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Recommendations for holiday

  • 24-04-2012 12:30pm
    #1
    gaillimhabu
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    Girlfriend and I are planning our first holiday away. A week to ten days in June.

    We are early 30's and looking for a spot with decent weather (25-30c) which includes beaches but also some hiking/sightseeing.
    Bascially we'd get bored lying on a beach for a week. Not a big party place but not too quiet either.

    Any suggestions would be great. We are trying to pick a spot that we haven't been to before

    Have been to Rome, Venice, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris city wise.
    Possibly a resort instead of mad traffic in a city

    We're swaying towards Spain, Portugal or Greece. Possibly south of France.

    I think eastern europe is out with the world cup going on which would probably mean dearer flights


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  • #2
    gaillimhabu
    Registered Users Posts: 546 ✭✭✭gaillimhabu


    Any pointers :D


  • #3
    schemingbohemia
    Registered Users Posts: 5,606 ✭✭✭schemingbohemia


    San Sebastian/Bilbao? Haven't been to either in years but good mix of food/night life with decent hiking not too far away.


  • #4
    hefferboi
    Registered Users Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭hefferboi


    Algarve, Portugal. We were thinking of going to san sebastian for a lads holiday but was told its not a party town but its still meant to have a good night life.


  • #5
    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    Madeira, Portugal. Close to the Canary Islands which will give you the nice weather and possibly beaches, and its also a very mountainous island which looks fantastic for hiking. Just google some pictures of it :eek:


    http://wikitravel.org/en/Madeira
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira
    http://wikitravel.org/en/Funchal


  • #6
    bamboozle
    Registered Users Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭bamboozle


    La Gomera in the canary islands (hotel jardin tecina) or Tavira in the Algarve in Portugal


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  • #7
    Elvis_Presley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 194 ✭✭Elvis_Presley


    croatia - dubrovnik. awesome!


  • #8
    gaillimhabu
    Registered Users Posts: 546 ✭✭✭gaillimhabu


    Thanks for all the tips. Girlfriend was already in Algarve area along with Dubrovnik. I was in the Canary islands

    So we're swaying towards Madeira. What is the best route for flights.
    I assume they like soccer as will be there for one or possibly two of Ireland's Euro matches


  • #9
    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    gaillimhabu wrote: »
    Thanks for all the tips. Girlfriend was already in Algarve area along with Dubrovnik. I was in the Canary islands

    So we're swaying towards Madeira. What is the best route for flights.
    I assume they like soccer as will be there for one or possibly two of Ireland's Euro matches

    Unfortunately the only airline that flies from Ireland are SATA http://www.sata.pt/en. They fly once a week on a Sunday, from May until October. Flights are looking to be about €400 per person for a return.

    However several other airlines such as Easyjet fly from various British airports such as London and Machester etc.


  • #10
    blindside88
    Registered Users Posts: 1,968 ✭✭✭blindside88


    You could try zackintos (probably Speke incorrecty) although zanti itself us a party town the rest of the island is quiet, it's a small island between Greece and Italy so get both food types and there is some great sea food. Because if it's size you can travel the entire island in a day by quad or car. Myself and my fiancé went 2 years ago and would recommend it to anyone, you can also take day trips to the likes of athens


  • #11
    diarmuid05
    Registered Users Posts: 453 ✭✭diarmuid05


    Turkey too far away? Kusadasi is a great spot


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  • #12
    gaillimhabu
    Registered Users Posts: 546 ✭✭✭gaillimhabu


    cocoshovel wrote: »
    Unfortunately the only airline that flies from Ireland are SATA http://www.sata.pt/en. They fly once a week on a Sunday, from May until October. Flights are looking to be about €400 per person for a return.

    However several other airlines such as Easyjet fly from various British airports such as London and Machester etc.

    Thanks. Around €300 from London with Easyjet + €60 to get to Gatwick from Dublin with a few hrs stopever in between. Charter is probably the best route if we go with that.


  • #13
    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    gaillimhabu wrote: »
    Thanks. Around €300 from London with Easyjet + €60 to get to Gatwick from Dublin with a few hrs stopever in between. Charter is probably the best route if we go with that.

    Id say easyjet are the cheapest, but there are a few other airlines/locations you could fly from within the UK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira_Airport#Airlines_and_destinations


  • #14
    gaillimhabu
    Registered Users Posts: 546 ✭✭✭gaillimhabu


    Hi Guys. Back again. The charter flight for around €400 each is a bit too much for us.

    So looking into San Sebastian or Bilbao. Which is better?

    Looks like Aer Lingus flies direct to Bilbao.
    A bit tricker to San Sebastain - Sounds like Ryanair to Biarritz and then train it. Or Bilbao+train as an alternative option


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