Weekend abroad idea's
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Little Dave

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882 posts

225 months

Friday 4th December 2009
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Every year my Xmas pressie to my brother and his wife is a weekend away with me and my wife. Previous years we have been to Prague, Krakow, Cologne, Gibraltar and Ljubljana. This year I am thinking of Istanbul, Helsinki, Edinburgh or Athens.

We are all in our 40's and like a little history but most importantly like good food and decent traditional bars etc.

Does anybody have any opinions on the places I have mentioned or indeed any other possibilities?

TIA

loltolhurst

1,994 posts

200 months

Friday 4th December 2009
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barcelona?

ChrisMCoupe

927 posts

228 months

Friday 4th December 2009
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Recently moved to Zurich and could thoroughly recommend it for a weekend away

HereBeMonsters

14,180 posts

198 months

Friday 4th December 2009
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fk Edinburgh. Glasgow is nicer.

ewenm

28,506 posts

261 months

Friday 4th December 2009
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We're planing a long weekend in Reykjavik in February...

v15ben

16,022 posts

257 months

Friday 4th December 2009
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loltolhurst said:
barcelona?
I went to Barca last December. Plenty of culture and if you find the good local places, the food and drink are superb smile

shirt

24,429 posts

217 months

Friday 4th December 2009
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vienna? fly in direct or into bratislava then take the boat up the danube straight into the centre.

anonymous-user

70 months

Friday 4th December 2009
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Salzburg? Picture postcard pretty - city centre only 20 mins from airport - lots of history, culture, some great bars and great restaurants.

Little Dave

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882 posts

225 months

Friday 4th December 2009
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Went to Barca with the wife a couple of years ago and enjoyed it but in no rush to go back there. Vienna though is a possibility.

standfree93

3,001 posts

203 months

Friday 4th December 2009
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Munich?
Geneva?
Rome?

plg101

4,106 posts

226 months

Friday 4th December 2009
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Stockholm?

Simon Brooks

1,526 posts

267 months

Friday 4th December 2009
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How about Lisbon, reasonable amount of history and decent weather if you steer away from peak of summer, only a couple of hours flight and served by most of the bucket airlines