Spring Break Family Vacations: Take a Step Back & Make Some Memories

Phoenix, Arizona

Baseball loving families may want to head to Phoenix for the opportunity to catch major league spring training in action. The Cactus League’s stadiums are all located right in the metro area, providing convenient access to any game you want to watch at a cheap price, along with a number popular attractions.

While you’re there, be sure to attend Scottsdale’s famous Arizona BBQ Festival with its all-you-can-eat short ribs, bourbon and live music. The Desert Botanical Gardens is well worth the trip too, with its more than 50,000 accessioned plants throughout five thematic trails that illustrate topics such as desert living, conservation, plants and people of the Sonoran Desert and desert wildflowers.

While Puerto Rico boasts picture postcard white sand beaches, warm, azure waters and tropical rain forests, it generally isn’t for those looking for a wild party scene.Photo Credit: iStockPhoto / arrangements-photography

Puerto Rico

Want to enjoy the quintessential spring break scene without the spring breakers? Take a Puerto Rico vacation.

While it boasts picture-postcard white sand beaches, warm, azure waters and tropical rainforests, it generally isn’t for those looking for a wild party scene. Plus, as it’s a US commonwealth, flights from the mainland to the island tend to be fairly inexpensive, especially when compared to islands like nearby Turks and Caicos.

What’s even better: you won’t need a passport to enjoy a “tropical” spring break family vacation.

You May Also Like:

3 Ways to Have an Immersive Cultural Experience in Lisbon

Abigail David / July 23, 2019

Abby is a Vancouver native currently living in Toronto, Canada. Over the past five years, she has traveled to over 40 countries and is an avid solo female traveler. Abby also lives with a chronic illness (type 1 diabetes) and shares her stories and experiences traveling with a chronic illness. When she's not traveling, Abby is a professional musician, writer and self-proclaimed craft chocolate connoisseur!

If you're looking to soak up Portugese culture — from food to music to literature — the following are the best things to do in Lisbon.

DestinationsInspiration

Related Search Topics (Ads)

Rent a bike and explore Mackinac Island on two wheels, or hop aboard a horse drawn carriage to experience this car-free island the old fashioned way.Photo Credit: iStockPhoto / csterken

Mackinac Island, Michigan

Mackinac Island, located an hour south of the Canadian border in Lake Huron, is absolutely stunning in the spring, with the flowers and trees beginning to bloom, hawks and eagles passing through on their migration route, and boats sailing the glistening surrounding waters.

Rent a bike and explore the island on two wheels, or hop aboard a horse drawn carriage to experience this car free island the old fashioned way.