Quiet holiday apartments ?
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Evening all
This may seem a strange thread to start coming from a 37 yr old man, but I'm trying to plan a quiet holiday for the O/H and I. Usually we take breaks in the UK - beautiful country and I'd rather spend my cash here than get stuck in some hotel abroad with lager louts and crap food.
However, we both now want the guarantee of good weather and for once want to do very little other than lounge about reading and relaxing. I don't really know where to start...I know it's daft. We aren't really fussy about where we go - we know we want it to when the school holidays are finished so we might get more peace.
Accommodation - hotel's - do you go all inclusive? what if foods crap or you have noisy people above/through the walls. But is all inclusive better if you just want to laze about and not go here there and everywhere? Would an apartment be better?
Resorts - I'm guessing we'd be safer with somewhere like the canaries but I have no idea about nice quiet resorts. ideally we'd like not to be stuck in the middle of nowhere but being next door to a noisy strip like Veronicas in Tenerife would be a nightmare.
You can probably tell I haven't been abroad since 2007 and that was a city break to Barcelona !
So really I think I'm after any recommendations you might have. I know you can't plan it for me but some inspiration might help. My wife is leaving it to me and I haven't a clue where's best to go/accommodation to go for.
If you think you have a link to apartment rental website's or just any previous experience of nice quiet resorts I'd love to read it.
Cheers all.
CHR
This may seem a strange thread to start coming from a 37 yr old man, but I'm trying to plan a quiet holiday for the O/H and I. Usually we take breaks in the UK - beautiful country and I'd rather spend my cash here than get stuck in some hotel abroad with lager louts and crap food.
However, we both now want the guarantee of good weather and for once want to do very little other than lounge about reading and relaxing. I don't really know where to start...I know it's daft. We aren't really fussy about where we go - we know we want it to when the school holidays are finished so we might get more peace.
Accommodation - hotel's - do you go all inclusive? what if foods crap or you have noisy people above/through the walls. But is all inclusive better if you just want to laze about and not go here there and everywhere? Would an apartment be better?
Resorts - I'm guessing we'd be safer with somewhere like the canaries but I have no idea about nice quiet resorts. ideally we'd like not to be stuck in the middle of nowhere but being next door to a noisy strip like Veronicas in Tenerife would be a nightmare.
You can probably tell I haven't been abroad since 2007 and that was a city break to Barcelona !
So really I think I'm after any recommendations you might have. I know you can't plan it for me but some inspiration might help. My wife is leaving it to me and I haven't a clue where's best to go/accommodation to go for.
If you think you have a link to apartment rental website's or just any previous experience of nice quiet resorts I'd love to read it.
Cheers all.
CHR
Egypt's great for what you're after - have a look at El Gouna if you fancy something 'boutique' in terms of a stylish apartment with a choice of restaurants a short walk/ Tuk Tuk journey away (being 36 myself, would be my choice with a missus) or somewhere like Makadi if you want the all inc. experience (my idea of hell as it's just too 'lazy' for me, but there's plenty of extremely quiet hotels where you're waited hand on foot if you just want to get away from it all!)
There's a fair Russian contingent that side of the gulf, but they tend to be the well-behaved ones...The only time I've found their behaviour to be 'rude' is when some of the younger ladies choose to ignore the fact that it's considered inappropriate to display one's chebs in all their glory by the beach/ pool... Being the live and let live type, I'm prepared to cope with that minor misdemeanour!
Outside of school holidays, even the busiest places can be quiet.
The Canaries are always a good bet for good weather and you might be just as well renting an apartment if you don't want a pool and eat out, like I do, whilst having the option of cooking your own food.
I stayed in an apartment in a small block on the promenade in Maspalomas, Gran Canaria which was quiet and in easy walking distance of restaurants but it is a bit resorty. However, you can get a whole villa in lanzarote for similar money.
It depends what you want because some resorts can be really dead out of season.
The Canaries are always a good bet for good weather and you might be just as well renting an apartment if you don't want a pool and eat out, like I do, whilst having the option of cooking your own food.
I stayed in an apartment in a small block on the promenade in Maspalomas, Gran Canaria which was quiet and in easy walking distance of restaurants but it is a bit resorty. However, you can get a whole villa in lanzarote for similar money.
It depends what you want because some resorts can be really dead out of season.
We always go away in September and usually find that life is much more agreeable once the kids have gone back to school. Our preference is always to go for the apartment or small villa within walking distance of restaurants and water. However, much depends on how much you want to spend. Having said that one of our best holidays was a week in a very small boutique holel in Crete where the gaffer used to cook dinner for everyone, once a week, when we all sat around one table comparing notes on what we had done.
Another favourite was in Tenerife where we had an apartment overlooking the Atlantic and from where we could watch the sunset. It was a private family apartment and not widely advertised so a cut above the average.
We have also used an agency in Cyprus several times and they run a good portfolio of various properties in quiet areas.
PM me if you want to know more.
Another favourite was in Tenerife where we had an apartment overlooking the Atlantic and from where we could watch the sunset. It was a private family apartment and not widely advertised so a cut above the average.
We have also used an agency in Cyprus several times and they run a good portfolio of various properties in quiet areas.
PM me if you want to know more.
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