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New York City

Welcome to the Big Apple, a melting pot of cultures and cuisines, dressed up with the bright lights of Broadway.

The city that never sleeps.

Overview

A guide to New York is like an instruction manual for falling in love. It’s impossible. It’s personal. All the cliches are true. And none of it is a given. In this Cerca Guide to The Big Apple Dhira Rauch and Alyssa Ciccarello do the impossible and give you a dirty, gorgeous, generous, relentless, inspiring, exhausting, delicious, eclectic mix tape of everything all at once. Because that’s New York.

New York City

New York City Guide

The Cerca Guide to New York City.

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New York City Concierges

Alyssa Ciccarello

Dhira Rauch

Fun Facts About New York City

The Park Theatre, located at 21 Park Row in Lower Manhattan, is widely regarded as the first theater to be built specifically for theatrical performances in NYC. It opened on January 29, 1798.

Some of the iconic foods invented in New York: the pastrami sandwich, cheesecake, chicken & waffles and the hot dog.

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Cultural Experiences, Oaxaca

The New Family Flex: Cultural Experiences You Can Do in a Long Weekend

May 11, 2026

Here's 6 Short-Form Experiences That Build Global Skills Kids Will Need for the Future One of the biggest myths in family travel is that meaningful cultural immersion requires quitting your job, homeschooling your kids, and backpacking for six months. It doesn’t. The truth is, some of the most transformational experiences for children happen in single afternoons. A shared meal. A local celebration. A conversation in another language. Learning to navigate a market where nothing feels familiar. Sitting at a table realizing another family’s version of “normal” is completely different from yours.

South Island New Zealand, Worldschool

What Is World Schooling? The 8 Best Places in the World to Worldschool Your Kids 📚🌎

May 6, 2026

The best worldschool hubs are places where families can actually live, not just vacation. Places that are safe. Affordable enough to stay awhile. Rich in culture and educational opportunities. Friendly toward children. Connected to nature. Full of other curious families.

Danakil Depression, Ethiopia, crazy places to take your kids

🌍 8 Craziest (But Actually Brilliant) Places to Take Your Kids

May 5, 2026

Most family trips play it safe, the same resorts, same tours, same predictable memories. But the trips that actually stick are the ones that push everyone a little outside their comfort zone. Experiential travel isn’t just about seeing a place; it’s about stepping into a different way of life, hearing new languages, tasting unfamiliar food, and realizing the world is bigger (and more interesting) than what’s familiar. When kids experience that firsthand, something shifts, they build confidence, curiosity, and a kind of cultural intelligence you just can’t teach in a classroom.

Florence with kids

8 Amazing Things to Do in Florence with Kids 🇮🇹

April 13, 2026

Renaissance magic, hands-on adventures, and just enough gelato to keep everyone emotionally stable. It’s packed with history (all the Michelangelo you could ask for) but it’s also compact, walkable, and full of experiences that actually land for families. The trick is turning “look at this old thing” into “this is wild, how did they even […]

Amsterdam canals with kids

8 Amazing Things to Do in Amsterdam with Kids (That Won’t Feel Like a School Field Trip)

March 27, 2026

Amsterdam is great for kids, it's compact, it’s walkable (or bikeable, if you’re brave), and it feels like a real-life storybook with canals instead of streets, crooked houses that look like they’re leaning in to gossip, and parks where locals hang out.

Royal Palace Madrid with kids

🇪🇸 8 Amazing Things to Do in Madrid with Kids

March 26, 2026

Madrid with kids? This city is basically one big playground disguised as a cultural capital: wide plazas to run wild, parks that feel like small kingdoms, and food that even picky eaters will low-key obsess over. But the magic of Madrid isn’t just the sights. Families out late, kids kicking soccer balls in plazas at 10pm, grandparents holding court on benches. Life well lived for sure.