won a pair of flight tickets with Lufthansa - but where to go... any recommendations

robnye

everyotheridwasused wrote: »

How about Russia? They fly to both Moscow and St Petersburg, although beware you would need a visa to visit.

not sure about russia

greenface

Cluj Romania nice place cheap hotels and a bit of history around the general area. beer festival is the best option here. Or bristol

ailuro2

http://lufthansa.innosked.com/Default.aspx?lang_id=en&country=uk

is the link for Lufthansa route map - they do go to Moscow!!:D

blindman

ailuro2 wrote: »

http://lufthansa.innosked.com/Default.aspx?lang_id=en&country=uk

is the link for Lufthansa route map - they do go to Moscow!!:D

The problem with Moscow\Russia is the price of the visa £90 IIRC and the price of the hotels £££££

What's the limitation on the flights? Are there any black out periods?

Athens is Okay for along weekend

omelette451

I'd ignore anywhere budget airlines go to - which includes Istanbul (it's half Europe, half Asia...) and most of Central Europe. My suggestion would be somewhere in the Balkans - Macedonia, Sarajevo, Tirana, Montenegro are all excellent and as it's unlikely they'll get lcc service any time soon ordinary fares will be huge.

robnye

are the balkans likely to be cheaper than say Athens?

omelette451

robnye wrote: »

are the balkans likely to be cheaper than say Athens?

What do you mean?

If you're talking about flights, they'll be much more expensive than Athens as there's a fair bit of competition on UK-Athens routes from both full-service and budget airlines.

If you're talking about expenses while you're there, I suppose it depends what you're likely to do. Expensive hotels are expensive everywhere in the world, but if you're sticking to ordinary ones and eat in ordinary restaurants it's likely to be cheaper than in Greece. It'll certainly be more memorable as the place you went when you won the competition than Athens would be.