Which exciting place should I go for a short break?

[Shaoxter]

Just realised there's a pretty big gap in my travelling schedule in October and November so looking for suggestions on where to go for 4-5 days. I'm a contractor so don't really want to take too many days off (booked my long holiday this year already) but could maybe stretch to a whole week.

Requirements are:
- Somewhere interesting and unusual, been to all the usual European and Asian places.
- Don't mind packed schedules or long road trips, we are young and energetic
- We like natural scenery and local food/culture rather than big cities and museums.
- No beaches or cruises etc.

Would love to do a big South America tour but not enough time... maybe next year!
I'm thinking central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, etc.), anyone got other suggestions?

[Shaoxter]

TEKNOPUG said:

Does 4-5 days include travelling? If so, then somewhere in Europe.

Where have you been already?

Yeah, includes travelling time. But we are very much weekend warriors, managed to do Jordan in a bank holiday weekend

Been to all of Western Europe and half of Eastern Europe, but after a while it all gets a bit samey... I was looking at Russia but the visa costs £100!!

[Shaoxter]

bigandclever said:

Iceland

Go to Airwaves in November. http://icelandairwaves.is/about/

That's probably my favourite place in the whole world but just went there last year...

[Shaoxter]

TEKNOPUG said:

Or are looking to tick off as many countries/places of interest as possible?

Basically yeah
Will start revisiting places later when we've done all the globetrotting.

[Shaoxter]

TEKNOPUG said:

Where have you not been to?

So in Europe, have not been to: Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia, Bulgaria. That's quite a lot of countries actually... but none of them are really that inspiring to be honest.

[Shaoxter]

Nobby Diesel said:

had ham said:

Marrakech?

That's a good shout actually.
Couple of days in Marrakech, a couple of days to the Atlas and maybe finish with day in Agadir?

Been there already, certainly a unique and interesting experience but not sure I'd ever want to go back.

Leaning towards taking off a whole week now so potentially have 9 days

[Shaoxter]

So it's been decided and booked - gonna do a road trip around west coast USA. Not too adventurous I know but the mrs has never been to the states.

Now onto the important questions - Mustang, Camaro or Corvette?
And is Laguna Seca open to the public?