Best place for a random belter of a weekend the end of next month

30-05-2012 07:10PM #1

in Europe, any ideas?

few lads, been all over looking for something different, something like this:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1552129/They-made-me-a-pasta-I-couldnt-refuse.html#

place that has loads of random but great things to do, where's the best?

edit: wrong forum? please move if so.

John Doe1 · 30-05-2012 07:17PM

Damascus

ouncer · 30-05-2012 07:20PM

just back from inish bofin off clifden in galway. fab weather, great walks, great music and pubs open til 5am.

mikemac1 · 30-05-2012 07:21PM

The marble city!

Hande hoche! · 30-05-2012 07:22PM

Chişinău is where it's at nowadays.

im invisible · 30-05-2012 07:22PM

I hear pisa is great for that kind of thing..

31-05-2012 03:39PM

Thanks for the feedback lads, any personal experiences? I was hoping I'd have more info coming back to this but have to say never even thought of Chişinău.

eth0 · 31-05-2012 03:42PM

Inis Oirr or Tory Island

neil_hosey · 31-05-2012 03:42PM

ouncer wrote: »

just back from inish bofin off clifden in galway. fab weather, great walks, great music and pubs open til 5am.

shhh dont be tellin everyone !!

FatherLen · 31-05-2012 03:49PM

whatever you do, don't go to bratislava. it's shit.

SafeSurfer · 31-05-2012 03:50PM

Belgrade has some of the best nightlife anywhere on the planet. Friendly locals, not many tourists, beautiful women etc.

The only drawback is the lack of a direct flight so it means going through Heathrow, but it is a city I would recommend.

Edit

Just found flights from Lufthansa, so nothing to stop you.

http://flights.lufthansa.com/flight-Dublin-Belgrade

Shivers26 · 31-05-2012 03:50PM

The husbag went to Tallinn for his stag. Ryanair flight cheap enough, great deals on hotels, cheap drink, cheap food and weather probably decent enough this time of year, he went in February and it was -30 degrees!

Just back from Rome. Great food & drink & sightseeing etc but it is quite expensive especially around the very touristy areas. After reading your article you might be into it anyway. I would recommend Trastavere (an area in the south west of the city) and you will find some amazing places to eat. In one place we had 2 starters, 2 mains, 2 desserts, wine and soft drinks and it cost €40. Amazing stuff.

31-05-2012 03:51PM

FatherLen wrote: »

whatever you do, don't go to bratislava. it's ****.

Was only there last week, thought it was nice actually.

FatherLen · 31-05-2012 03:52PM

Jay D wrote: »

Was only there last week, thought it was nice actually.

nope

31-05-2012 03:58PM

Shivers26 wrote: »

The husbag went to Tallinn for his stag. Ryanair flight cheap enough, great deals on hotels, cheap drink, cheap food and weather probably decent enough this time of year, he went in February and it was -30 degrees!

Just back from Rome. Great food & drink & sightseeing etc but it is quite expensive especially around the very touristy areas. After reading your article you might be into it anyway. I would recommend Trastavere (an area in the south west of the city) and you will find some amazing places to eat. In one place we had 2 starters, 2 mains, 2 desserts, wine and soft drinks and it cost €40. Amazing stuff.

Tallin is a place I personally have wanted to go to for some time.

Rome could be good alright. Never been eiether, thanks for that.

FatherLen wrote: »

nope

What turned you off it?

SafeSurfer wrote: »

Belgrade has some of the best nightlife anywhere on the planet. Friendly locals, not many tourists, beautiful women etc.

The only drawback is the lack of a direct flight so it means going through Heathrow, but it is a city I would recommend.

Cheers for that man, kinda hoping to have a cheap direct flight. We were looking into Lithuania but the flights are very dear for some reason. I will keep Serbia in mind for a future date though. Myself and the O/H had wanted to go to Croatia but the price involved is not far off what you'd get to Mexico for.

jluv · 31-05-2012 04:00PM

Barcelona! Sunshine,shopping,sightseeing,excellent restaraunts( off sidestreets Ramblas touristy overpriced) good pubs/clubs. If a few going I would suggest looking at renting apartment(which we have done) rather than hotel.The ones down by the port are fab.We paid €800 from Thurs to Sun but 8 of us there so €100 each not bad and place was like a hotel.

preddy · 31-05-2012 04:02PM

Shivers26 wrote: »

The husbag went to Tallinn for his stag. Ryanair flight cheap enough, great deals on hotels, cheap drink, cheap food and weather probably decent enough this time of year, he went in February and it was -30 degrees!

