CityTripping travel linky

So much world. So much inspiration. So where to start? For years, I ran the CityTripping linky with Wandermum, collecting together the best city travel posts from bloggers around the world. While the linky has finished now, I’ve listed some current blog link-ups for travel bloggers along with some highlights of the years we ran our own.

View of a plane against a blue sky between skyscrapers - inspiration for the best city breaks with kids from the CityTripping travel linky

Thanks too to our temporary linky hosts including Suitcases & Sandcastles, My Travel Monkey and Wandermust Family 

Firstly, a few highlights from around the world, including some of our favourite posts… for more city travel inspiration, check out my post here too for the top city breaks with kids as well as tips on cutting the costs of a city break

City Tripping in the UK

The 10 most Instagrammed landmarks 

City breaks in London

Family-friendly London – one day ideas for kids who love animals

London inspiration for kids who love history

Photo tour of the city of London – Hilary Style

Our boat trip to Greenwich to see the Cutty Sark

Seven things you must do at the Tower of London – Suitcases and Sandcastles

Exploring World War Two London with children – A Family Day Out

Exploring the disused Aldwych station – Emm in London

Discovering dinosaurs at  the Natural History Museum in London

Checking out the family trails during a trip to the British Museum

Eating my way around the Hawker House Street Feast in London

The top 10 museums in London for children – Suitcases and Sandcastles

The Horniman Museum in south east London

Buckingham Palace – Catherine’s Cultural Wednesdays

A family day trip to London – North East Family Fun

Visiting Westminster Abbey with young kids – Museum Mum

Top tips for visiting the Sky Garden – Tots2Travel

Street Art Tour: Shoreditch – Just Go Places

Exploring Shoreditch, London – The Kittchen

Shoreditch street art tour and masterclass – Hilary Style

Street Art on the Alternative London Walking Tour – Emm In London

Visiting the Shard, London, for free – Tots2Travel

Discovering Hampstead, London  – Red Phone Box Travels

Visiting the Old Bailey, London – A Family Day Out

Palace of Westminster  – Cultural Wednesday

Exploring London’s Middle Temple- Truly Madly kids

Museum of the Order of St John – Cultural Wednesdays

Top 10 things to do in London with teenagers – Five Adventurers

Sanity saving tips for doing London with a baby or toddler – Tinbox Traveller

The South Bank Christmas Market in London

Things to do along the Thames in London

London canals: Little Venice to Camden – Untold Morsels

My four-day London itinerary  – The Journey of Christine

Days out in London with kids

The perfect itinerary for a weekend in London – Kiddie Holidays

Of Old and New: Borough Market and Tate Modern – A Bavarian Sojourn

Afternoon tea at the Waldorf Hilton 

Afternoon tea at Claridges – Thoroughly Modern Grandma

Baby Loves Travel – Going to the beach in London

Regicide, Restoration and Royal art and power – Catherine’s Cultural Wednesdays

Exploring Spitalfields and Brick Lane – My lifelong holiday

The luxurious five-star Arch Hotel in London with a child

My experience visiting Hampton Court Palace with a buggy

Skating on the Hampton Court Palace ice rink

Mural of William Shakespeare on the South Bank in London - my home city makes an appearance again for City Tripping linky #90

City breaks in the south and east of England

Visiting the castle at Dover – my trip to Kent on a cold winter’s day

15 things to do in Brighton with kids

We’re going on a dragon hunt in Brighton – Suitcases and Sandcastles

Bath Experiences – Perspectives Quilt

A curious weekend in Bristol with kids

Visiting Winchester on a winter’s day – my child-free trip

Visiting the Christmas market in the historic city of Winchester

Exploring Winchester with a toddler

Visiting Salisbury cathedral with kids 

A day in Oxford at the Natural History Museum

Road tripping around East Anglia including a stop in Cambridge

City breaks in the Midlands and north of England

Charmed by Warwick – Tiny Expats

Free walking tour of Nottingham – My Life Long Holiday

York in three days – Bavarian Sojourn

A day out at Albert Dock, Liverpool

City breaks in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

An adrenaline-fuelled afternoon on the water in Cardiff

My visit to Cardiff Castle

St Davids in Wales – the UK’s smallest city

Discovering Street art on the Glasgow Mural tour – Lou Messugo

My pregnant trip to Belfast

The ferris wheel on Mount Tibidabo in Barcelona, Spain with the sea and city in the background - plus ideas for things to do in Barcelona with kids

