Suggestions please!

vanderlyle

Hi everyone

I'm looking for some suggestions regarding holiday places to take my girlfriend. It will be her first time abroad and our first holiday together!!

We have been through a particularly rough time with issues I've discussed on this board (where I received great advice!) and I'm hoping you guys will be able to help again!

We're open to anything, even non-traditional holiday locations.
We are an 'all weather' couple so we are not just looking for somewhere with a beach and lots of sun!
We have around £600 to spend (not including spending money).
We are hoping to book for February 2013 (our 3 year anniversary)!

What would you recommend?

P.s. wasn't sure where to post this, no one on the holiday board has replied and there's more people here

*Robin*

Come on OP, give us a few clues please :

How old are you both?
Can you 'get by' happily in any languages apart from English?
How long do you want to go away for?
What are your interests?

peachyprice

Skiing! Great fun, and better than taking pot luck on getting good weather in February.

tea_lover

Is that £600 each?

time2deal

Trip to northern Sweden or Finland to see the northern lights? Can be done for the budget if you go independently.

dizsiebubba

Don't do 2 weeks if it is her first time abroad and your first holiday... do one week and then leave yourselves wishing it was longer.

2 weeks on holiday just the two of you can often end in arguments, you get restless because of heat, a bad tummy, sun burnt etc and then in each others company 24/7 it can go oh so wrong!

browneyedbazzi

How long do you want to be away for? £600 could probably get you a good city break for 4 or 5 days (possibly longer depending on how fussy you are about accommodation) and that sort of holiday can be good regardless of the weather (particularly if you enjoy cultural things like museums/historical sites etc).

Prague and Amsterdam would both be good choices - they have reputations as destinations for stag dos/red light district/heavy drinking etc, but they are brilliant cities despite those things rather than because of them in my opinion. They are both really easy to get around, easy to communicate because locals tend to speak English and have plenty to see/do.

I wouldn't spend more than 3-4 days in Prague itself, but it would be quite easy to travel to some other bits of the country if you want a longer holiday (Cesky Krumlov is great as an add on).

xxlouisexx56

For £600 I went to Rome with my DP for 5 days. It was truly beautiful and I would recommend to everyone. So much to see, and a nice hotel to relax in.

McKneff

Rome, Venice, Paris, the list is endless.

Tropez

Eurostar usually have some winter break deals for around that time and European rail travel is reasonably priced on the whole. You could spend a few days in Paris and then move on to Brussels for a short while and both Antwerp and Bruges are a short train ride away for some excursions. If the weather holds (a bit of an if, admittedly) Bruges at night along the canals can be very romantic.

Judith_W

We went to Paris at the beginning of December for a long weekend. We LOVED it. It was good for my hubby cos he hadn't been abroad before and wasn't too 'out there', there was loads to do and really romantic.