I don't think I ever truly realized just how restorative a vacation can be until now. As a child it was just a time to get away and experience new things. Those new things might just be seeing the road go by from the backseat of the family station wagon, but it was new road going by. As a kid, my family always took a vacation. Similar to the 'tick tock' upgrade cycle of the iPhones, every other year would be a 'big' vacation (think Disney World or California or New York City), and in between it would be smaller vacations like Cedar Point or the Upper Peninsula. I really can't call it restorative at that age, however, as at that age I had like zero stress. I'm not saying children can't have stress, but I was in good health, my family was in good health, my family loved each other, and my parents were still married.
