[Closed] 5 days available for honeymoon - where to go? - France?!

Give a memory to last a lifetime?

maybe some water sports

Seems pretty self- contained

I knew it was coming, but first post?! jeesh

Dubrovnik for a long weekend, and book a cruise to an island (maybe for an overnight...shwiinnng) while you're there. Possibly not the cheapest, but it's a truly jawdroppingly beautiful city.

I suppose we could foray further south into the warmer champagne swigging reaches of the land of garlic?

Dubrovnik eh?
I'll googleitup

^ DD is onto a good thing there.

Mrs S and I spent our "first" honeymoon in croatia. 7 days on a tub checking out the islands, Split & Dubrovnik. Didnt actually cost a huge lot, about £700 for both of us I think, in 2004.

2004 you say Stoner? Get the fleck outtta here. Mrs deadly and I had our honeymoon in Croatia in 2005. Learned to sail a yacht, then did the flotilla thing down to Dubrovnik from Korcula, island hopping-ish. It was the nearest thing to middle class I've ever felt. I had a good wash at the end of it though. 🙂

funny. Id never felt quite so common 😉

any ideas on the best place to book such an island hopping excursion?
i feel a surprise honeymoon coming on...

I've always fancied Croatia but wanted to enjoy it for a couple of weeks. But what the heck

any ideas on the best place to book such an island hopping excusion?

Sorry, can't be of any help there. We booked our thing with Neilson - it was a two weeker - villa, flotilla type affair. Why not do Dubrovnik for the weekend and then just do a few boat trips once you're there? There'll be no end of different crowds offering excursions.

funny. Id never felt quite so common

Don't tell me you had to man the tiller yourself a few times? 😯

we were on the tvrdi with these guys
http://www.opatija.net/en/cruises/k2-island-hopping-dalmatia

Oh jaysus yeah, that is a bit common. 😀

Don't tell me you had to man the tiller yourself a few times?

No, but I was disappointed when I found out we had a bunk bed on our honeymoon. Not...a...joke...! 🙁

😉

Dordogne. Love the place.
Reykjavik- cheaper than you might think. Love it even more than Dordogne.
Torridon- We spent six weeks there on summer (1983) and it rained twice in all that time. I'd love to go back.
Oslo and Bergen both look amazing.

I'd second a short break to Iceland. Lots to see, romantic, different. You'll dine out on that trip for years to come.

Have a look at short cycling holidays in the Loire. Contact me by e-mail if you want to know more as it's what I do for a living.

I'd actually go with your original idea of the war stuff. I normally don't particularly enjoy it but my other half didn't tell me what we were doing until we pulled up at the american war memorial in the morning and that was two days of the holiday jut travelling around that area, lots around other than just war 'stuff', was really good so she might enjoy it.?

Sandwich! We are heading to Loire valley next Saturday! What's the weather looking like? Any recommendations? We just have mountain bikes and a couple of pootling bikes, no road bikes

I think your idea sounds good OP, a nice adventure.

MSM will be super busy tho, I mean rammed, I'd avoid.

Reykjavik.

We flew into Bergerac airport and headed NE where we rented a small barn conversion in the country near a village called Vergt. It is between Bergerac and Perigeux in the Drogdone region. We had a pool with views over the country side. The folk who own the cottage live next door and are really nice, they are as sociable or as private as u want them to be.

We had a good few nights sitting on the balcony of their house drinking beer!! 8pm - 03.30am was a particular highlight but we suffered the next day! They let us borrow their satnav to find the best restaurant I have ever eaten at, set in the grounds of a 12th century Abbey with the best service and food, also ate a Michelin starred restaurant in a gorgeous village.. Ud never find it without the satnav.

The towns of Bergerac, Perigeux and Surlat are full of midevil buildings and alleyways and very easy to spend hours walking about them, loads of Patisseries, cafe's and Ice cream shops. We also hired a canoe and paddled 14km down the Dordogne, that was excellent as you get to see all the caves that were home to early man.

So anyway im being long winded now, I couldn't recommend it enough. If you want contact details for the cottage email me at mikedonald@hotmaildotcom and I'll forward you the owners email.

Enjoy your day aswell mate, I got married 6 weeks ago and the day flew by. No nerves on the day and even managed a pedal in the morning, don't sweat the speech, it is a doddle. Just enjoy the day because it is over before you know it.
Your head will be full of a million thoughts, have I done this, remembered that, where are the rings etc... Plus all the questions from people wanting to know this of that about the meal etc, do what I did and get there in plenty of time, grab a beer if u can and find a quiet corner with your mates/brother/Dad and relax while u can.

Your jaw will ache with smiling aswell by the end of the day... And never underestimate people's generosity.. We were so lucky with out presents etc.

