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Offline PDT

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Destination for a 3-4 day trip?
« on: August 29, 2012, 07:33:19 pm »
For the 1st time in 11 years me and swmbo will be child free for 4 days so may use the opportunity to get away.

Looking for somewhere:

Cheap(ish)
3 hour flight
Warm
Not the usual holiday resort (city break?)
Good food
Interesting places to visit, not really into sitting by the pool all day.


Any suggestions?
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Re: Destination for a 3-4 day trip?
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2012, 07:35:21 pm »
i just got back from 4 days in Amsterdam, i dont drink or smoke  :grin: Was an awesome city and well worth the trip, was 30+ the entire time i was there!

I paid £220 for 3nights in a very good hotel (pm for details if you fancy it)

Loads of places to visit around the city and very chilled out.
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Re: Destination for a 3-4 day trip?
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2012, 07:38:32 pm »
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Northern Italy? But not the tourist hot spots like Venice or Pisa. There's lots of beautiful Italian towns and lakes and the food is good and the folks friendly.
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Re: Destination for a 3-4 day trip?
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2012, 07:52:40 pm »
Berlin.  Very interesting place rich in history with no shortage of things to do and places to see and eat at.  Went a couple of years ago and left impressed.   
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Re: Destination for a 3-4 day trip?
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2012, 07:56:39 pm »
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Good call on Berlin!  :happy2:

It's far more interesting than you might expect.

I know it sounds cheesy but an open top bus tour is a great way to see all the architecture and get a simple historical overview without feeling you are back at school in a classroom. Lots of nightlife too.

P.S. - Quick trip to Autostadt in Wolfsburg (near Berlin) - The sacred birthplace of Volkswagen - Stunning expo.
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Re: Destination for a 3-4 day trip?
« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2012, 08:17:17 pm »
Luxembourg lovely place
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Re: Destination for a 3-4 day trip?
« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2012, 08:31:13 pm »
Munich.  :drinking:
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Re: Destination for a 3-4 day trip?
« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2012, 08:32:02 pm »
If you have never been before I'd definitely recommend Venice too. Absolutely mesmerising place with so much history it will make your head spin. Worth paying a little extra and stopping in Venice rather than on the mainland too.

Nearer home Paris is a superb city to visit too. Loads to see there and you simply have to visit Versailles if you do.

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Re: Destination for a 3-4 day trip?
« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2012, 08:32:26 pm »
Portugal.
Cheap, warm, food isn't amazing, but some delicious things! Approx 2 hour flight - Lisbon is a richly historical and beautiful city, although it's quite down at heel (I like that, but if you want somewhere really clean & tidy don't go). Lagos is a good place if you fancy the Algarve without going to a resort. Some stunning beaches and lovely swimming. 2 1/2 hour flight to Faro.

I love the country and the people are very chilled and melancholic-very different to the Spanish.
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Re: Destination for a 3-4 day trip?
« Reply #9 on: August 29, 2012, 08:37:13 pm »
barcelona  :happy2: beach, culture and food was excellent and if your lucky go see barca play amazing or what I found really good for a weekend break for me and the misses very classy and good for couple Sardinia if your gonna break the bank or Tuscany
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Re: Destination for a 3-4 day trip?
« Reply #10 on: August 29, 2012, 08:42:09 pm »
Paris - go by train, loads to see and do
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Re: Destination for a 3-4 day trip?
« Reply #11 on: August 29, 2012, 08:43:56 pm »
Berlin is amazing city as is Budapest
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Re: Destination for a 3-4 day trip?
« Reply #12 on: August 29, 2012, 08:45:53 pm »
any one been to prague??
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Re: Destination for a 3-4 day trip?
« Reply #13 on: August 29, 2012, 08:59:09 pm »
Not me but I know folk that have. Very good apparently.  :happy2:
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Re: Destination for a 3-4 day trip?
« Reply #14 on: August 29, 2012, 09:04:11 pm »
Quote from: chungster on August 29, 2012, 08:45:53 pm
any one been to prague??

Went in the late-90's before it became a mega-popular destination for stag and hen do's.  At the time I was staggered by the cheapness of the beer, the beauty of the city and it's females!
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