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Which European city would you recommend?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I’m looking at going on a girls weekend away. Fancy a city break to Europe.
Where have you visited that you really enjoyed?
Amsterdam and Budapest are possibilities so far. |
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Been round a reasonable chunk of the globe and Barcelona is still a top spot. Not been to either yet, but Prague and Krakow are both on the to do list following recommendations- so feel free to try these out and report back  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Love a weekend break in Europe, I've been to all of the mentioned above.
Best I've been to recently is Porto and Istanbul. Really cheap and best of all, no tanked up Brits on stag dos |
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By *IG08Man
over a year ago
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Ljubljana in Slovenia is amazing. Very affordable, places to walk around, food market and very pretty
Valencia is stunning for Sun and near the beach
And as another has already mentioned, Cologne and Berlin are my favourites in Germany
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I’m looking at going on a girls weekend away. Fancy a city break to Europe.
Where have you visited that you really enjoyed?
Amsterdam and Budapest are possibilities so far."
My friend died in Budapest when I was on holiday with him.
He got separated from our group.
He was hit by a car. (Was looking in wrong direction on the night we landed)
Because it was bank holiday the police stations were not open/actively ignoring us in 22 precincts.
I spent 3 night's wondering around homeless shelters and waste disposal looking for his body or asking for leads.
I found a homeless junkie who told me the truth.
That's a day before his mum and girlfriend/baby mum were told by the hungarian police ..
They were simply not working for bank holiday.
When I came back to England he was still missing on the 3rd day. I had to be interogated in Manchester airport and asked loads of questions and debreifed about the missing person situation.
He was just in a morgue the whole time but because it was bank holiday it took 4 days plus all his family C omeing out to search the city. Before they even decided to tell us about a body they had in storage.
They had cctv and everything...
GMP told us the Hungarian police were totally disintrested in cooperating with them. They even found it easier to deal with Spanish police.
They were totally shocked at how Hungarian authorities didn't work on bank holiday for missing person they had anyway while the parents are crying at 22 police stations begging to know info about their dead son.
Budapest is good but the police are rude unempothetic wankers.
I've had better experience with thai police/Spanish police... (who aren't the best but they still give a shit if someone's dead especially to crying parents) |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I would go somewhere in spain. Love travelling round Spain.Not the obvious places, Barca, Seville etc. Which are all very nice but Salamanca is beautiful, big ish places inland. Somewhere like that |
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So many places! I think a few criteria to help narrow down - what do you want? A scene? Food ? Culture? When?How long do you want to travel for?
Her will pitch for Oslo - fantastic scenery but not cheap. Same with Stockholm.
I love Italy, Rome, Florence and the Amalfi coast.
Paris is an oldie but a goodie. Brugges and Antwerp are low key but beautiful.
Toulouse - you could add a day trip to Cap (that'll be an eye opener for them ) and day to Andorra for major dutyfree shopping?
Ooooh - now we want to go somewhere!
Hmm |
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"I would go somewhere in spain. Love travelling round Spain.Not the obvious places, Barca, Seville etc. Which are all very nice but Salamanca is beautiful, big ish places inland. Somewhere like that"
Ronda |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Venice is beautiful, great food, lovely architecture and wonderful people.
Barcelona is a cool place to visit, nice bars / restaurants and it has it’s on beach
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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Prague has a little of everything - history, architecture, fantastic food, excellent nightlife and more - has become a little commercialised due to its popularity but is still to be recommended.
Dublin is always a good option too - although is quite expensive and has suffered from similar commercialisation to Prague.
Berlin is on my to do list. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Cologne and Berlin are also great places for city breaks, Germany is very easy to get around so any of the major cities are a option"
I’ve been to Cologne on a school trip (so not long ago). I’ve heard good things about Berlin. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Been round a reasonable chunk of the globe and Barcelona is still a top spot. Not been to either yet, but Prague and Krakow are both on the to do list following recommendations- so feel free to try these out and report back "
One of my close friends has been to Krakow twice in recent months. She rates it highly. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"So many places! I think a few criteria to help narrow down - what do you want? A scene? Food ? Culture? When?How long do you want to travel for?
Her will pitch for Oslo - fantastic scenery but not cheap. Same with Stockholm.
I love Italy, Rome, Florence and the Amalfi coast.
Paris is an oldie but a goodie. Brugges and Antwerp are low key but beautiful.
Toulouse - you could add a day trip to Cap (that'll be an eye opener for them ) and day to Andorra for major dutyfree shopping?
Ooooh - now we want to go somewhere!
Hmm"
Culture I’d say, We love architecture and places to see like museums and galleries. Somewhere we will feel safe.
Not too long travelling, we will fly I expect as none of us will fancy driving.
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By (user no longer on site)
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I've visited Berlin around 15 times. That says it all really.
If you can extend the break a little longer, my favourite trip there, I flew into Berlin, had a couple of nights there then took the train to Prague
I had a couple more nights there and flew back from Prague  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Also if doing Budapest, Vienna is achievable on a day trip by train
If you do somewhere like Porto, get out into the countryside and explore the smaller cities like Guimaraes, Braga or Coimbra |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Hi,
Lisbon has great music and food.
Closer to home Belfast is like Dublin without all the stag parties.
Q"
Second vote for Lisbon...fabulous city
We really enjoyed Dubrovnik last year...beautiful but teeny tiny... |
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Oh and Montpellier in the South of France, stunning, stunning medieval stone architecture, the whole city is a pedestrian zone of classic 'disneyesque' narrow stone streets and cafes spilling out onto little gardens, it's a total delight. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I’m looking at going on a girls weekend away. Fancy a city break to Europe.
Where have you visited that you really enjoyed?
Amsterdam and Budapest are possibilities so far."
I can recommend Budapest and will go again.
Loved it  go for it OP! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Prague has a little of everything - history, architecture, fantastic food, excellent nightlife and more - has become a little commercialised due to its popularity but is still to be recommended.
Dublin is always a good option too - although is quite expensive and has suffered from similar commercialisation to Prague.
Berlin is on my to do list."
Nice to know Prague has fantastic food because that is on my to do list  |
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