All the best mate.

Some nice short breaks to Garda from Gatwick, just pick the nicest hotel and hire a swish car. Sorted.

If you are heading to France Quimper is a fantastic old town and is in the direction you are thinking of, there are many lovely places around. La Torche is also an epic surfing / kite surfing beech to the west with more sedate touristy beeches to the south.

Oslo and Bergen both look amazing.

Very much not a cheap option! Oslo's lovely, but my god it's expensive.

Rome would be my recommendation! Wonderful city.

Scotland?

sadly pishing rain spoils it a bit, but if you're not going for a month or so, watch the weather..

lots of places to google and explore, thanks for the recommendations.

I must say that the Dalmation Coast or Southern France are tipping the scales for me at the moment, although, Rekjavic and a Eurotunnel adventure also seem like good options

I loved Croatia last year, absolutely stunning place and be sure to look up Buza2 if you do go to Dubrovnik.

Swimming in the sea there will be a lasting memory for you if you do go - the holiday brochures haven't been edited and re-coloured. It is amazing.

Off to Reykjavik in September, so no opinion formed on that as yet, but I'm really looking forward to it.

www.icelolly.com have some phenomenal deals on occasions just have to pick through the shod, but they had some 5* Dubrovnik deals which were lovely about a month back.

otherwise what about Northern France motorbike tour but go over to Bruges, it's a beautiful place .

Florence and its surrounds.

Though this is the height of the season, so you'll not exactly be on your own....

Emma pootling is what we sell. Weather should be good. Which bit of the Loire are you visiting? We cover Angers to Orléans though I get to cycle the Austria and Germany bits not the French stuff.

mail me at mikedonald@hotmaildotcom and I'll forward you the owners email

have emailed you 1981milked

France is excellent this time of year......

But, you don't say when your honeymoon is.

What time of year would you be honeymooning?

SB

3 weeks away!

Yeah saw ur email mate. Will reply to u tomorrow when I have time.

France, there's a wonderful town on the coast that is walled and built up high. It's like something out of Harry Potter, built up out of the ground and rises very suddenly. I forget it's name.

Or Italy, Florence, Sienna, Rome etc. You can't go wrong there.

Edit: Here we go http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Saint-Michel

I'm not sure if they have any B&B's there, but I've always wanted to go. Maybe someone could chime in.

I've been to the Mont, its an amazing day trip. The road leading to it is flooded at high tide.

I just come back from Saint Emellion, very nice it was too! I'm just finishing a bottle of 99 St Chinain, nice one Hugo!

Ooooh Iceland or Norway get my vote... that would be spectacular.

Think I may add those to my own list, although I am really strongly considering a return to the Amazon if I can convince t'other half!

Stockholm is a very cool place and you could visit the islands surrounding.

Went out to Croatia for a fortnight last summer.
Was a bit further up the coast than the previously mentioned, Kornati Islands National Park, Zadar was fantastic city and then back to Zagreb via Plitvice Lakes. We mostly stayed in lets and got about by train, boat and bus.
Swimming on the coast, as mentioned, is amazing, good snorkelling.

If you go a little further up the coast, there are ferry links to Venice.

Morzine.

ok guys, im dead keen on Dubrovnic but as we only have a handful of days available I have decided to save that trip for an extended break in a year or two.
as the weather is so awful at the moment ive also decided not to risk the motorbike trip this year.

So, i'm settled on a Eurostar trip to Paris, then on the Brussels/Brugge, and finally to Amsterdam from where we will fly home.

Asides from the usual museum/gallery suggestions, can anyone recommend good places to stay and eat in Paris?
I think what we would really like is to visit a few really nice cafe's/patisserie's with mind blowing food.
And what about evening entertainment? i'd kind of like the jazz cafe experience, or what about the Moulin Rouge?..

Same goes for Bruge/Brussels/Amsterdam? and good tips?

thanks

anyone?

Mrs carlos and I honeymooned on the french atlantic coast (La Rochelle area) we loved it . The food/people/beaches everything was just right for us , did it on the cheap and camped most nights although we did splash out on a Formul1 motel a couple of times. The furthest south we got was Mimizan.

I'd love to go to Bruges, it is supposed to be really beautiful. Amsterdam is a bit hazy but I remember really enjoying the Van Gogh museum - recommended.

If you do go to Northern France and take the ferry to Cherbourg, then I'd recommend a night, or at least eating out, at the Hostellerie de Chateau in Bricquebec. The meal/service/wine/etc were one of the highlights of our honeymoon there. The website doesn't really do it justice.

http://www.lhostellerie-bricquebec.com/English/presentation2.htm

She wasn't quite so taken with the 2nd WW stuff 😳 but the beaches, and some kite-buggying, made up for that.