FabSwingers.com forum: City breaks where would you recommend?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I’ve been thinking of going to Barcelona in the autumn. Anyone who’s been, is it worth a visit ?

Which cities here or abroad have you visited and enjoyed ?

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

Barcelona is a good choice for the cathedral and Gaudi architecture but I’d recommend Rome.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rome

New York

Chester

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By *r MoriartyMan
over a year ago

The Land that time forgot (Norfolk)

Bolzano in Northern Italy, not sure it qualifies as a City as it's quite small bit it's lovely. Spent a couple of days there last year and would happily return for longer. It's not touristy but loads of nice restaurants and shops plus a weekly market.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Palma

Lovely shoe shops

Little tapas bars

Cake shops

Higgledy piggledy streets

Fantastic architecture

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By *tonMessCouple
over a year ago

Slough Windsor ish

Dublin

York

Bath

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By *ookingforlustMan
over a year ago

northants

Dublin (anytime)

Berlin (Christmastime)

Paris (summer)

Como in Italy is really nice, and you can always pop to Milan for a bit of designer shopping.

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By *ristol HellfireMan
over a year ago

Bristol

"I’ve been thinking of going to Barcelona in the autumn. Anyone who’s been, is it worth a visit ?

Which cities here or abroad have you visited and enjoyed ?"

Rome

Florence

Prague

Madrid

Seville

Berlin

I would recommend any of the above; if you can avoid school half-term you should be able to get a decent hotel and a flight for not too much money.

Six nights, in Prague, in early December for three people (two rooms) in a five star hotel, plus return flights from Heathrow, has just gone through my bank account for £740 per person.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I’ve been thinking of going to Barcelona in the autumn. Anyone who’s been, is it worth a visit ?

Which cities here or abroad have you visited and enjoyed ?

Rome

Florence

Prague

Madrid

Seville

Berlin

I would recommend any of the above; if you can avoid school half-term you should be able to get a decent hotel and a flight for not too much money.

Six nights, in Prague, in early December for three people (two rooms) in a five star hotel, plus return flights from Heathrow, has just gone through my bank account for £740 per person."

Nice! I love Prague

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

Como in Italy is really nice, and you can always pop to Milan for a bit of designer shopping. "

Ooh yes Lake Como looks fabulous, definitely on my to do list!

Prague and Montpellier are favourites at the moment.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A much overlooked Glasgow, or it's more gentryfied neighbour in the east Edinburgh

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By *rontmanMan
over a year ago

Derby and often London

Krakow, one of my favourite places I’ve ever been too!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Belfast

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Can’t beat your if in the uk

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

*york

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

But if not...

Rome

Paris

Amsterdam

Dublin

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Palma

Lovely shoe shops

Little tapas bars

Cake shops

Higgledy piggledy streets

Fantastic architecture "

2nd Palma beautiful City, Lisbon is also a really nice City to Visit, xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rhyl

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By *radleywigginsMan
over a year ago

northwest

Nuremberg, Hamburg, Munich or Berlin recommended. Less so Frankfurt

Salzburg recommended

Copenhagen, Aalborg or Aarhus recommended

Oslo recommended

Sienna, Florence, Lucca recommended, Pisa less so

Zürich recommended, Geneva less so

Barcelona, Madrid and Granada all recommended

Budapest recommended

Bucharest recommended

Prague recommended

Krakow recommended

Ljubljana recommended

Skopje not really recommended

Istanbul recommended

Brussels not recommended

Dubrovnik recommended

Amsterdam recommended.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Goa

Northern Cyprus

Torquay

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By *oneeMan
over a year ago

bath

Florence, wonderful place to visit and easy to walk around.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Rhyl"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lisbon...only a 2hr flight, incredibly beautiful city, lovely people, history, culture and beaches nearby. Great bars and nightlife too...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Rome

New York

Chester "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Venice.

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By *ornyDubMan25Man
over a year ago

Berlin

"I’ve been thinking of going to Barcelona in the autumn. Anyone who’s been, is it worth a visit ?

Which cities here or abroad have you visited and enjoyed ?

Rome

Florence

Prague

Madrid

Seville

Berlin

I would recommend any of the above; if you can avoid school half-term you should be able to get a decent hotel and a flight for not too much money.