City Tripping in Europe

Top 20 ‘Lesser’ European Cities – Wilbur’s Travels

Top European city breaks – Pod Travels

5 Road Trips to take in Europe this summer – Eff It I’m On Holiday

Carnival Vista: 8 day family cruise in Europe – TinboxTraveller

Finding the best city views in Europe – Exploring Our World

City breaks in Ireland

Dublin Weekend Itinerary – Learning Escapes

Ireland’s medieval capital: discover Kilkenny city – Learning Escapes

City breaks in Paris

Take Your Tween to Paris – Oregon Girl Around the World

Family guide to Paris with kids – Learning Escapes

Much ado about Paris – Hilary Style Me

What to do in Paris with teenagers – Lou Messugo

Paris: Top tips for Disneyland – Where Jo Goes

Street art walking tour in Paris  – Oregon Girl around the World

Paris with kids: visiting the Eiffel Tower – POD Travels

The Conciergerie – Marie Antoinette’s prison – Exploring Our World

For more on the French capital, check out my guide to Paris

More city breaks in France

Exploring the walls and beaches of St Malo – Lou Messugo

The 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings – Eco Gites Lenault

City Breaks with kids: Honfleur – Suitcases & Sandcastles

24 Hours in Bordeaux – Emma Eats and Explores

St Tropez: opening soon – Lou Messugo

From Russia (to Nice) with love – Lou Messugo

Scratching the surface of things to do in Biarritz – Lou Messugo

A badly timed visit to Nimes – Daisy the bus

A weekend break in Lille – A Family Day Out

Strasbourg is the city of Christmas – California Globetrotter

View along Graslei in the old town of Ghent, Belgium with some of the waterside restaurants - there are plenty of places to eat in Ghent with kids throughout the centre

City breaks in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands

Christmas Markets in Belgium – Life with Baby Kicks

A day trip to Bruges – Truly Madly Kids

Postcard from Ghent – Untold Morsels

15 things to do with the family in Ghent – A Family Day Out

The Unschool Trip: Art and history in Flanders – Family Adventure Project

A weekend in Leuwen – Mini Adventures

Alkmaar Cheese market – Dutch Dutch Goose

The Hague’s Louwman Museum – Dutch Dutch Goose

Discovering the Tassenmuseum in Amsterdam

I Amsterdam – Hilary Style

Is the I Amsterdam card is really worth buying?

Anne Frank Museum and Neighbourhood – Exploring Our World

Vincent Van Gogh in the Netherlands – Your Dutch Guide

City breaks in Germany

39 places to visit in Germany – California Globetrotter

Walking through divided Berlin – Europe Diaries

The Currywurst Museum, Berlin – Bavarian Sojourn

The Berlin Bears – My Meena Life

The Berlin Wall, East Side Gallery and Wall Museum – Pod Travels

Touring the Reichstag – Exploring Our World

Visiting Hamburg – Snow in Tromso

Nuremburg, Germany: Five reasons to visit – Exploring Our World

City breaks in Austria and Switzerland

Hundertwasserhaus: explosion of colour in Vienna – Tanama Tales

Scenes of Salzburg – What up Swags

A few of my favorite things in Salzburg – Mum’s gone to

One day in Geneva with kids – Learning Escapes

The Duomo in Siena, one of two Tuscan cities I visited last weekend - and more city travel inspiration with the City Tripping linky