Did he say how expensive the hookers were?

31-05-2012 04:08PM

SafeSurfer wrote: »

Belgrade has some of the best nightlife anywhere on the planet. Friendly locals, not many tourists, beautiful women etc.

The only drawback is the lack of a direct flight so it means going through Heathrow, but it is a city I would recommend.

Edit

Just found flights from Lufthansa, so nothing to stop you.

http://flights.lufthansa.com/flight-Dublin-Belgrade

Thanks for the update but they're still not direct and go throught the likes of Frankfurt, Munich etc. All in all not too bad butthe price is through the roof. I've looked at Lufthansa before for different trips and have always found them to be a cut above the rest when it comes to pricing.

CucaFace · 31-05-2012 04:16PM

Dusseldorf is a great town for a weekend.

Weather would be good, the locals are friendly and good fun and its cheap enough there also and flights are usually cheap enough as well.

ejmaztec · 31-05-2012 04:16PM

im invisible wrote: »

I hear pisa is great for that kind of thing..

I'd be leaning towards that one myself.

FatherLen · 31-05-2012 04:18PM

Jay D wrote: »

What turned you off it?

we just found the place completely un-remarkable. the locals were not friendly. the night life was not very good and the city itself is nothing in comparison to most European cities.

my favourite cities are prague, budapest or vienna.

prague has great nightlife with fantastic sights during the day.

budapest offers a similar nightlife and has the bathhouses which are a must see.

vienna is just one the most beautiful cities i have ever seen.

if you're looking for somewhere a bit different you might try zagreb in croatia, nightlife is only ok but the place is amazing.

Mr Benevolent · 31-05-2012 04:20PM

Termonfeckin.

I am pie · 31-05-2012 04:20PM

Valencia - sizzle on the beaches all day then party all night. Serious night life.

Closer to home Edinburgh is always a good weekend, maybe not very exotic !

biko · 31-05-2012 04:21PM

Paris in the spring

I am pie · 31-05-2012 04:24PM

FatherLen wrote: »

we just found the place completely un-remarkable. the locals were not friendly. the night life was not very good and the city itself is nothing in comparison to most European cities.

my favourite cities are prague, budapest or vienna.

prague has great nightlife with fantastic sights during the day.

budapest offers a similar nightlife and has the bathhouses which are a must see.

vienna is just one the most beautiful cities i have ever seen.

if you're looking for somewhere a bit different you might try zagreb in croatia, nightlife is only ok but the place is amazing.

+1 for avoiding Bratislava. Nothing much to do...except go on the lash with all the stag do's. Nothing much on offer that you would fly all that way for, was tempted to head up the river to Vienna when we were there out of boredom.

uch · 31-05-2012 04:32PM

You'd be hard pushed to a find better place than Bray

ScumLord · 31-05-2012 04:37PM

Fly into one country IE: Spain. Rent car/use public transport to get to another country IE: Latvia get flight home. That's how I holiday. Haven't covered that kind of distance yet but I tend to fly into one country travel trough another country to get to another country to fly home. It's more of an adventure, you end up in weird towns and there can be mad rushes to get trains when you wake up hungover in some place you've no idea where it is and every things in foreign.

31-05-2012 04:55PM

FatherLen wrote: »

we just found the place completely un-remarkable. the locals were not friendly. the night life was not very good and the city itself is nothing in comparison to most European cities.

my favourite cities are prague, budapest or vienna.

prague has great nightlife with fantastic sights during the day.

budapest offers a similar nightlife and has the bathhouses which are a must see.

vienna is just one the most beautiful cities i have ever seen.

if you're looking for somewhere a bit different you might try zagreb in croatia, nightlife is only ok but the place is amazing.

I've been to all 3 a few times and would agree with you although I still think Pragua as a city is nicer than Vienna, although if I thought more I guess I would find arguements either way.

Like I said already would love to go to Croatia but it's very dear to get to.

I just felt B'slava was what you made it. The scenery iis nothing on Prague that's for sure but had a good laugh with the people there and found it to be less touristy than Prague.

dmcronin · 31-05-2012 05:01PM

I am pie wrote: »

Valencia - sizzle on the beaches all day then party all night. Serious night life.

They must've gotten the Blue Flag since I was there, plenty Seanin Rubbeirs and floaters, er, floating in the sea.

opinion guy · 31-05-2012 05:02PM

Hamburg.

Don't think - book it now.

connundrum · 31-05-2012 05:14PM

I see that you're trying to plan randomness.

Random = turning up at the airport and taking the next flight.

Best place for a random belter of a weekend the end of next month

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