Recommend a holiday

[anto1208]

The missus is bugging me to go on hols i normally get bored very easily, sitting by the pool/beach annoys me after a few hours, going on tours also annoys me i will go visit a fantastic church look at it think thats great lets go now. I thnk it stems from being forced to walk around art galleries etc as a kid and ive a very short attention span.

Anyone recomend anywhere ? i was thinking of Dubai at least then we'll get the sun & the shopping and i can go snow boarding in that indoor ski slope when she starts to annoy me.

[OneRedArmy]

When do you want to go?
Whats your budget?
What age approx are you?
What are your interests?
What has been your best holiday and why?

Otherwise its impossible to recommend!!

[anto1208]

When do you want to go? soon (feb)
Whats your budget?5-800 per person
What age approx are you? 29
What are your interests? TV, eating ,footy, extreme sports surfing snowboarding etc
What has been your best holiday and why? Oz surfing or Andora snowboarding prob the best as the days where filled with fun stuff so i didnt get bored .Dont mind going out at night then as its second to the day activity and not the main focus of the hol.

worst hols Turkey : sitting by the pool surrounded by scumbag Dubs bored drinking all day + hassle from dirty locals trying to sell you everything all the time.

Id love to go snowboarding but the missus is gone on it , so im thinkign Italy for eating . Anywhere really but no lansagrotty or costa del anything. ( Nowhere that poor people or dubs like to go )

[paul_oshea]

well on a budget of 5-800 you could well consider yourselves one of them.

the last holiday i went on i spent between 3 - 4000 dollars ( I tell myself 3, but im pretty sure its near the other end ) and that was just 17 days (not including taking away 2 days for flights basically )( with free accomodation for 9 days ). IF you really want a good holiday without scummies, then you will need to be going to the more expensive places....and spending more than what you are willing to pay!

[noby]

IF you really want a good holiday without scummies, then you will need to be going to the more expensive places....and spending more than what you are willing to pay!

Bull.
Off the beaten track does not necessarily equal more expensive.

[OneRedArmy]

POS not sure what you are like in real like but some of your posts make you look, frankly, like a complete ignoramus.

Anto, if you were prepared to go away for a shorter period 4-5 days you'd get more for your money.

If its heat you are looking for in Feb unfortunately the Canaries/Malta/Cyrpus are probably the only options within that budget.

If you could stretch the money a bit I reckon you'd love South Africa and Cape Town in particular. Great weather, shopping for the laydee and lots of actions sports and the like and a real laid back vibe.

Also highly recommend the Basque country around Bibao, San Sebastian and north to Biarittz. Lots going on there, surfing, dune boarding etc.

[anto1208]

well on a budget of 5-800 you could well consider yourselves one of them.

the last holiday i went on i spent between 3 - 4000 dollars ( I tell myself 3, but im pretty sure its near the other end ) and that was just 17 days (not including taking away 2 days for flights basically )( with free accomodation for 9 days ). IF you really want a good holiday without scummies, then you will need to be going to the more expensive places....and spending more than what you are willing to pay!

3 grand for 17 days! im talking about only a week so a 1/3 of that it would be a similar price range. the 5-800 would be flights and acom , i expect food and spends to be extra 1500max in total we'll say.

a Weeks snowboarding in andora is around 6-700 or a week in La Gomeara in the cannaries which looks to be the best option but im leaning towards Andora for the duty free shopping !!!.

[thischarmingman]

The missus is bugging me to go on hols i normally get bored very easily, sitting by the pool/beach annoys me after a few hours, going on tours also annoys me i will go visit a fantastic church look at it think thats great lets go now. I thnk it stems from being forced to walk around art galleries etc as a kid and ive a very short attention span.

Anyone recomend anywhere ? i was thinking of Dubai at least then we'll get the sun & the shopping and i can go snow boarding in that indoor ski slope when she starts to annoy me.

Go to Poland. It's extremely easy to get to from Dublin, as well as being cheap to boot. If you head south to Zakopane you can stay in beautiful scenery, go snowboarding, and get the train north to Krakow easily. Everything costs a fraction of what it does in Ireland (even in the more touristy areas, a pint was still around a euro), most people will speak at least some English, and the locals are generally very friendly. There's plenty to occupy yourself with in Krakow.

[Ash]

Not into extreme sports or anything like that, or sunbathing
so 2 of my most enjoyable holidays have been

Rome.
- Plenty to see, and if you dont want to see the sights, well then dont bother going to see them.
- Food is good and inexpensice (time I was there anyway).
- Go to a Roma or Lazio game (I didnt get to a game but went to Olympic Stadium)
- Cheap and cheerful Ryanair flight over and back.

Krakow
- Tour to Auschwitz and salt mines
- Cheap food and drink
- Go to Wisla Krakow/Krakovia game (I didnt get to a game but went to both grounds)
- Cheap and cheerful Ryanair flight over and back.

[Bluebeard]

- Cheap and cheerful Ryanair flight over and back.

I understand most of the sentence, but you have completely mispelt the third word to the point that I have no idea what you might have meant.

