Barcelona Top Destination
For Family City Breaks

A recent survey on leading family travel website takethefamily.com voted Barcelona the top destination to take the kids for a city break in a poll of over 800 parents.

Barcelona, which polled 23%, has wonderful human statues along Las Ramblas, surreal Gaudi architecture, award-winning aquarium, great zoo, cable cars and Parc Guell. Plus the city is just a short train journey to the beach resort of Sitges, which is well equipped for kids.

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Next came London with 22%.With no language and currency problems, and some of the worlds greatest museums, galleries plus attractions such as The London Eye, London Zoo, Buckingham Palace and hundreds more, our own capital was bound to be one of the most popular.

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Third came Dublin with 15 %.Again with no language difficulties and a wealth of history plus Waterworld, zoo and E.N.R.G., a centre with activities for kids which has zones bringing children on different adventures in the Experiments zone, Nature area, Galaxy and Rainforest areas.

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Joint fourth with 14% came Rome and Paris, both cities which have a mix of culture for the adults and great attractions for kids – Rome has a hands-on science museum, zoo and Luna Park, a theme park plus all the pizza and pasta your kids can eat.Paris has the Eiffel Tower, the funfair in Les Jardins Tuileries and of course Disneyland Paris on its doorstep.

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Finally was Amsterdam, with great parks, museums such as the Van Gogh Museum, boat trips on the canal, windmills, Science Museum Nemo - a hands-on science museum and the Anne Frank House.With almost every resident of Amsterdam speaking English, it makes a great destination for a family break at any time of year.

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