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Holiday suggestions

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:36:00 GMT

As I had to cancel last week,I now am looking at another holiday. Not neccessary skiing. It would need to be either mid April or June or October.
We dont do really hot places, I am allergic to the sun, we dont do party central. It would have to be scenic, plenty of walks, swimming nice places to eat. I have been on internet most of afternoon and can not come up with any-thing that takes my fancy. Any suggestions?

Re:Holiday suggestions

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:40:23 GMT

How about visiting the Picos d' Europa region of Spain. April would be warm not hot, plenty of flowers out and spectacular scenery in the interior. I'm not sure about the swimming though, unless you stayed on the coast.

Re:Holiday suggestions

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:42:36 GMT

bandit wrote:How about visiting the Picos d' Europa region of Spain. April would be warm not hot, plenty of flowers out and spectacular scenery in the interior. I'm not sure about the swimming though, unless you stayed on the coast.

I thought of Spain, OH thought of Southern France.

Re:Holiday suggestions

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:43:43 GMT

Edinburgh... If you are allergic to the sun...

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Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:54:55 GMT

Try Crete (southern part)--Plakias, Agios Galini, late April /May and walk the Samaria Gorge. Eat at the bottom, swim and catch the boat back to civilisation. Even in May there is still snow on the mountains and I believe they do ski there

Only 5 sleeps to half term skiing!!!!

Dave

Re:Holiday suggestions

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 18:08:17 GMT

Hi RoseR
Why not Austria? In June it is beautiful - weather quite good but not too hot and plenty of activities (walking, cycling etc) to do.
My folks bought an apartment there last year and don't ski - they are east of Salzburg near Bad Ischl. Beautiful towns, villages and lots of lakes and of course mountain activities
Cheap flight to Salzburg or Munich and travel around.
Cheers

Re:Holiday suggestions

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 18:16:11 GMT

RoseR wrote:
I thought of Spain, OH thought of Southern France.

so you've agreed on the Pyrenees :D I've a friend who runs a trekking company there if that's what you're after.

Re:Holiday suggestions

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 18:30:51 GMT

Lisa Farrelly wrote:Hi RoseR
Why not Austria? In June it is beautiful - weather quite good but not too hot and plenty of activities (walking, cycling etc) to do.
My folks bought an apartment there last year and don't ski - they are east of Salzburg near Bad Ischl. Beautiful towns, villages and lots of lakes and of course mountain activities
Cheap flight to Salzburg or Munich and travel around.
Cheers

Lots do do round Zell am See, Austria in summer - and if you feel the need you can alwasy have a morning skiing over on the glacier in Kaprun.

Dave

Re:Holiday suggestions

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 18:33:55 GMT

Santorini.
Gorgeous place, although it can get hot in summer.

Re:Holiday suggestions

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 18:37:50 GMT

Thanks every-one will look into all suggestions. Must confer with OH.

Re:Holiday suggestions

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 18:47:40 GMT

add the dordogne to your list, in particular Sarlat.
it's absolutely beautiful and sooo much to do :D

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Mon, 9 Feb 2009 18:57:41 GMT

The north east coast of Spain is somewhere we used to go to for years in May, nice and warm but not hot. Beautiful scenery, lovely little coves, traditional catalan fishing villages, great seafood, paella, east of Girona is where you want to aim: Calella de Palafrugel, Llafranc, L'Escala, but avoid Estartit and Rosas.
Cheap flights to Girona or Perpignan, only an hour from Barcelona, and you can drive up into Andorra easily too. Also cheap flights to Perpignan which most people seem to ignore.
Why did I stop going?????

Re:Holiday suggestions

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 19:09:59 GMT

Your will do a lot worse than a visit to Dolcedo and Livigno, Dolcedo 9k's from the coast temp around 28c then off to the Italian alps heard two English voices in the whole of the fortnight, Bliss. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Re:Holiday suggestions

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 19:12:53 GMT

Tony_H wrote:The north east coast of Spain is somewhere we used to go to for years in May, nice and warm but not hot. Beautiful scenery, lovely little coves, traditional catalan fishing villages, great seafood, paella, east of Girona is where you want to aim: Calella de Palafrugel, Llafranc, L'Escala, but avoid Estartit and Rosas.
Cheap flights to Girona or Perpignan, only an hour from Barcelona, and you can drive up into Andorra easily too. Also cheap flights to Perpignan which most people seem to ignore.
Why did I stop going?????

Been to Calella de Palafrugel many times beautiful place, got a little on the expensive side so we moved on :cry:

Re:Holiday suggestions

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 19:24:00 GMT

I was looking at buying out there 5 years ago, but had to wait because of circumstances. Prices gone up 500% since then :(

Re:Holiday suggestions

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 20:16:02 GMT

Tony_H wrote:I was looking at buying out there 5 years ago, but had to wait because of circumstances. Prices gone up 500% since then :(

Missed the boat on that one then, but it is a loverly part of the world, we used to drive up to Andorra out into France down the tete valley and back into Spain absolutely stunning. :D :D

Re:Holiday suggestions

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:39:00 GMT

We are swaying to-wards Cote D'Azur/St Tropez any-one been?

Re:Holiday suggestions

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:44:05 GMT

Columbia is fantastic in October!

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Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:43:56 GMT

Yes, been to St Tropez. We stayed in Frejus/St Raphael. It was particularly rubbish. Especially the gypsys with guns next to where we stopped.

Re:Holiday suggestions

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:34:13 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Yes, been to St Tropez. We stayed in Frejus/St Raphael. It was particularly rubbish. Especially the gypsys with guns next to where we stopped.

Well that should put her off then :mrgreen:

Re:Holiday suggestions

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:43:05 GMT

If your thinking South America why not go for Belize? Either the coast, or the rain forests, you can't go wrong

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Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:54:55 GMT

RoseR wrote:We are swaying to-wards Cote D'Azur/St Tropez any-one been?

Yes, a few times. Last time we stayed in Ste Maxime and caught the ferry across to St Tropez. We really liked Ste Maxime.

http://www.provenceweb.fr/e/var/stemaxim/stemaxim.htm