Middle East

A round trip through Egypt is probably not the most obvious choice for a family vacation. But we were always adventurous travelers and wanted to keep that up as a family.

The ancient city of Petra, nestled in the Shara Mountains of southern Jordan, dates back nearly 2,000 years. This once prosperous and vital trade city, nicknamed the “Rose City” owing to the pink-hued color of the surrounding cliffs, will awe you and your kids with its large facades carved directly into the mountainsides.

Dubai is big (really big), bold, hot and happening. So happening, in fact, that an estimated 20 million people were due to visit the Emirate City in 2020 (before the Covid-19 Pandemic greatly reduced global travel). Skyscrapers as far as the eye can see, some completed, many on the way and many, many more just …