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Family vacations

- ideas by region

By Teresa Plowright, About.com

Find many ideas below, starting with the Northeast US. See also Winter Vacations, Spring Break, and Summer Vacations.

Don't miss p.2, for Canada, Europe, and Wide World (Asia, Africa, Central America...)

11. Canada

The dual mountains Whistler-Blackcomb are a top destination, winter and summer-time; Vancouver Island offers whale-watching; Montreal Jazz Festival welcomes thousands of kids; Quebec City is a blast during winter carnival, and you can take a side-trip to an Ice Hotel.

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12. Europe

Kids are natural-born medievalists: they love knights and castles and tales of old-- and the hill towns of Italy are super places to let their imaginations go. And then there's London with kids, Paris with Kids, Christmas markets in Germany, Adventures by Disney for those who want to do Europe with the kids, the easy way...

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13. Family Vacations Ideas: Wide World

Australia, Africa (safaris!), Asia, Fiji, Central America...

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