Where would you go on holiday on your own?

The Scientician

I have the money, I think I have the time, I think I'm gonna go on me holliers on me own. Where do you recommend?

chucken1

Any Greek Island

Or Poland..cheap

Chuck Stone

A city break fo sho. Needs to be interesting. Berlin maybe.

kraggy

Wouldn't recommend Berlin on your own. I love the city, have bee 3 or 4 times but Berliners are not the type you can just go up and start conversation and start drinking with.

And Poland wouldn't really suit either.

How long are you thinking of going for? What's your budget?

Einhard

coughlosercough

*runs away*

Try some group tour. I did a few years back through the Middle East with Kumuka. Twas amazing. Ye get the best of both worlds- alone when you want to be, a bunch of people to chat to and have the laugh otherwise. Travelling entirely by yourself can be a bit hit and miss. I've had some great times meeting others doing so, but sometimes it's difficult to get to know people in busy hostels, and even the greatest cities get a bit stale if you've nobody to explore them with.

Chuck Stone

kraggy wrote: »

Wouldn't recommend Berlin on your own. I love the city, have bee 3 or 4 times but Berliners are not the type you can just go up and start conversation and start drinking with.

Good point. I went there with my GF who was German so maybe it's not a good suggestion.

The Scientician

kraggy wrote: »

How long are you thinking of going for? What's your budget?

A week, maybe 2. A couple of grand.

ballsymchugh

when are you thinking of going??

The Israeli

Ireland!

chucken1

The Scientician wrote: »

A week, maybe 2. A couple of grand.

The worlds your ostrich so...

later12

Anywhere that has a strong backpacker's vibe and where hostel/communal living is important. I have often travelled on my own and I found nothing worse than sitting alone at night time in solitary cheap hotel rooms. In a hostel, you can be as involved as you want to be with other travellers or you can be as independent as you like, while still having the option of integration.

With that in mind, I would recommend Berlin and Barcelona as strong personal favourites. Obviously if you are looking to go further places like Buenos Aires, Rio and Cape Town are hard to ignore later on in the year.

OPENROAD

Tour Ireland, support the Economy

kraggy

Go to Iceland. They're supposed to be very welcoming and you have the mix of good drinking, sitting in a hot spa, seeing geysers and some the nicest scenery on the planet. And it's more different to here than say Spain or France so you'll definitely feel like you're away.

Also, they drink all night and as far as I know, very welcoming.

ballsymchugh

i went to valencia last year at the end of august on my own. went to la tomatina on the wednesday. great few days. impossible to not talk to anyone from anywhere, then plaster them with tomatoes!

pragmatic1

A remote tropical island.

Biggins

Peru, The Andes or Egypt to start with.

Aglomerado

Do you like walking holidays? I did a stretch of the Camino de Santiago last year by myself, it wasn't lonely though as there were loads of friendly people to chat to along the way.

Abi

Wine-tasting and strolling around the markets in France, or rent a little place beside Lake Garda in Italy.

dpe

later10 wrote: »

Anywhere that has a strong backpacker's vibe and where hostel/communal living is important. I have often travelled on my own and I found nothing worse than sitting alone at night time in solitary cheap hotel rooms. In a hostel, you can be as involved as you want to be with other travellers or you can be as independent as you like, while still having the option of integration.

With that in mind, I would recommend Berlin and Barcelona as strong personal favourites. Obviously if you are looking to go further places like Buenos Aires, Rio and Cape Town are hard to ignore later on in the year.

This^ I went round the world for a year on my own. Only stayed in hotels when there wasn't a hostel available or to recharge my batteries every month or so.

If you've got no plans, do something productive where you can meet people. I'd highly recommend learning to dive in Thailand for example.

Better than an organised tour, because if it turns out you don't like the people you're with on a tour, you're stuck with it.

biko

From After Hours.

teekayd25

OPENROAD wrote: »

Tour Ireland, support the Economy

You mean maybe buy an . . . . Open Road bus pass :eek:

https://194.106.151.95/asp/ExplorerList.asp

leds

Go from Amsterdam to Berlin and then on to Prague.

I went to Berlin by myself for five days last August bank holiday week. One of the best holidays I've been on. Because your by yourself more opportunities come around than if you go with one or two friends.

I was not necessarily looking to mix with people as I just wanted to get out of Ireland for a break. I stayed in one of the hostels. Hostels are much better for meeting similar people and you end up just bouncing of new people have a few drinks with them and then go your seperate way. I found a lot of people staying in the Hostel were coming from Amsterdam,then berlin and on to Prague for 4 days each place.