[paul_oshea]

Bull.
Off the beaten track does not necessarily equal more expensive.

If you want an activity holiday I meant. I still stick by it, doing tours/activities/whatever costs.

Beaten track is different, but in fairness that doesnt sound like the holiday he is on about/wants.

ORA: I probably am :D, but by the sounds of what Anto was looking for, I would be into the same sorta stuff, and its expensive if you want to do be something everyday. I probably should have been a bit more detailed in my response

Anto, it was 15 days basically.

[Block G Raptor]

Malta. Small Island, Easily accessible, loads to see and great public transport
oh and did I mention the weather. cheap as chips too

[beautifulrock]

Cape Town, may be a bit of a stretch on your suggested budget but you will not be far out. Cheap once you get there, try self catering instead of hotels, plenty to do eg swim with sharks, wine region just down the road, hire a car, food is great especially if you like meat.

[anto1208]

I booked a week snowboarding in Bulgaria , 730 for flights bus transfer hotel with breakfast and dinner each day lift pass board boot hire and lessons .:D

all i have to buy is my boozw which is ment to be cheap as well .

[Paddyfield]

.... i was thinking of Dubai at least then we'll get the sun & the shopping and i can go snow boarding in that indoor ski slope when she starts to annoy me....

Maybe you shoud go without her?

[GavinZac]

dirty locals ... no lansagrotty or costa del anything. ( Nowhere that poor people or dubs like to go )
I recommend 2 weeks in Basra, dumbass.

[anto1208]

I recommend 2 weeks in Basra, dumbass.

Could be good but i bet ill wake up the first morning to "whears me blead'n vodka" as there childers smash the place up. God i hate dubs :mad:

[anto1208]

Just back from Bulgaria snowboarding brilliant time very cheap over there spent 400 euro all week 150 on pressies and the rest was on lunch every day booze and taxi's buses and shows for 2 people !!

The resort was quite expensive by bulgarian standards and yet a 2 litre bottle of beer cost 2.50 in the hotel !!

Food is terrible though really cheap meat, meat served up that didnt look smell or taste like what is was supposed to be after the 2nd day i stuck to veg and soup.

Bulgarian people are really nice and the "do every tourist out of there money" factor hasnt hit it yet like prague/Thurkey. The only hassle all week was 3 guys that where selling little bells at the entrance to the slopes that asked if i would like a bell , when i said no thanks they said ok maybe later and left me alone :eek:

Got great snow for the week as well all in all a great holiday wasnt ruined by the 4 hour delay not sleeping for 35 hours or the idiot cork lads that thought every thing they said was hilarious that got locked and sang really badly all the way over on the plane. At the end of a 4 hour wait and a 4 hour flight with them behind me i was quite cranky , imagine my delight when i sat to wait for the flight home to have the same lads land in behind me and again.

[Morbo]

So anyone being to Dubai? How much would a week cost approx?

[anto1208]

So anyone being to Dubai? How much would a week cost approx?

I haven’t been but after the flights its cheap enough accommodation food clothes etc all very reasonable. It’s a nice spot if you don’t mind supporting those kinds of regimes

[endabob1]

If you could stretch the money a bit I reckon you'd love South Africa and Cape Town in particular. Great weather, shopping for the laydee and lots of actions sports and the like and a real laid back vibe..
Cape Town in Feb is fantastic, hot and sunny but most people are quite relaxed because it gets manic over Christmas & New year so by Feb everyone has aclmed down again. If you plan to surf bring or rent a full body wet suit because the water is proper cold.
Only problem is you really should hire a car and get out of the city, do Hermanus, Wine Route, Garden Route if you have time there is loads to see so 1 week is nowhere near enough.

[Morbo]

I haven’t been but after the flights its cheap enough accommodation food clothes etc all very reasonable. It’s a nice spot if you don’t mind supporting those kinds of regimes

Sounds good, I like snowboarding too and would like to get in a day or 2 while over there and I hear the indoor slopes are open till 1am over there.

[anto1208]

Thats what caught my eye aswell if you havent done it before you are prob better off going snowboarding for the week somewhere else.

Ive never heard any bad reports but looking at the thread on the guy getting 4 years because a lump of hash invisible to the naked eye was found on his shoe or the guy that got 4 years for having 3 poppy seeds on his shirt that fell from a roll he ate in london. Id just be carefull

[Morbo]

I've gone boarding twice before, it wouldn't be my main reason for going to Dubai but it would make a nice break from lying on the beach every day, yeah those sentances were insane, no common sense it just seems like those people were randomly selected to be made an example out of, it wouldn't stop me going but it would make me a bit paranoid checking in

[thischarmingman]

I've gone boarding twice before, it wouldn't be my main reason for going to Dubai but it would make a nice break from lying on the beach every day, yeah those sentances were insane, no common sense it just seems like those people were randomly selected to be made an example out of, it wouldn't stop me going but it would make me a bit paranoid checking in


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How children's medicine could get you four years in a Dubai jail.

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