City breaks in Italy

Venice at first light – Bavarian Sojourn

Venice: Murano and Burano – The Secret Life of an Actress

Revealing Venice beyond the crowds – Untold Morsels

Neighbourhoods of Venice – My Lifelong Holiday

Murano and Burano – My Lifelong Holiday

Why Venice is on my travel wishlist for 2017

Venice with young kids

A tour of Siena – my own trip to the historic Italian city

Spending a day in Florence 

Florence in a day – Fifi and Hop

The best way for kids to enjoy Florence – Globetotting

Florence, Italy – Away She Went

The perfect villa near Florence and Siena

The remarkable towers of Bologna – Eff It I’m on Holiday

Five reasons to visit Bologna with kids – Just Go To

Visiting Rome With Kids: Top Tips From A Local Mum – Learning Escapes

The 10 best secret spots in Rome – My Life Long Holiday

Adventures in Rome with Rome4Kids Tours – Untold Morsels

Rome for first time visitors – Cultural Wednesdays

The low-down on Vatican City and kids – Fifi + Hop

The best Livorno shore excursions with kids – Cruising with kids

Pompeii: A city frozen in time – The Thrifty Gypsy’s Travels

Exploring Pompeii – Away She Went

Naples with a teenager – Lou Messugo

Naples discovered through the five senses – La Brutta Figura

The 200-year-old hospital for dolls in Naples – La Brutta Figura

Street food in Palermo with children – Just Go Places

Italy with kids: Festa di San Paolo, Sicily – There We Go

City breaks in Spain and Andorra

Andorra and the European microstates – Lou Messugo

Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona – Tanama Tales

Camp Nou Experience, Barcelona – The Family Adventure Project

Sagrada Familia: 15 years on – Lou Messugo

Exploring Barcelona’s charming Gothic quarter – Fifi and Hop

Discover the Costa Barcelona – the coast near Barcelona

Calella on the Costa Barcelona 

A guide to Granada

A Moorish memory of my long weekend in Granada

Roma Granada – visiting Sacromonte

Ferdinand and Isabella in Granada

Guggenheim Mueum, Bilbao – Tanama Tales

Bilbao with kids – My lifelong holiday

Best things to see in Toledo in one day – Learning Escapes

A perfect day in Toledo – Tanama Tales

Falling in love with Seville – Mums Gone To

Make Madrid Yours – Oregon Girl Around The World

Top 5 reasons to visit Ronda – Topsy Turvy Tribe

10 reasons to choose Palma, Mallorca as a city break – Mum’s Gone To

Arrecife in Lanzarote – my daughter’s first overseas holiday

Lisbon city skyline over the Alfama district in Portugal - city break inspiration with kids

City breaks in Portugal

Portugal’s unusual attractions

Lisbon City Breaks with kids – Suitcases and Sandcastles

Nine reasons you should visit the Lisbon Oceanario – Suitcases & Sandcastles

Top 7 things to do with kids in Lisbon when it rains – One Tiny Leap

Two days in Lisbon – Hilary Style

Literary delights in Porto, Coimbra and Lisbon – Mums Gone To

Cool things to do in Lisbon with kids – Scots 2 Travel

My review of the Porto card city pass

Kat Pegi Mani – Student life in Fado, Coimbra

City breaks in Scandinavia and the Baltics

Blue Reykjavik – Lou Messugo

Elding whale watching in Reykjavik – My Travel Monkey

Mini Adventures – Icelandic Punk Museum, Reykjavik

Oslo in 8 Hours – One Penny Tourist 

Oslo with kids – Dutch Dutch Goose

The top things to do in Tallinn with kids

Taking the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki

Is Helsinki a boring destination? – Eff It I’m on holiday

Always time for Tivoli Gardens – Oregon Girl Around the World

Wonderful wonderful Copenhagen – My Lifelong Holiday

Copenhagen for castle lovers – Wandermust Family

Copenhagen with kids – My lifelong holiday

48 hours in Copenhagen – The Bear & The Fox

10 Things to do in Gothenburg – Untold Morsels

Exploring Scandinavia: Bergen, Norway – The Pamplemousse Papers

Some of the historic buildings of Toompea in Tallinn - my most recent city break trip, as the City Tripping linky returns for week #120, with a London day itinerary among the city break inspiration

