For some families they are happy to be lying on a beach somewhere in the hot sun or lazing by the pool whilst the children splash around but for others they would like their holiday to offer something a little more. You often travel thousands of miles to another part of the world, and it seems silly not to spend some time exploring all that the location has to offer as you may not get the opportunity to return back there again.

You can learn a lot about a culture from studying historical places, sampling the local traditional dishes and mixing with the local people. Finding out about how the locals live and what a typical day for them is can be very enjoyable and you may even decide to incorporate some of their ways of life in to your own.

Mixing with the local people will allow you to get a true insight in to how they live, they will probably be more than happy to advise you of places you should go and visit and also advise you of places you should avoid.

Children are like sponges and you will usually find that they enjoy learning about different cultures.