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Travelling with Sunflowers Blog!
Inspiring articles filled with top tips, day trip ideas and tailored advice for families travelling with autistic, adhd and AudHD children.

Nature & Wildlife
Our autistic / adhd kids love being outdoors! Discover some great family friendly ideas for fun nature adventures in our articles below.


Salcombe Day Trips: Energetic Adventures for Families with Autistic Kids
In this article we share our favourite coastal adventures, parks, and unique activities for energetic kids. All are based in or around Salcombe and Kingsbridge.


Salcombe Beaches: A Sensory Guide to the Best Beaches for Families with Autistic Kids
The South Devon Coast is a spectacular landscape of hidden coves, tidal inlets, and soft sandy beaches. For families with autistic children, it offers the ultimate setting for a relaxed, carefree English seaside holiday. Paddling in the Hope Cove shallows Best Beaches around Salcombe for Autistic Families South Milton Sands, nr Salcombe, Devon Having visited the South Hams for over 20 years — following in the footsteps of generations of our own family — we know that beach day


Salcombe Nature Walks: Sensory Outings for Families with Autistic Children
While the South Devon coast is famous for its sparkling, sun-drenched beaches, the bustling summer crowds can sometimes lead to sensory overload.
When our boys need a calm, grounding change of pace, we love to explore the region's hidden nature havens.


Burgh Island and Bigbury Day Trip with Autistic Children, Devon
Bigbury and Burgh Island offer autistic families a perfect mix of space, adventure and sensory play.


Lake Iseo (Italy): Relaxed Fun for Families with Autistic Children
Our Vetted Lake Iseo Sensory Survival Gear (Tap to Expand) 🧴 Eczema-Safe Roll-On Suncream We've tried numerous brands on the boys, and have finally settled on NIVEA Sun Kids Protect & Care SPF 50+ Roll On - it is kind to their eczema prone skin, super easy to apply and makes post water top ups stress free. Check NIVEA Roll-on prices on Amazon* 🎧 Best Over-Ear Defenders for Boat Engines If you plan to take a boat trip we highly recommend the Alpine Muffy Kids Ear Defenders.


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.


San Pellegrino, Italy: A Relaxing Day Trip From Bergamo For Families With Autistic Kids
This famous Lombardy hilltop town offers a fun, sensory-friendly day trip for families with autistic kids. Set high in the Italian mountains, the spa resort of San Pellegrino is famous for its bubbly water and flavoured drinks but has lots more to offer families too! Related Articles BERGAMO: A great family-friendly summer break for autistic kids SIRMIONE, Lake Garda: How to take autistic kids to Italy's most popular to wn SYRACUSE, Sicily: Top 5 autism friendly activit


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.


Stonehenge with Autistic Children: Magic, History, and Wide-Open Spaces
Despite the crowds our autistic children loved visiting Stonehenge - the stones sparkled in the sunshine and there was a hint of magic in the air.


Luss with Autistic Kids: A Calm, Sensory-Safe Day Escape to Loch Lomond
The Scottish village of Luss makes an ideal destination for a family day trip from either Glasgow or the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park.


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.


Dzintari Forest Park with Autistic & ADHD Kids: A Relaxing Day Trip from Riga Everyone Will Enjoy
Find out why we thoroughly enjoyed our visit to the Dzintari Forest Parkand and were so impressed with its facilities. It was very autism/adhd friendly and the boys had a wonderful time.


Innsbruck with Autistic & ADHD Kids: 10 Relaxing Alpine Activities Everyone Will Enjoy
Innsbruck, Austria, is one of those rare places that ticks all the autism friendly boxes. Peaceful, calm with lots of sensory activities it still delivers with spectacular scenery, mountain hikes and playground adventures. Highly recommended for all families both with and without autistic children who enjoy spending time together outdoors while taking in some truly breath-taking views.


The Living Rainforest with Autistic & ADHD Kids: A Relaxing Berkshire Day Out For the Whole Family
A family guide to visiting the Living Rainforest with autistic children. Discover this magical world of mini beast and reptiles!


Monet's Garden with Autistic Kids: Giverny Family Guide
Visiting Giverny is a do-able day trip for autistic children and my guide below gives you all the information you need to plan a perfect day trip for your neurodivergent family.
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