As title really, 20th anniversary this year so want to mark the occasion with a few days away sans offspring. Obvious ones are Prague or Venice; 'er indoors likes a bit of the historical stuff to mooch round, neither of us bothered about lots of nightlife. Prefer somewhere in Europe within say a couple of hours flight time: So, any other suggestions?
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City breaks - where's good to go?
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Amsterdam. Avoid the trashy couple of blocks in the middle and it's a superb city!
Stockholm - Stunning place, lots of nice things to look at (Pack Black Iridium lenses!) but not cheap
Barcelona - Grand city!Posted 1 year ago # -
Just had a weekend with Mrs S in Lisbon. Havent been for 11 yrs. Still a great city. The old town alley-ways late of an evening are great fun. Have a siesta first - nothing happens until 10:30pm!
Lots of walking. Get a train out to Cascais for lunch.
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Krakow
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I like nice for a short break
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Tallin. It's amazing.
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Ljubljana
Bratislava
Budapest
Or go to Vienna, and take the boat down to Bratislava and Budapest. only a short journey, perhaps a night in each place. All on the Danube
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Berlin, Dortmund, Hamburg, Barcelona, Prague (just avoid the stag/hen do's), Granada, Brussels.
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oohQ Forgot all about Cadiz! Go to Cadiz!
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Girona
Much prefer it to Barca, cheap flights with ryanshite, great little hotels in the old quarter
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Not a fan of Barcelona, underwhelmed. Sorry.
Brugges. A place that I'd never like or go to normally. Drove through and stopped over for the night. Ended up staying for 3. Just really chilled and slowed me right down.
Berlin. Nuff said.
I also don't really like Paris but strangely quite liked Amsterdam for Amsterdam not the other 'parts' which really aren't that much of Amsterdam as such.
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Budapest is lovely - also benefits from being outside of the Eurozone making things a little better on the wallet.
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Another vote for Budapest.
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Madrid. Barcelona's older, not so pretty but much nicer sister. Great food, excellent friendly people, fantastic art, great bars - ok you're not into nightlife, but a bit of sloping around the fun areas in the evening is a must. Can be cold at this time of year tho', it is at altitude.
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Another vote for Lisbon, had a great weekend there.
Sintra (a few miles away) is also a fabulous place to go, some amazing buildings and Moorish history.
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I was working in Budapest a couple of weeks ago and it is a very fiendly city and feels safe, it is about 20% cheaper than other cities to eat & drink etc. It was pretty quiet but plenty of tourist around even at this time of year.
I stayed in the Hotel Gelert and the turkish baths underneath are amazing however on the downside Men & Women have to swim in seperate pools (except on a Sunday), on the plus side it doesn't matter if you forget your Dookers
A couple of ladies (ahem) were a bit over friendly for my liking but I was a man walking in the evening on my own down a quiet street.
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Prague, Krakow are great but for something a bit different try Budapest - we loved it!
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budapest is nice. Gelert baths were superb - bit daunting to start though.
Brisk walk up on to the hill is nice.
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Rome. Stunning place, lots of history, great food, very romantic. What more could you want?
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Madrid.
great bars - ok you're not into nightlife,
Not all the bars are for disco dollies. Some of the bars in Recoletos are perfect for a late evening drink and to watch the worldgofly by.
Plenty of museums and historical stuff. A short train ride and you could be in Toledo, Aranjuez, or even San Lorenzo de El Escorial.Posted 1 year ago # -
I quite like Athens
Easy to get from the airport to the city centre by underground
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Berlin. Awesome place with stunning architecture and great nightlife. People are friendly too.
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helsinki - loads of friendly fun people, funky bars.
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Berlin. Particularly good if you have an interest in WW2 or Cold War history, Also good museums, art galleries and some of the nightclubs in Europe
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Don't bother with Prague, Budapest is much better (IMO)
Loads of places i'd like to see a lot of have already been mentioned on here
Istanbul hasn't but sounds good
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Reykjavik. Incredible place.
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Blimey! Thanks for all the suggestions, Budapest is a good (and popular...) shout, but not the only one I like the look of.
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+1 for Stockholm - very interesting and atmospheric city with lots of great bars and restaurants. Pricy though!
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Have you been to Venice ? Fantastic in the off-season.
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Assuming this is a summer weekend I'd also recommend Stockholm. I spend half my working life there and love the place (in summer). I'm taking the wife and kids for a family weekend in June and would love to go back sans offspring for a weekend too.
Also worth considering (in summer) is St Petersburg - stunning.
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I fancy trying Stockholm; would also like to go to Vienna & possiblt Florence, but Rome & Venice don't appeal
been to the 'dam, many years ago. got quietly stoned in one bar without even taking anything other than beer. Passive smoking, eh?
Paris is like London, only French
Barca is great, Girona too
a bit beyond the 2 hour flight limit, Vancouver is nice
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Nice, Biarritz, Portofino, Seville, Marrakesh, North Berwick [ :oops:]
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Ghent, like Brugges but not as sterile, has a night life too.
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I went to Venice in mid January and loved it. Not busy as far as tourists which might be an issue in spring/summer. I'd definatelly go back!
Going to amsterdam in 4 weeks time so im hoping that will be amazing too.
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Berlin is a great city. Considering I live only two hours away from there I really should go there more often and it's pretty cheap compared to other capital cities in Europe. Prague is better in winter IMO. It has to be grey and cold to get the real atmosphere of the city and in summer it gets absolutely over-run with tourists. I actually liked Barcelona when I was last there but I am a big Gaudi fan. Other not so obvious choices could be Munich or Dresden. Both have some nice historical buildings. And if you are going this time of year Venice has the beautiful snow capped Alps as a backdrop, but be prepared to get ripped off for absolutely everything!
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