Six nights, in Prague, in early December for three people (two rooms) in a five star hotel, plus return flights from Heathrow, has just gone through my bank account for £740 per person."

For Prague, this seems pretty overpriced to me!

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By *ookingforlustMan
over a year ago

northants

Como in Italy is really nice, and you can always pop to Milan for a bit of designer shopping.

Ooh yes Lake Como looks fabulous, definitely on my to do list!

Prague and Montpellier are favourites at the moment."

I went to a wedding on lake como, it was amazing. There’s a restaurant where you have to get a boat to it and it is fan-fucking-tastic. Great food, great venue, great night.

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By *radleywigginsMan
over a year ago

northwest

"I’ve been thinking of going to Barcelona in the autumn. Anyone who’s been, is it worth a visit ?

Which cities here or abroad have you visited and enjoyed ?

Rome

Florence

Prague

Madrid

Seville

Berlin

I would recommend any of the above; if you can avoid school half-term you should be able to get a decent hotel and a flight for not too much money.

Six nights, in Prague, in early December for three people (two rooms) in a five star hotel, plus return flights from Heathrow, has just gone through my bank account for £740 per person.

For Prague, this seems pretty overpriced to me! "

That should be closer to the total price

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Florence, wonderful place to visit and easy to walk around."

I’ve been to Florence once, would definitely visit again.

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By *_Yeah19Couple
over a year ago

Lincoln

This thread has bought back so many awesome memories of my travels but one that I was most impressed by recently is def Lisbon for just about everything you could want in a short break

hoping to take TB soon after our Rome and Prague juants later in the year

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Taormina on Scilly, about an hour from Palermo. It's a cliff top town with a massive roman amphitheater. In the evening you can sit outside a bar on the main pedestrian street and watch as everyone comes and walks up and down the road.

Or Blackpool

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Belfast

Is on my to visit list. I wanted to see the Titanic exhibition.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Palma

Lovely shoe shops

Little tapas bars

Cake shops

Higgledy piggledy streets

Fantastic architecture "

Love Palma. That’s another added to my list of possibilities !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Newcastle, the best city in the world and also the friendly city

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By *nJ_NW_cplCouple
over a year ago

wirral

"I’ve been thinking of going to Barcelona in the autumn. Anyone who’s been, is it worth a visit ?

Which cities here or abroad have you visited and enjoyed ?"

If you are going to Barcelona make sure you book to go into any of the places you want to see as they get very busy and sometimes they are fully booked weeks in advance. Rome would be our number one as it has something amazing to see on every corner. Both are great for a few days xxx

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Barcelona is lovely. Watch out for the beggars

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By *erDirtyRockstarMan
over a year ago

buckinghamshire

Bruge, ghent. Both beautiful and wonderously good food and drink.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dubrovnik. Mr booked us a surprise holiday and initially I knew very little about it but the more people I speak to and the more I find out about it it looks like absolutely fabulous x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Also my sister went to Sorrento last year and raved about it x

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

Como in Italy is really nice, and you can always pop to Milan for a bit of designer shopping.

Ooh yes Lake Como looks fabulous, definitely on my to do list!

Prague and Montpellier are favourites at the moment.

I went to a wedding on lake como, it was amazing. There’s a restaurant where you have to get a boat to it and it is fan-fucking-tastic. Great food, great venue, great night. "

They have a dance festival there some years - one day I'll get there!

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

Como is excellent. If you hire a car, better still up the western side of the lake, about 45 mins is Cadebabbia. Brillant! You can get a boat service there to Bellagio on the other side of the lake.

Florence - if you are architecturally minded.

Sorrento. Just beautiful!

Kyrenia in N. Cyprus. Most photographed harbour in that sector of island.

Malta. Whole island is great.

Turkey: Olu Deniz.

Menorca.

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By *elvetGuyMan
over a year ago

Dublin

"I’ve been thinking of going to Barcelona in the autumn. Anyone who’s been, is it worth a visit ?

Which cities here or abroad have you visited and enjoyed ?"

Dublin... fun, food, drink, culture, everything

Let me know when you are here

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dubrovnik in Croatia is pretty awesome, even better if you're GoT fan

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rome is our favorite city quickly followed by Paris and London

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