City breaks in Eastern Europe

20 Pictures to make you want to visit Gdansk – Eff It, I’m on Holiday

California Globetrotter – The beguiling charm of Gdansk, Poland

An unusual trip: from Scotland to Poland – Eff It, I’m on Holiday

48 Hours in Bucharest – My Travel Monkey

Falling in love with Budapest – Lou Messugo

Budapest with yellow zebra bike tours – Tanama Tales

A weekend in Prague with kids  – Dutch Dutch Goose

Prague Castle – Exploring Our World

Our first beer spa experience – California Globetrotter

15 essential things to see in Bratislava, Slovakia – California Globetrotter

City breaks in the Balkans

My city break in lovely Ljubljana

Ljubljana with kids

10 things to do in Maribor – Slovenian Girl Abroad

Dubrovnik with Kids – Dutch Dutch Goose

5 days in Dubrovnik: An itinerary – Truly Madly Kids

An introduction to Kotor, Montenegro – California Globetrotter

Bosnia bounces back – Wilburs Travels

City breaks in Russia

How I freaked out my kids in a Moscow museum – Kidding Herself

Dinos and Decor Moscow paleontology Museum – Kidding Herself

Running the city of Moscow with Begushiy Gorod  – Kidding Herself

The Guide to Moscow for first-time visitors – Kidding Herself

Tsaritsyno: imperial court that never existed – Tiny Expats

City breaks in Greece and Turkey

Visiting Ephesus – Suitcases & Sandcastles

Istanbul itinerary for families  – Our Globetrotters

Antalya, Turkey in one day – Ladies What Travel

Being an Olympian in Athens – Five Adventurers

A view of the Acropolis in Athens - City Tripping is back for week #78

City Tripping in the US and Canada

City breaks in New York

The Ultimate Guide To New York With Kids – Global Munchkins

The Cloisters & Fort Tryon Park – Fifi and Hop

Manhattan: Top 10 family destinations – Fifi and Hop

New York Water Taxi – Fifi and Hop

My top 10 New York City – Tracy’s Travels in Time

New York’s Central Park in springtime – Exploring Our World

New York’s Holiday Nostalgia Train Is Back – Fifi and Hop

Ladies What Travel Central Park – An oasis in NYC

One World Observatory: complete visitor guide – Fifi & Hop

More US city breaks

A first-timers guide to Seattle – Cupcake N Dreams

24 hours in Chicago – Pack Me To

Chicago with kids – Jetlag and Mayhem

America’s pastime: Wrigley Field – Five People, Fifty States

Unexpected exhibits at the Science Museum of Minnesota

Six things that surprised me in Milwaukee – Pack Me To

Three Days in Pittsburgh – The Pamplemousse Papers

Eastern State Penitentiary. Philadelphia – Away She Went

San Diego’s top 5 family attractions – Baby Globetrotters

Snapshots from San Diego – Piccolo Explorer

My drive along the Pacific Coast Highway including San Francisco

Top Tips for visiting San Francisco with Kids – One Tiny Leap

We ate, we saw, we loved… Oakland – Sidewalk Safari

Visiting Monterey Aquarium

Griffith Park & Hollywood – Baby Routes

Ethnic neighbourhoods food tour in Los Angeles – Tanama Tales

8 fun things to do with young children in Santa Monica – Baby Routes

Los Angeles day tour on the Rastabus – Tracy’s Travels in Time

24 iconic film locations in Los Angeles – Hilary Style

Things to do in LA’s Koreatown – Hilary Style

The outstanding Neon Museum, Las Vegas – Tanama Tales

Louisiana Road Trip Part 1: Family Fun in New Orleans – Jetlag & Mayhem

The draw of the French quarter  – Fifi and Hop

48 Hours In New Orleans – The Diary Of A Jewellery Lover

10 free things to do in New Orleans – Mini Adventures

An intensive beginner’s guide to Louisville – California Globetrotter

Charleston Beaches – With Love

Discovering Kennedy Space Centre – The Diary of a Jewellery Lover

Austin, Texas: Town Lake Trail – One Tiny Leap

Street Art in Dallas – Tanama Tales

Skip breakfast in Texas – One Tiny Leap

A tour of Wrigley Mansion, Arizona – Away she went

Seattle: the gum wall – Hilary Style

12 Hours in Juneau – Diary of a Tourist

 

