Holiday Advice Anyone?

Miscellaneous General
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I’m getting married next year and am currently trying to plan the honeymoon; I’m planning it solo so it’s a surprise for her. But I’m still not entirely sold on where to go so I thought you guys might be able to help me out.

Criteria-

  1. In Europe

  2. Hot - 25 degrees + (I’m going in June)

  3. Decent Architecture

  4. Lots of history and galleries and the like.

  5. Preferably coastal or a place with nice countryside.

(I don’t though intend to lie on the beach all day every day)

Any help would be much appreciated.

NB We went to Rome and Florence this August.

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I don’t have any specifics for you I’m afraid, but I know that the coastal areas in Europe get very crowded mid summer. We’re looking at going roughly the same time next summer and I’m planning on staying away from the coast in general. Of course if you intend to spend the trip on the beach then that won’t do for you.

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Lake Ohrid, Macedonia is nice.

4

You just basically described Rome.

5

We went there in August.

6

Been to France? Don’t go to Paris. They are all snobs there. Go to Burgundy, France. Great wine area. It is best to learn some French though, locals will be nicer if you make an effort.

7

Nice. Lake Como?

Corfu, Greece. Although that’s more of a party town and not much countryside.

France? St. Mont Michele was cool.

Venice?

Hell, go to Vienna and visit Mises. [:)]

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Hoodwink the wife into that one.

You: Let’s go to Vienna for the sites, the spirits…and Ludwig von Mises

Your wife: What was that last part?

You:…the spirits? [;)]

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Haha… the route has already been planned and their is a mission involved.

"Nobody in the old Vienna Chamber of Commerce building seemed to know where the plaque was and I had had enough of government bureaucrats and didn’t feel like trying to talk to the land-nazi next door again. I settled for snapping a picture of each building and moving on.

Perhaps the next Misesian visiting Vienna can get inside, find the plaque, and add a photograph and caption to this article."

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Switzerland. After most countries collapse, it’ll probably be the only one worth moving to. Might as well get acquainted (sp?) now.

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Greece/ Athens seems the most obvious answer

Toledo Spain

or Morroco even though it is Africa

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Thanks for the advice everyone. After sorting out potential transportaion problems such as only seemingly having flights on a Wednesday (duh?), I’ve decided to head to Rhodes as it’s pretty cheap and ticks the boxes. I did think of island hopping in Greece but the ferries ain’t cheap if you want to do a lot of it.

Any idea where to stay there? ie Away from the clubbers and other irritants.

13

Consider Budapest. I heard it was amazing.

14

You might want to consider Poland; there’s Krakow, Warsaw, Gdansk, Lublin, Zakopane…

Poland is crammed full of history, especially in cities such as Warsaw and Krakow, and features architecture ranging from rustic wooden Slavic buildings and churches to Italian Renaissance palaces, museums, theatres. The Polish landscape is generally green, flat and carpeted with trees. The Tatra Mountains and the Carpathian Mountains are in the south, bordering the Czech Republic and Slovakia – you trek over and hop on a train to Vienna! [:D]

And if you go to Lublin, you are within driving distance of Ludwig von Mises’s birthplace, the (formally Polish now Ukrainian) city of L’viv (L’wów).

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Lisbon.

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It is. So is Prague. But no real beaches…