City Break Ideas?
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Matt..

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4,035 posts

220 months

Saturday 30th August 2008
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I am seriously needing a holiday now. I havent had one this year, and have only had 1 day off work since May. I was planning on going to Australia in February, but i cant really afford it anymore. So what i am thinking of doing is a long weekend break in the next couple of months, then an adventure holiday next year.

What i am after is ideas for a decent city break (4/5 nights), with loads to do (things to see, maybe sports games and gigs too). I am young(ish) and will be on my own if that helps!

Oh and it can be anywhere within say, a 10hr flight, and i would rather it was far away...!

Sorry for the slightly boring thread, but i am stuck for ideas!

shirt

25,503 posts

232 months

Saturday 30th August 2008
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get a friend or 2 on board an head to eastern europe [can't see it being as fun on your own]. go for a week-10 days and visit 2-3 cities.

did a trip to latvia, lithuania, and belarus for a week a couple of yrs ago with 5 mates. cracking time and varied with it. riga's ok for a night out if you avoid the brits, vilnius is a beautiful city, and minsk was just pure madness. went to a proper circus, went bobsledding with the latvian olympic team, and generally had a ball, fly to riga and get a coach [£10 return riga-vilnius, £10 for vilnius-minsk]. other than in riga you won't meet another brit, which is refreshing for eastern europe and makes it much more fun on a night out - we ended up in the middle of a hen night in latvia, 50odd women and us 6 blokes smile


blueyonder

1,779 posts

241 months

Saturday 30th August 2008
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Amsterdam....am here at the moment and there is loads to do, not that I'm doing any of it at the moment as I'm unfortunately here visiting my sister in hospital, but have seen plenty of peeps having fun! And it's full of first class totty....red light district if you can't pull!!

shirt

25,503 posts

232 months

Saturday 30th August 2008
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alernatively. head somewhere with beaches nearby. istanbul, barcelona, etc. few days sightseeing, few days relaxing.

i certainly wouldn't recommend a 10hr flight for a 4 day holiday!

The Ben

1,623 posts

248 months

Saturday 30th August 2008
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Seville is a great place, fecking hot this time of year and you can go watch Seville play in La liga against if your lucky some top teams ie Barca or Real madrid etc...

Matt..

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220 months

Saturday 30th August 2008
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Amsterdam is NOT my kind of place.

Just to give you a quick idea of the kind of thing i am after... I went to Canada (Toronto, Victoria, Vancouver, Whistler) for a few weeks, and NYC for 5days last year (on my own).

Budget is about £1.5k.

onlynik

4,250 posts

224 months

Saturday 30th August 2008
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Matt.. said:
Amsterdam is NOT my kind of place.

Just to give you a quick idea of the kind of thing i am after... I went to Canada (Toronto, Victoria, Vancouver, Whistler) for a few weeks, and NYC for 5days last year (on my own).

Budget is about £1.5k.
Don't see why not, there is more to it than coffee shops and wes

Pugsey

5,821 posts

245 months

Sunday 31st August 2008
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Miami. Cool hotels, bars, clubs. very easy to meet people if you're on your own. Keys are a day trip away too. Obviously lots of water sports. Hire a cool classic car etc etc etc.

L.A. Given that L.A. and surrounding area will fill two weeks irrespective of what your interests are it should keep you going for a long w/e! Again very cool hotels etc etc etc.