relaxing + city break recomendations

crowej

i am looking for somewhere to go where i can relax in the sun or whatever for about a week and then move on to some cities without traveling 2 far.

I am looking for modern 5 star hotels

thanks

nads

Well actually Salou would be a cheap right job for the Sun part, it's also 1 hour-ish train from Barcelona, which in turn has train links to other places. Also Salou is near Andorra.

crowej

sorry i should have been more specific, i have toured most of europe i am looking for something a little further a field. also its for my honeymoon.

nads

you basically left everything out!

crowej

true

shrapnel222

i would say egypt or morrocco which aren't too far but with tons of things to see and do

crowej

can anyone recommend a specific hotel or resort ?

nads

jebus, do you want us to book it on our credit cards aswell for you?

it's your honeymoon, let your poor wifey do all that...

crowej

nads wrote:

jebus, do you want us to book it on our credit cards aswell for you?

it's your honeymoon, let your poor wifey do all that...

wow man thanks for the help, this is what boards is all about. helpful posts

nads

janey, just having the craic a bit with ya, sorry we couldn't organise your entire honeymoon lad, with day trips and escorted tours on horseback!

Amandy

nads wrote:

janey, just having the craic a bit with ya, sorry we couldn't organise your entire honeymoon lad, with day trips and escorted tours on horseback!

...I thought it was funny, made me chuckle! Further to your search for your honeymoon destination, what about New York? There's still lots of relaxing you can do, you can go to Martha's Vineyard, take a train to Connecticut and then a Ferry to Rhode Island or a beautiful tiny Island just beneath it called Block Isand. My friend got married there, it's very quaint, very New England, and very sunny, Idyllic, you can hire bikes and cycle around it, go buy fresh lobster in the harbour and sit out on the upstairs balcony of a rented house and drink beer till the wee hours, heaven. Or if USA is not your bag Scandinavia is beee ootiful. You can go sailing from Sweden through the fiords all the way to Helsinki, it's so gorgeous there from around June - Sept, they have really good Summers. Some suggestions for you but I don't think you mentioned when?

In the same vein does anyone know of somewhere a person can go away to alone, not be fleeced for being single with room supplements, not be harrassed by drunken yobs but still have the choice to sit in the bar and talk to people who are friendly? Somewhere you can swim, the hotel is nice, and it's relatively reasonable in price? Somewhere with a bit of class and culture and history to it where you can go to quiet places as well as restaurants and bars? I noted a thread a lot of you did last year regarding single holidays for single people but it looks like it just faded out. I'm not looking to team up as I haven't much of an issue with heading off on my own, I did South of Spain two years ago but I found without much Spanish I was a bit fooked when it came to ordering food and stuff :eek: they are so laid back down there they didn't give a monkeys if I got fed (who would blame?!)....any idears people? Anyone know what Island hopping in Greece is like? I've always fancied it but could also do with a good rest so don't know if I'll bother with it this time.

Thankoo to any replies and sorry for bungin in on your thread!

crowej

thanks for your reply amandy, not sure about any places to go alone. sry.

i had consdered new york but mainly for the city end of the trip i am looking for a resort style place for the relaxing part.

i am definately interested in USA

thanks

Nordie

How about San Francisco & there are some beauitful places to choose from along the coastline.