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By *TG3Man
over a year ago
Dorchester |
"I'll be going with my daughter. Would love to hear recommendations. Time of year is flexible. We like history and art. Have done Florence and Paris recently."
Barcelona or madrid both very historic, lots of art and not too far to travel  |
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over a year ago
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"I'll be going with my daughter. Would love to hear recommendations. Time of year is flexible. We like history and art. Have done Florence and Paris recently."
Barcelona
Beautiful city
Art galleries
Eat outside under the stars every evening
And cathedral is out of this world x  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I'll be going with my daughter. Would love to hear recommendations. Time of year is flexible. We like history and art. Have done Florence and Paris recently."
Maybe best as a day out. Have you thought about the Roman City of Chester?
I can't comment about the art, but there's plenty of Roman history to devour. |
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Amsterdam is amazing. It's so so pretty! The Rijksmuseum is perfect for art lovers. I really enjoyed the touristy boat tour and they went into the history with a big helping of humour. Lots of lovely restaurants and cafes. If your daughter is old enough we discovered a bar called The Waterhole where they have live rock/indie bands every night. One night was Rockeoke- karaoke with a live band!
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By (user no longer on site)
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Athens is my place of choice, absolutely gorgeous sunsets and sunrises if you pick the right spot.
Food, entertainment, history, well it is the world's 4th oldest city, the locals are friendly and you can literally walk the whole city to take in the landmarks.
The metro system is super easy to navigate and cheap if you want to head to the coast and chill at the beach |
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"I'll be going with my daughter. Would love to hear recommendations. Time of year is flexible. We like history and art. Have done Florence and Paris recently.
Barcelona
Beautiful city
Art galleries
Eat outside under the stars every evening
And cathedral is out of this world x "
Segrada isn't a cathedral, thats about 3 miles away in the Gothic Quarter (worth a visit, but nowhere near as jaw dropping as Mr Gaudis' little project).
But I have to agree, Barcelona is an awesome place to visit  |
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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago
Dubai & Nottingham |
Lisbon would be my choice - cheap direct flights from Luton. Alfalma region, one of the oldest cities in the world so a must if you’re into history, culture, photography & art. I’ve heard it called the instagram city |
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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago
Dubai & Nottingham |
"I'll be going with my daughter. Would love to hear recommendations. Time of year is flexible. We like history and art. Have done Florence and Paris recently.
Barcelona
Beautiful city
Art galleries
Eat outside under the stars every evening
And cathedral is out of this world x
Segrada isn't a cathedral, thats about 3 miles away in the Gothic Quarter (worth a visit, but nowhere near as jaw dropping as Mr Gaudis' little project).
But I have to agree, Barcelona is an awesome place to visit "
And Parc Guell is just a short metro ride out the city , if into Gaudi. |
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By *979Man
over a year ago
Doddington |
Prague , Barcelona, Budapest, Lisbon, Porto, Berlin, Amsterdam , Milan, Madrid,
All amazing cities
"I'll be going with my daughter. Would love to hear recommendations. Time of year is flexible. We like history and art. Have done Florence and Paris recently."
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All of everything mentioned above, I've been to almost all the European capitals and many other cities and all have a lot to offer.
A bit left field, I went to Debrecen last year (got flights for £12.99 return). There's some wonderful art, sculpture and one of the world's most beautiful library's. We got a great service from curators who were chuffed to have someone to show it to. |
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
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Malaga is a really nice city and easy to get around and easy to get to.
Madrid and Granada are also really good. Madrid can be very cold at this time of year and upto early spring.
Heraklion on Crete is good. Knossos isn't far away, Spinalonga is a bit a way but well worth a visit. Or what about Athens! |
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On the opposite side, i'll chuck in not going to Sofia, Bulgaria.
Had 4 hours to kill there waiting for a flight- spent the last two of them having a long lunch as it was the most interesting part...unless you really like churches  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'll be going with my daughter. Would love to hear recommendations. Time of year is flexible. We like history and art. Have done Florence and Paris recently."
