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The Phillips Family Travels

Welcome to our blog, following our family trips and holidays around the world. We live in Gloucestershire, UK but have also spent a year living in New Jersey, USA. We love using the school holidays to travel to new places and explore. Spending time with our two children, climbing mountains, splashing around in the sea on the coast or road tripping across Europe and the US. We hope you will enjoy our blogs designed to help us remember the great times we have had and hopefully provide you with helpful tips if you are following in our footsteps.

Author: Stuart and Rachel Phillips

San Antonio, Texas – A rainy day at the Japanese Tea Garden and the Missions.

On 8th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Texas, USALeave a comment

Part 3 of our Texas road trip. It was a very rainy day for our last day in San Antonio so we visited the Japanese tea gardens and the Missions

San Antonio, Texas – the Riverwalk, Alamo and Natural Bridge Caverns.

On 7th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Texas, USALeave a comment

Part 2 of our Texas road trip. We made our way from Austin to San Antonio and visited the Riverwalk and Alamo. As a storm came in we als0 spent a day at the Natural Bridge Caverns - underground and sheltering from the rain!

Austin, Texas – 2 nights in Austin exploring the Capitol and visiting the bats.

On 6th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Texas, USALeave a comment

Part 1 of our Texas road-trip - Austin. We spent the day in Austin visiting the State Capitol, eating at the Cheesecake factory and watching the bats fly out from under the Congress Bridge.

Marbella, Spain – a morning stroll around the old town.

On 5th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn SpainLeave a comment

A morning spent exploring the alleyways in Marbella Old Town. We visited the church and had lunch at Plaza de nos Naranjos.

Caminito del Rey, Spain – a day trip from Marbella

On 4th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn SpainLeave a comment

We set off from Mabella first thing in the morning so that we could hike the Caminito del Rey

Gibraltar – A day trip from Marbella

On 3rd Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn GibraltarLeave a comment

A day trip to Gibraltar where we took cable cars to the top of the 'Rock'. We explored some of the hiking trails, visited St Michael's Cave and saw the Barbary macaques.

Ronda, Spain – A day trip from Marbella

On 9th Dec 202520th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn SpainLeave a comment

Day 1 of our short break in Marbella. We drove into the mountains to visit the cliff-top city of Ronda where we explored the bull-ring and walked into the gorge. We then went for a wander along the Marbella promenade and saw the lighthouse.

San Francisco, California – Golden Gate Visitor Centre and the Palace of Fine Arts

On 2nd Dec 202520th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn California, USALeave a comment

The final part of our Californian road-trip. We spent two days staying in a hotel near San Francisco airport and visited the Golden Gate Bridge Visitor Centre, the Palace of Fine Arts, Sutro Baths and Gray Whale Cove Beach

Muir Woods & Point Bonita Lighthouse, California

On 1st Dec 202520th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn California, USALeave a comment

Part 8 of our California road-trip. We visited Muir Woods and then worked our way south stopping off at Point Bonita Lighthouse and the Golden Gate Bridge Overlook to reach our hotel in San Francisco for our final two nights of our trip.

San Francisco, California – A day at Pier 39

On 28th Nov 202520th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn California, USALeave a comment

Part 7 of our California Road-trip. We did a day trip to Pier 39 to see the sea lions and eat at Bubba Gump's.

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