Many families believe that a holiday should be much more than just lying on a beach or lazing by the pool. You travel thousands of miles to another part of the world, and you might want to explore all that the location has to offer.
You can learn a lot about a culture from studying historical places, sampling the local traditional dishes and mixing with the local people. In some ways it seems a waste to go all that way away from home and not get involved in these sorts of activities.
Mixing with the local people will allow you to get a true insight in to how they live, you may find that you very quickly become friends with them and that are more than happy to advise you of places that are worth going to and also those that are not. Not only can you make friends with the local people whilst there but you may get to stay in touch after your holiday too.