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- Tara Cannon seeks unique, crowd-free travel destinations for her family.
- The Vancouver-based family has traveled to 30 countries in the last 19 years.
- They prefer hidden gems and off-the-beaten-path alternatives to popular spots.
Tara Cannon is passionate about traveling to unique locales with her family of four.
“I’ve always wanted to , has visited Panama multiple times — the first in 2000.
“We took our first jungle adventure to Panama when my daughter was six,” she said, adding that they stayed at a said. “But last summer, we ended up in San Sebastián, which is on the northern coast of Spain. It’s amazing for kids.”
She added that the beach town is not packed with people in the summer, like so many European destinations.
“It has this boardwalk with a beautiful playground and carousel,” Cannon said. “It has an amusement park right beside the beach where you can ride a funicular up a mountain.”
She also recommended taking children to the aquarium and the tourist train right near the beach.
“There’s this mini train that goes all along the beach, and it’s full of kids all the time,” she added.