Where to go with five days on a budget?
My daughter is doing a study abroad in London. I'm running over for a quick visit. We'll do four days in London, and then she wants to see something else...and that's where the question lies. We're on a tight budget, and their class already hit the hot spots in France, quick trip to Belgium, Amsterdam. If you only had five days in November and were on a budget and were with a 21-year-old who isn't going to just enjoy sitting in a cafe and people watching, where would you go? I'm not an experienced traveller but did a ten-day trip with my husband and we spent most of our time in Italy going to the popular sites. I'd rather see something other than Rome again since I don't get to travel much, but I'm leaning toward Rome since there's so much to do in one place that I think we can save money not having to travel from place to place. I could download RS's tours and keep busy from Monday through Saturday. She wanted to do Ireland, but I dread having to pack for that much cold, and I think we'd have to be traveling from site to site. I looked into Greece, and am not sure there's enough to do in one spot without having to ferry to other islands. I speak Spanish and would love to do Spain only for that reason, but again am hoping for something less than a bitter cold and don't know that there's "a spot" in southern Spain that could keep us going for five days. My father is Portuguese and has close roots/ties to Portugal, but again, don't know that we could stay in one spot and stay busy. Suggestions? I should be looking forward to this trip, but it's draining trying to find something that will fit within such tight restrictions! (I'm going to hit Greece with my husband after all my research, though. Now the two of us could sit on the beaches and wander the sitess and be pefectly content.)
Tamera
Kaysville, Utah Usa 11/1/12
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Hey everyone, check another post, she is now going to Ireland!
JER has some good suggestions. I would agree that southern Spain is a great choice.
Want weather that's even a bit warmer? Want more exotic? Want cheaper? Then look south of Spain: to Morocco. You can fly between London and Marrakech or Fes crazy cheap. Once you're there, things will generally be less expensive (and warmer) than Spain. You will find that traveling in Morocco is surprisingly easy - it's a major tourist destination for western europeans. Fly to Marrakech. Do 2 days there, take the train to Fes. Do 2 days there. Fly back from Fes. A side-trip you'll never forget.
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