Recommend to me a favorite part of the world to visit.

All of my overseas travel was for work, so very limited on being able to really get into sight seeing. With that being said, By far the most beautiful, nice people and awesome food was Israel. I know that might be out of the questions right now, but highly recommend it.

You have to give us more than that.

Are you interested in natural beauty? Wildlife? Old castles, palaces, and churches/mosques/temples? Food? Unique cultural experiences?

How do you like to travel? Do you want to take it easy and relax on your vacation? Or hiking, snorkeling, and an active vacation?

Since you are taking your 10-year-old, are you going in the summer? Or another time?

And about how long of a trip are you talking about?

Italy

Scotland, if your family wants castles, hiking, nice people, history, and simple food.

Provence for a base to see Roman sites, stone age, abbeys, castle [walled cities], decent people, beaches, and very good food.

Off the Florida Keys, there's a place called Kokomo
That's where you want to go to get away from it all

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The UK or Ireland. The majority of our culture comes from there, there’s plenty for the kid to see, and it’s really safe.

London but Rome and Italy are my favorites.

I have lived in Provence and traveled to Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. I prefer the food in Italy over France. I preferred the cost of Spain (although this was 2008 - I don’t know if it is still inexpensive, but it was a lot cheaper than France).

If I had to choose one trip between all those it would easily be Italy. They are all worth a visit though.

I really want to go to Greece and Croatia. Hopefully soon.

Thanks for all the responses and recommendations! It’s given us a lot to think about. Apparently we need to revisit the Italy idea! lol

I havent been able to travel much because I’m still young. But I did a trip to the former Yugoslavia countries over the summer. It kicked some major butt. So cheap. Really nice people. Got to stay in 5 star hotels for the price of a la quinta. Food was heavy on stews, and meats, which was great. But also like in Croatia, a lot of it used to be Italian territory, and so they still have high caliber Italian foods.

Did 2 weeks there and wish I could have explored more.

We then hit Turkey, which was just as cheap, and the food was spectacular. Easily could have done another few weeks there. Istanbul was awesome. Ephesus was amazing. Cappadocia was jaw dropping. And Gobekli Tepe was humbling.

Those 3 weeks cost me about $3k, which was definitely worth it. I just had to pick up an extra shift every week this semester