California Kids Getaways, From Horses to Innertubes

a California theme parks, but where can you take the kids in California apart from the usual trip to Disneyland or SeaWorld?

Here are three examples of great getaways for the holidays, or any other time of year, you can take children with them.

San Francisco

San Francisco has many attractions for the small-fry ranging from theme parks to museums to aquariums on the island where you can enjoy great walks and spectacular views of the bay. While many see San Francisco as a romantic city, it is true that you can have just as much fun when you take the kids along.

Start the Book Barn Suite, as well as the one we booked at the Hotel Union Square in the heart of the city. It is unlikely that you'll see a bunch of children running through hallways, or youth congregating in the lobby. This is a sophisticated hotel that just happens to offer some of his holiday in a special format that appeals to families.

While parents will love the fact that it is a boutique hotel - with all the extras that the term implies, such as brick walls, mosaic wall, warm colors and stylish furniture - children who share the children's suite with Mom and Dad for the special poslasticu.Suite actually a spacious high-ceiling corner of a room which is divided into area parents and children standing području.Slobodno partition also serves as a storage device, where games, toys, dolls, and what your children want to have ready for use at any time.

There is a cot, and the kids table is a Mac computer is ready for the fire and play games on the internet. But the piece de resistance of 47 "flat panel HD TV hanging on the wall with the Wii game system attached to -. incredibly fun pastime for kids and adults alike Wii system allows you to play tennis, baseball or golf or other sports holding. Remotes in their hands and "kicking" the ball with the same physical movements to be used in the actual sport, we literally hours playing these games with our eight-year-old - one of the most unusual and entertaining experiences we've ever had with her ​​children in a hotel room.

When you do venture out, there are many family activities in the city, especially near Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39, Aquarium of the Bay, arcade like atmosphere and a real close-ups of animals such as sea lions lounging at the docks. From here you can take a ferry to Angel Island, a popular island, where visitors walk trails and visit more than 100 historic buildings. Another great attraction in town is the hands-on science center called the Exploratorium, located near the Presidio at the end of the promenade at Golden Gate Bridge. And then there's Golden Gate Park, where there is a playground for children, including a restored carousel, Alcatraz Island, where you can take self-guided tour of the famous prison that was closed in 1963, and the San Francisco Zoo, which offers hours of enjoyment for the whole family.