cheers might have a lookConsidered Greece / Crete?
There's a nice little town called Sissi which is far enough away from Hersonissos and Malia. Plenty of hills and a large enough island to hire a car for a few days and drive around.
Sissie sounds far too much like Sisu for any City fan's liking.Considered Greece / Crete?
There's a nice little town called Sissi which is far enough away from Hersonissos and Malia. Plenty of hills and a large enough island to hire a car for a few days and drive around.
Sissie sounds far too much like Sisu for any City fan's liking.
Algarve is the place to go. Rent a villa at Vale do Lobo or anywhere along the coast. Fabulous restaurants everywhere, great beaches, excellent supermarkets for self-catering, world class golf.
Only a couple of weeks back from Quinta do Lago. Fantastic place, would definitely go again but with the golf and drinking it set me back about £1200 for a weekend!
Been to Villamora about 5 times, its a great setup. Really enjoyed the Old Course when I was there, definitely worth paying a few quid more but your money does vanish at nights. £1k weekend as a minimum!!Yes the golf is expensive. QdL South is a beast of a course. Los Pinheiros is beautiful and the Val do Lobo courses. Where did you play?
We'll be in Barbados for Christmas, taking my clubs and can't wait.
Off to centre Paris in a couple of weeks as the one in Woburn messed up the school holidays and lowered the price for the week Nuneatons kids are off so we got the lodge for just £800 it was way over 1k the week before.
Considering driving to northern Italy next year to see some family
That's the family near Treviso isn't it? My girlfriend is from a small village near Belluno, I think it's the same other side of a mountain to where your family are from?
I've done the drive a couple of times, it's not too bad but you have to watch out for speed cameras now on the Italian motorways and their erratic motorway driving in general.
Back on topic, looking at going over to Dublin for my bday in December and Ibiza for a wedding next April.
Napels and Sorrento will remain burned in my memory until the day I die!I haven’t driven in Italy
That is correct good memory, my parents and my aunt and uncle have just come back from a few days there and my son is desperate to go but with my daughters issues we are not sure she will go on a plane again when she flew to the us she was smaller and easier to handle.
I haven’t driven in Italy but have driven in France Belgium and Holland but I think they would only be a gentle warm up in comparison. Have you driven to Italy or do you always fly.
I'm looking at going away next Christmas, 4 weeks Australia, Sydney, Uluru, Great barrier Reef. etc. Then Singapore/Thailand or Bali followed by Japan and China for a week each on the way back. 49 days with a budget off £150 a pay, that's without flights and accommodation.
My uncle is a pilot at Virgin so hopefully I can get some cheap flights and plan on staying in hostels in Oz to keep the costs down, but then going slightly up market in Asia.
Napels and Sorrento will remain burned in my memory until the day I die!
is that £150 a day just for you? (plan on doing something similar in a few years).
Yes the golf is expensive. QdL South is a beast of a course. Los Pinheiros is beautiful and the Val do Lobo courses. Where did you play?
We'll be in Barbados for Christmas, taking my clubs and can't wait.
Yeah, I plan on going on my own, Australia is quite expensive, looking at £200+ to climb the Sydney harbour bridge, learning to surf at Bondi beach is £100+, £300 for Uluru. Asia is relatively cheap so it should balance out.
Currently racking up the overtime to get it paid for.
Wouldn't bother with Australia myself but the wife wants to go and if you get that near may as well visit.
Focus will be more on Asia.
You not bothering with New Zealand?
Weird as I am the opposite, would love to see NZ but not too bothered about oz!I'm not sure why but New Zealand has never been that appealing to me.
Yeah, I plan on going on my own, Australia is quite expensive, looking at £200+ to climb the Sydney harbour bridge, learning to surf at Bondi beach is £100+, £300 for Uluru. Asia is relatively cheap so it should balance out.
Currently racking up the overtime to get it paid for.
Heading to Venice in November with the Mrs for my birthday. Anyone have any tips for us?
Heard that the centre can be a nightmare for expensive tourist traps.
Take a snorkel. I hear there's a lot of flooded streets there.Heading to Venice in November with the Mrs for my birthday. Anyone have any tips for us?
Heard that the centre can be a nightmare for expensive tourist traps.
Two places I highly recommend for a great holiday. Kefalonia (Greece) or Lake Garda (Italy). Neither was full of Brit holiday makers when we were there. Okay, so Lake Garda had a lot of Germans there, but they were friendly enough! I would 100% NEVER go to Portugal again! A right dump!
Remember you can do some things cheaper in Asia, too.
Example is the surfing - it's so much cheaper in Bali and it isn't all that in Bondi. The waves are class, but not more so than Bondi, and you'll be hated by the 'regulars'. I know because I used to 'attempt' surfing when I lived there! Alternatively, Manly or the North Shores are cheaper for surfing and just as good waves.
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