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[Travel] *Different* Relaxing Holiday Locations
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Nitram
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- Jul 16, 2013
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Two of the best places I have stayed are in Italy Taormina https://villaducale.com/
and the city of Bologna which has the best Italian food.
and the city of Bologna which has the best Italian food.
Would do a few days in Havana first….plenty to see/do. Varadero is much like any other ’strip’ full of international hotels and not the ‘real’ Cuba in my experience…….
Crispy Ambulance
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Did you nip over to Tirana while you were there?
Spiros
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Absolutely get this and will be following this thread with interest. Quite a few years ago we wanted similar from a holiday but didn’t have loads to spend. The ‘budget’ Caribbean option was Margarita. We had an amazing time, helped by there being so few other tourists there especially as US citizens were barred from visiting Venezuela at the time. Only downside is that it’s much more difficult to get there now
I spent a month in Cuba & went varadero, Havana, baracoa, Santiago, Trinidad & vinales. I don't like all inclusives, so varadero was my least favourite. Definitely it's not the real Cuba. But he said they like all inclusives - hence the suggestion. & option of getting out to old Havana for a trip out
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,668
Bologna is amazing
Yes. What a great city indeed. There is a free guided tour every day and that really gave us our directions. Some
excellent museums too.
Crispy Ambulance
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Oh brilliant!
I loved it there, so many new, colourful buildings being built, and loads to do. Only managed the Bunk Art 2 museum due to time constraints but hoping to go back to visit The House of Leaves -(ex-Sigurimi HQ)- if I get to Durres next year.
METALMICKY
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- Jan 30, 2004
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Is this some in joke that's over my head as all I can see is the suggestion that he may have more than one holiday. I call harsh!
It’s so difficult to recommend I for example choose holidays based on something historical and with that in mind the places I have visited more than once or would love to revisit my top locations are:
1, Istanbul it’s an amazing crossroads east meets west a cosmopolitan city like no other with more historical significance for Europe and the Middle East than anywhere I have ever visited.
2, Rome in my humble runs Istanbul a close second only reason it’s not my number 1 is the bloody Italians in Rome what a bunch they are.
3, Croatia Porec, Pula, Split, Dubrovnik all fabulous Full of history.
1, Istanbul it’s an amazing crossroads east meets west a cosmopolitan city like no other with more historical significance for Europe and the Middle East than anywhere I have ever visited.
2, Rome in my humble runs Istanbul a close second only reason it’s not my number 1 is the bloody Italians in Rome what a bunch they are.
3, Croatia Porec, Pula, Split, Dubrovnik all fabulous Full of history.
The Wookiee
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I love Tunisia 
- in fact I’m there right now - third time in the last 18 months- have also been to Turkey and Egypt in between- but pound for pound Tunisia wins.
I have however booked Fujairah in UAE for two weeks next year - holidays, hotels and resorts are what you make of them
- in fact I’m there right now - third time in the last 18 months- have also been to Turkey and Egypt in between- but pound for pound Tunisia wins. I have however booked Fujairah in UAE for two weeks next year - holidays, hotels and resorts are what you make of them
Seagull58
In the Algarve
Cabo Verde
Mahe Island, Seychelles
Zanzibar
Mauritius
Madagascar
Sao Tome & Principe (not that easy to get to though)
Madeira
The Azores
Mahe Island, Seychelles
Zanzibar
Mauritius
Madagascar
Sao Tome & Principe (not that easy to get to though)
Madeira
The Azores
The thing I loved most about it though was the youth there are so great, friendly and decent and want to get ahead and be good at what they choose to be. I think Albania has a very bright future and bloody good luck to them.
The house of leaves was quite a traumatic experience, so brace yourself mate for a very upsetting and emotional gig.
Crispy Ambulance
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They are indeed, but even the older people we met were genuinely pleased to see us and happy that people can now visit. They’re very proud of their country and, with learning English being mandatory from a young age,
They are indeed, helped by learning English being mandatory from a young age. Whilst Albanian clobber has been notoriously shabby in the past, the chicness of some of the women wouldn’t have looked out of place in Paris!
The older people too are so friendly and pleased that people can now visit.
Crispy Ambulance
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Absolutely. It’ll be a shocker but I’ve read up on loads of stuff about the Sigurimi so not expecting it to be pleasant, but essential to understanding more about their past.
Lots of Albanians in the German health service as well. The ones I have met are a lovely bunch. As an aside, they also all seem to be very good looking
Crispy Ambulance
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Mud Sweeter Than Honey by Margo Rejmer is a gruesome series of interviews with survivors (and family members - where no survivors exist!)- of the Sigurimi, detailing their methods and inhumane treatment of anyone who dared to think or express a bad thought about Hoxha, often using family members or neighbours to grass on them, with horrendous consequences.
I’ve been fascinated with the country for over 40 years; initially with it’s falling out with the rest of the world, its self-sufficiency, and its completely closed borders (and all the horrors that went on unseen by the outside world), to its current, modern drive towards stability, friendship, freedom and integration back into the modern world.
Quick question; which 2 people with links to Brighton also have links with Albania during the last 80 years?
- Aug 7, 2003
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Formentera is fantastic. A ferry from Ibiza but the total opposite. No bars or clubs as such or buildings over 4 storeys, just great beaches, scenery and superb restaurants. Nothing for kids except the beaches though. Only one all inclusive as far as I’m aware on the entire island. Although a Spanish island it’s 90% Italian tourists with only a few Brits. Very expensive, but worth it.