What kind of holidays do you take?

Agricola

Sun holidays, Culture trips ( exploring cities / countryside / musuem tours etc or a mixture of both.


Just like to know what people do for their hols. Personally, Ive no time for sun holidays, they'd bore me to tears. I dont see anything in lying on a beach cooking myself all day. I prefer seeing the sights, walking around a city, wasting my money in the tourist spots! etc etc

enzo7

Yes would agree with you, but now i have 2 little girls the sun holidays are great. I still do one holiday a year that i want to do. Australia last year rome the year b4 ect. Really dont know what to do this year as cant really afford both we also do a mini trip to disneyparis which would keep dd1 happy but dd2 luves our wk in spain. Decisions decisions

undo

I do city breaks every couple of weeks or so - whenever I can get a cheap flight and visit someone I know in another country. In the summer, I tend to do a round trip, exploring multiple countries. I really enjoy planning all of this and am happy to invest lots of time into getting the best deals. I also always look for error fares, discount vouchers that can be used multiple times (often violating the T&Cs )... The result is that I get to spend three weeks traveling through 5 or 6 European countries on a budget of about €700 .

juanyjuans

Would love to do more activity style holidays e.g yoga in India, Fishing in Canada even Goat heading in Nepal Sunshine helps too.

Sundew

I love sightseeing/culture holidays but I do like to take them in a sunny destination, if I can. We always self cater and book independently, hire a car and tour around, do some walking and swimming. Nothing like finding your own beach and having a picnic as we did in Greece last year!
Have also spent 2 weeks based in Stockholm where we were spoilt for choice with museums and took some great daytrips from the city.

Sitting at the side of a pool in a hotel for a week or longer would be my idea of hell

RubyK

We like a mixture of both. Culture in the sun We've spent the past four summer holidays on different Greek Island. Island hopping between Santorini and Naxos was probably the best holiday we ever had. While I love the beach, 2 hours is about as long as I last on it. Love walking, finding hidden away sights. Not a fan of organised tours (being stuck on a bus for the bones of 8 hours, infront of Jack & Vera Duckworth in the Algarve a few years ago, put an end to that).

Long leisurly meals in a taverna, eating local produce and drinking local wine, is the ideal end to a lovely day.

robinph

Have no interest in "sun" holidays at all. <yawn>

Where is the option for people that do activities other than sitting around on a beach during their holidays?

Dilucia

I like sun holiday very much.The canary islands... I went on for a week and it was roasting. i went ot Lanzarote.. It was like 26 27 degrees...
And cause its in the winter season its not that expensive, paid £298 each all inclusive one week..

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Millie

Mine would be sightseeing culture city trips (that's with the boy) however I have gone on sun holidays with my Mam.
They wouldn't be my idea of a hol but the Mammy loves them.
However we are heading to Lanzarote in a few weeks time for a week and I am looking forward to relaxing and getting a bit of sun on my bones.
Having said that I'll probably be going nuts on day 2!

Pythia

I like to go somewhere sunny in the summer as the sun really picks up my mood and I like to relax. However, I burn extremely easily and love visiting cultural things, so I often go to places which offer both. I also don't like drinking and many sun holiday resorts are heavily based on that. I like to go to places which have more of a restaurant scene.

Previous holidays have included Egypt and Jordan, Cyprus, Turkey and Greece. These places give you culture and sun.