View of the Toronto skyline from the water - one of the places I'd love to return to in Canada with kids

City breaks in Canada

Visiting the CN Tower, Toronto – Mudpie Fridays

Quebec: Canada for Families – Globetotting

A visit to Vancouver – Diary of a Tourist

City Tripping in the Caribbean

Visiting the market in St Lucia’s capital Castries

Heavenly Havana – Wilbur’s Travels

City Tripping in the Middle East

Remembering my trip to Beirut

One-week itinerary of Oman including Muscat

How to spend a single day in Muscat

Taking a toddler to Petra – Life With Baby Kicks

Ancient cities of Jerash and Amman citadel – Kat Pegi Mana

Palaces and museums of Tehran – Kat Pegi Mana

The A-Z of things to see and do in Qatar – Wandermust Family

Where to stay in Abu Dhabi  – Our Globetrotters

The Dubai Dream – Ladies What Travel

City Tripping in Africa

Cape Town with kids – Our Globetrotters

An insider’s guide to Cape Town – Tracy’s Travels in Time

A bicycle tour of Soweto – Emm in London

Four days and nights in Marrakesh – Yummyblogger

Why we swear by Essaouira – Travelynn Family

Why I think you should visit Alexandria – Eat Sleep Repeat

Grand white city hall in Yangon. With Burma newly opened up to tourists, and off the beaten track for most families, here are my 12 reasons to visit Burma (Myanmar) - in photos

City Tripping in Asia

Day trip to Hiroshima and Miyajima island – Travels with Nano B

Sleaze, sand and sunsets: Should you holiday in Pattaya with kids? – World for a girl

Things to do in Chiang Mai with kids – Five Adventurers

Love you Luang Prabang – Wilburs Travels

Top 10 things to do in Luang Prabang, Laos – Lyf and Spice

My guide to Burma with kids 

Photos from my trip to Burma, including Yangon

A two-week itinerary for Burma, including Yangon

What to do in Phnom Penh – Ladies what travel

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and Choeung ek Killing Fields, Cambodia – Dotted Line Travels

Ho Chi Minh City with a three-month-old – Bikinis & Bibs

A day in Ho Chi Minh City – Perspectives Quilt

Ho Chi Minh: Paris of Asia – A Hole in My Shoe

24 hours in Hanoi – Lou Messugo

Hoi An: the very best of Vietnam – Lou Messugo

Yogyakarta Indonesia – Untold Morsels

How to spend two days in Manila – Kat Pegi Mana

Taipei for Kids – A Million Little Echoes

Half a day in Beitou, Taipei – Dotted Line Travels

Malacca for kids – A Million Little Echoes

Galle Fort and the literary festival – Perspectives Quilt

Weekend in Male – Perspectives Quilt

An overnight stay in Jodhpur – Perspectives Quilt

5 Things to do in in Kochi with Kids – Travelynn Family

Jaipur with kids: Top five things to do – Travelynn Family

Tables outside a cafe in an alleyway with street art in Fort Kochi - my one week in Kerala itinerary, including Kerala with kids

City Tripping in Australia & New Zealand

My Melbourne – Untold Morsels

What I learned on the free Melbourne walking tour  – Wandermust Family

6 things do to in Launceston with Kids – Jetlag & Mayhem

Exploring Hobart, Tasmania – Sidewalk Safari

Auckland with kids – Jetlag & Mayhem

More travel blog linkys

If you’re a blogger looking for a family travel linky or general travel linky, check out these for more ideas:

Faraway Files (Thursdays) – Oregon Girl around the World, Fifi + HopHilarystyle and  Suitcases and Sandcastles

And over on Instagram check out #fearlessfamtravel, #ukexplore and #explorerkids communities

 

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6 Comments

    1. Pleasure! Thanks for linking up to City Tripping while it ran – and yes, lots of inspiration from around the world 🙂

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