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Travelling with Sunflowers Blog
Discover inspiring articles filled with top tips, day trip ideas and tailored advice for families travelling with autistic, adhd and AudHD children.
Family Holidays & Itineraries
Relaxed travel guides and itineraries for UK and Europe holidays. Discover how to design your family break to reduce autistic anxiety and sensory overload.


Ultimate Salcombe Guide for Families with Autistic Kids
Salcombe is a picturesque coastal resort on the edge of the South Hams. Parents will enjoy its stunning views while autistic kids can splash on golden sandy beaches and jump waves all day.


Innsbruck: A Calm 4-Day Alpine Itinerary for Families with Autistic Kids
Surrounded by majestic mountain peaks and wooded hillsides Innsbruck offers a blend of stunning scenery, outdoor play and accessible sights that are perfect for families with autistic kids. Discover how we crafted our perfect Alpine-urban holiday & the activities we enjoyed the most.


Bergamo with Autistic Kids: Autism & ADHD Relaxed Travel Guide
Only an hour's drive from Milan's Linate airport - Bergamo's old town is a great short break option for autistic families willing to think outside the box.


Navigating the Arctic Circle: A Sensory Summer Guide for Autistic Families
The arctic circle is one of the last frontiers; a wild hinterland offering adventure & excitement.
It is also surprisingly accessible - and more autism friendly than you'd first expect.


Isle of Mull with Kids: An Autism & Sensory Travel Guide
Join us as we share the best activities from our 5 day adventure on the Isle of Mull, including tips for visiting Tobermory, Calgary, and exploring the beautiful beaches and waterfalls.


Exploring Paris with Neurodivergent Children: 6 Magical Activities for the Whole Family
Although the main tourist attractions (and the streets around them) are horrendously busy and we say plenty of massive queues, our trip showed that as an autistic family you can pretty much avoid all this and still have a great time in Paris!


Sommarøy with Autistic Children: A Relaxed Family Guide to Norway’s Prettiest Arctic Island
Sommaroy Island is around an hour's drive from Tromso, the capital of the arctic circle. In this region of Norway you are spoilt for choice when it comes to finding your own stretch of wonderful sandy beach. We only toured a small fraction of the Sommaroy and neighbouring Kvaloya islands with our autistic kids and yet we found so much to love.


Exploring Riga with Autistic & ADHD Kids: 7 Relaxing City Activities for the Whole Family
Riga is not an obvious choice for an active family city break, especially if you have autistic or adhd kids. But after extensive research we felt confident there would be lots of autism friendly family activities to make our trip fun for everyone. Read on to discover more about what we did in Riga


Visiting Bergen with Autistic Children: Fjords, Mountains, and Sensory Calm
We loved Bergen. It was the perfect size, compact but with lots for us and our autistic boys to do. I would highly recommend it as destination for families with neurodivergent / autistic / adhd children.


Visiting Syracuse with Autistic Children: Velobikes, Markets, and Sensory Beach Swims in Sicily
Our Top 5 Family friendly sensory activities to do with autistic kids on Ortigia Island, Syracuse in Sicily
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