Luxor is amazing, there's too much history to cram even into a fortnight. Add a few days up in Cairo, and some down in Aswan. |
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"On the opposite side, i'll chuck in not going to Sofia, Bulgaria.
Had 4 hours to kill there waiting for a flight- spent the last two of them having a long lunch as it was the most interesting part...unless you really like churches "
Agree entirely - only Helsinki comes close in my experiences |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'll be going with my daughter. Would love to hear recommendations. Time of year is flexible. We like history and art. Have done Florence and Paris recently."
Where ever you go have great time with daughter |
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"All of the above.
I’ll add Prague, lovely historic city and loads of different types of art galleries "
I'd suggest Prague as well. The stained glass windows in the cathedral are stunning if you are into that sort of thing. |
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"All of the above.
I’ll add Prague, lovely historic city and loads of different types of art galleries
I'd suggest Prague as well. The stained glass windows in the cathedral are stunning if you are into that sort of thing. "
Another "vote" for Prague here. Love everything about that city.
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"On the opposite side, i'll chuck in not going to Sofia, Bulgaria.
Had 4 hours to kill there waiting for a flight- spent the last two of them having a long lunch as it was the most interesting part...unless you really like churches "
Lourdes is infested with religious buildings. |
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Some great suggestions already. Any of them are great. Add Bath.
Fave is Rome but mind the pickpockets.
Salzburg maybe? But of mozart. Vienna?
Verona is often over looked.
Sienna is glorious.
Bourdeaux? Caen? Utrecht?
Have a great time. |
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I agree with many of those above.
In the UK, I would reccomend Liverpool, York and Edinburgh.
In Europe Barcelona and Rome are my favourites so far.
I can't reccomend Athens... the actual monuments are great but the city is a graffiti ridden mess.
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Done New York mid December
Over crowded, over priced, just not good. So don't bother.
My top tip for most city brakes lonly planet book plan as much as you can. Open top buss hop on hop off..
Rome, Paris, Barcelona, London |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'll be going with my daughter. Would love to hear recommendations. Time of year is flexible. We like history and art. Have done Florence and Paris recently."
Amsterdam has a Vermeer exhibit on Feb till June, if he's your thing. There's loads of other art and history places there aswell.
Barcelona is beautiful and full of art and history too. |
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"Prague. Many of the films supposedly set in old Vienna/Berlin/Paris/etc are actually shot in modern day Prague. Also a good sex museum."
I'm sure she and her daughter will love a mother/daughter trip to the Sex Museum...
(sorry to make assumptions on your behalf, OP!).
One more for the mix, but Stockholm is one of the nicest places I've visited. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We discovered Alicante by mistake, had some great weekends there.
Liverpool is a great place for a weekend for all ages.  "
Liverpool is pants cold n wet |
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"We discovered Alicante by mistake, had some great weekends there.
Liverpool is a great place for a weekend for all ages.
Liverpool is pants cold n wet "
As opposed to which city in Britain that isn't ? |
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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago
Dubai & Nottingham |
"Some great suggestions already. Any of them are great. Add Bath.
Fave is Rome but mind the pickpockets.
Salzburg maybe? But of mozart. Vienna?
Verona is often over looked.
Sienna is glorious.
Bourdeaux? Caen? Utrecht?
Have a great time. "
Sine great recommendations but hard to get to for a short trip.
I’m gutted can no longer fly direct to Granada, one of my favourite places. The caves in Sacromote in the mountain by Al Hambre are now little indie bars with gypsy musicians I think the only City left in Andalusia where you get free tapas with every drink
I really want to go to Verona too , I think train from Milan is the best way ? |
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"I'll be going with my daughter. Would love to hear recommendations. Time of year is flexible. We like history and art. Have done Florence and Paris recently."
Rome. If it’s history and art go to the Vatican Museums. Rome every time. |
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"I'm going to Rome next week of anyone has good advice "
Take decent footwear! i walked about 12 miles a day and still didn't see everything.
Unless you really crave the view, avoid the restaurants by the tourist attractions, the prices were crazily high! For example, pizza by The Pantheon was €18- same size pizza about 200m away down a side street was €4 |
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