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Columbus Day Weekend Getaway Ideas

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Chocolate Week in London
Photo courtesy of Laura Porter, About.com's Guide for London Travel.
Ride the London Eye, sample luxury chocolate. Photo © Laura Porter, Guide for London Travel.
Of course you'll need more than a long weekend to "cross the pond" for a getaway: but families who have preschoolers or homeschoolers not tied to a school schedule could extend the Columbus Day Weekend into a memorable holiday in London at off-season rates.

London has wonderful sightseeing for families: the Tower of London, the (free!) Natural History Museum with terrific display of dinosaur skeletons, the (free!) kid-friendly Science Museum...

And could there be a better time to visit than Chocolate Week?

London, in fact, has some excellent choices for chocoholics year-round: see Chocolate London, brought to you by About.com's Guide for London Travel, for news about chocolate afternoon tea, chocolate tours, chocolate tasting on the London Eye...

All of which just gets better in October with Chocolate Week, an inspired event that happens throughout the UK, and usually spans Columbus Day Weekend.

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