers rides, shows and animals and I was a guest there this week while researching a journalism feature. I had a really enjoyable day seeing the animals with Kelly and Stephanie from the press office, but saved the roller coasters […]

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Categories: USA
Tags: animal parks, Busch Gardens, family travel, Florida

Cooking with kids in Sorrento

May 7, 2013 by Gretta Schifano Leave a Comment

My children have always loved those little three-wheeled Piaggio Ape trucks which you see all over Italy. Last time we went to Sicily to see the in-laws we had a lively family discussion in the back streets of Cefalù where the kids hatched a plan to import one of the mini trucks to England for […]

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Categories: Italy
Tags: Amalfi coast, family travel, Italy, kids cooking class, Sorrento

Climbing Mount Vesuvius

April 22, 2013 by Gretta Schifano 13 Comments

Vesuvius from Pompeii. Copyright Gretta Schifano

‘Mount Vesuvius is a time bomb’ says our Pompeii guide, Alfredo. He explains in careful English that 700,000 people live in the shadow of the only active volcano on the European mainland. He leads us to the walls of the ancient city, devastated when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, for a view of the volcano […]

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Categories: Active, Italy
Tags: Adventure Company, family travel, Italy, Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii

Ten tips for family travel to Pompeii

April 18, 2013 by Gretta Schifano 3 Comments

View of Mount Vesuvius from Pompeii. Copyright Gretta Schifano

The eldest and I were lucky enough to visit Pompeii during the Easter holidays as guests of The Adventure Travel Company on their family tour of the Bay of Naples. Here are our tips to help you make the most of your visit to the ancient ruins with kids. One To find out about Pompeii […]

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Categories: Attractions, Italy
Tags: Adventure Company, family travel, Italy, Pompeii

Sorrento and Ravello

April 9, 2013 by Gretta Schifano Leave a Comment

I’m in Italy this week on a fabulous family tour around the Bay of Naples with my teen, as guests of The Adventure Company. I’m missing my husband and the youngest, of course, but we’re having a great time. We started off in the lively city of Naples, are now in the more relaxed Sorrento […]

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Categories: Attractions, Italy, Where to stay
Tags: Adventure Company, Amalfi, family friendly hotels, family travel, Italy, Naples, Ravello, Sorrento, travel with kids

Easter family skiing

March 17, 2013 by Gretta Schifano Leave a Comment

Our only family skiing experience was five years ago. We were staying with some Italian friends at their apartment in Limone Piemonte. Their children learnt to ski when they were small with Saturday afternoon lessons, just like ours learnt to swim. The (hopelessly naive and flawed) plan was that while our friends were zipping around the […]

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Categories: Active, Italy, Seasonal
Tags: family skiing, family travel, Limone, Madesimo

Meet & greet airport parking

March 5, 2013 by Gretta Schifano 8 Comments

I flew from Heathrow Terminal 5 recently and was offered the chance to try meet and greet parking there, which was great. Following instructions which had been mailed to me, I drove into the short stay car park via the Fast Track lane and parked near the lifts in a designated bay. I then handed my car […]

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Categories: The journey
Tags: Airport parking, family travel, Heathrow, meet & greet parking, T5, travel

Top 5 things to do in Sydney with kids

February 28, 2013 by Gretta Schifano Leave a Comment

Guest post. I used to share the school run with my friend and fellow blogger Amanda Ansell. Now she lives in Sydney with her family and is busy writing about luxury travel. But when she’s not sampling Michelin-starred restaurants (someone’s got to do it) she’s hanging out with her 8 and 9-year old boys. Here are Amanda’s […]

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Categories: Australia, City, Coast, Things to do in...
Tags: family travel, Sydney for families, Sydney for kids

LEGO room service at Bovey Castle

February 26, 2013 by Gretta Schifano 2 Comments

When I told my youngest we were going to stay in a hotel which offers LEGO room service, he didn’t believe me. So as we checked in to Bovey Castle and he was handed their LEGO room service menu, he gave me a huge smile before choosing the Police Station set to play with. The set […]

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Categories: Active, Elsewhere, Luxury, Room reports
Tags: Artemis the eagle, Bovey Castle, Dartmoor, family travel, LEGO room service, luxury family-freindly hotel

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