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where is it safe to have an evening stroll abroad

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  • wallbash
    wallbash Posts: 17,775 Forumite
    I take my Mother every year on holiday , at 82 she loves an evening stroll . But we have never had any problems with safety. BUT its the actual state of roads/pavements which leave lots to be desired.
    Side in Turkey has a very new long promenaded might well be worth a look .
    There are some excellent restaurants in the area, that struggle to keep going because the (mainly foreign owned) hotels like to keep their guests inside. Any contributions to the local economy will see you welcomed like an old friend

    OR you can support the jobs , created by those hotels !
  • Dumbe
    Dumbe Posts: 266 Forumite
    What about Singapore or Dubai .. Both Extremely safe.

    Singapore you could leave your laptop on a table in a cafe come back an hour later and retrieve it!

    Dubai is also very safe to wander about at night.
  • mum2one
    mum2one Posts: 16,279 Forumite
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    I've had no probems in tunisia, and have been there most years for the last 10 yrs.

    Would suggest Yasmine Hammamet - you can walk round to the medina, or around to the Marnia

    Port el Kantoui - thats built round the marina,
    xx rip dad... we had our ups and downs but we’re always be family xx
  • mgdavid
    mgdavid Posts: 6,711 Forumite
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    Cyprus - no problem
    The questions that get the best answers are the questions that give most detail....
  • C_Mababejive
    C_Mababejive Posts: 11,668 Forumite
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    If travelling to Transylvania, avoid the evening stroll...

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    Feudal Britain needs land reform. 70% of the land is "owned" by 1 % of the population and at least 50% is unregistered (inherited by landed gentry). Thats why your slave box costs so much..
  • Kavanne
    Kavanne Posts: 5,093 Forumite
    edited 16 March 2013 at 4:03AM
    I know you said no Caribbean but Barbados has not had a direct hit from hurricane since the 1950s.... (it's actually away from the main chain of Caribbean islands) How about that? We went there and walked everywhere, at all times of day. No problem. Everyone is super friendly there because the prison is horrible and no one wants to be sent there
    Kavanne
    Nuns! Nuns! Reverse!

    'I do my job, do you do yours?'

  • Dragonista
    Dragonista Posts: 138 Forumite
    Singapore. Considered the safest city in the world.
  • Tosca2
    Tosca2 Posts: 16 Forumite
    Another vote for Singapore, wonderful street food too.
  • budgetflyer
    budgetflyer Posts: 5,949 Forumite
    edited 16 March 2013 at 7:47AM
    Tunisia is fine. We stayed in the older part of Hammamet which is not so touristy and walked about at night no problem. Loved it. The Tunisians are very friendly.
    Yasamine Hammamet is a purpose built resort with wide boulevards and is completely geared up to tourists.
  • mgdavid wrote: »
    Cyprus - no problem

    unfortunately Cyprus is now on the Euro, & seeing as a Euro is worth little more than a pound makes it expensive - but thank you anyway, it would have been a real possibility otherwise
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