by Barbaraanne Helberg

Created on: July 12, 2010

Those intending to travel in 2010 in traditional family vacation style may want to consider U.S. News Travel's recommended Top Ten destinations for summer trips. The website's "favorite family summer getaways" in count down order follow:

No.1 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
No.2 San Francisco, California, USA
No.3 Valencia, Spain
No.4 Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA

No.5 San Diego, California, USA
No.6 Disney World, Florida, USA
No.7 London, England
No.8 Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
No.9 Charleston, South Carolina, USA
No.10 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

What's To See In:

Vancouver: Hotel accommodations in Vancouver for July, 2010 range from 4-Star Hotels of $200 to $300 and 3-Stars from $80 to $180. Beautiful panoramas of the city itself were seen during the telecasts in February of the 2010 Winter Olympics, claiming its many post-Games tourist pluses. Among the top attractions in Canada's third largest city is the Granville Island Kid's Market and Waterpark and the Capilano Suspension Bridge, and an aquarium, all certain to appeal to the adventurous. For traditionalist members of the family who may want to explore and pass along educational information in fun ways, there is Queen Elizabeth Park and Theatre, the Maritime Museum, Sikh Temple, and an arboretum.

San Francisco: (4-Stars of $150 to $300 and 3-Stars from $120 to $220) The City by the Bay offers tours of Fisherman's Wharf and the 200 feet wideth of the Embarcadero and the old Alcatraz Penitentiary off shore. Yosemite National Park is an easy drive from the metroplitan area, and of course the city itself offers the great experience of its steeply lined streets and the breathtaking Golden Gate Bridge. In addition, there is Chinatown, Union Square Park, and Grace Cathedral in the Nob Hill district, and the Great Highway on the west with its playful seals at Seal Rocks and the Palace of the Legion of Honor, and the northern Palace of Fine Arts and Fort Mason.

Valencia: (4-Stars of $70 to $120 and 3-Stars from $60 to $100) The city that sits on Spain's coastline offers "excellent" beaches. Valencia is Spain's third largest metro area. Its unique designer blue tiles are everywhere in its architecture, giving the city a colorful mystique and reminder of its Moorish roots. The Moors, who reigned in the area for five centuries, established and enforced the laws pertaining to

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