Ranking

Best for families

How well a vacation with children works: attractions for kids, parks and beaches, how easy the city is, and how welcome children are. Orlando and San Diego set the top; Varanasi and Cusco the foot.

All 305 cities we cover, ranked on good for families. Every score is our editorial verdict, placed against the same fixed benchmark cities, so it means the same thing on every page. How the scores are built.