Where WOULD you go back to?

[Lanique]

On the back of the other thread, which is really interesting, about places you wouldn't want to go back to, either because it was unpleasant or because you saw it all while there, I thought it would be interesting to know where people WOULD go back to.

I'll start:

New Zealand - beautiful, varied scenery around every corner. We only did parts of the South Island and I'd love to see more. Three and a half weeks were not enough!

Edinburgh - we do go back there regularly, it is a beautiful city with an amazing vibe.

Berlin - I loved it and wouldn't mind revisiting one day.

Worldwide:
Tokyo
Sorrento - the most beautiful place I have seen.
Vienna
Prague
U.K.:
Henley
Marlow
St David’s

Knidos and Datca.

A little bit of my heart is there.

Angkor Wat, just amazing

I’m so glad to see New Zealand and The Maldives on the “ill return to” list. Both are on my to do list for next year. Thank you! Can you recommend any trips in particular we should go on? 2 adults only - for the first time in 30 years 😊

New Zealand, Australia, Sumatra, Argentina, Maldives, Rome, Edinburgh
and ...Vegas for cheesy fun!

Bruges.
Lovely and pretty

And Malta- Mellieha Bay Hotel
Lovely friendly people
Gondolas amazing.

The Minack theatre in Cornwall. It touched my soul.

Oh that's difficult! My top 3 are: the Maldives, Thailand and Japan. The first two because of swimming in the sea and weather the third because it was just so interesting. On all 3 places we didn't run out of anything to do as a family which was fantastic!

Kefalonia
Corfu
Saas-Fee

I’d love to got to Japan. It seems popular here too.

Long haul:

India
Japan
New Zealand (@Garfunkle 5-day hike in Abel Tasman National Park with Wilson Travel was my favourite thing in NZ plus the WOW museum in Nelson)

Europe:

French Pyrenees
Dolomites for skiing
Lucca

UK:

London
Lake District
Northumberland
Harris
Skye (out of tourist and midgie season)
Edinburgh ( I hope to live there one day)

Crete and Angkor Wat.

I think about this exact question far too much! There are so many places I'd love to see again, but then there's a lot of world, and not a lot of time...

So maybe this is more about revisiting childhood places that have emotional pull, or places I went before I had family that I'd love to share with them:

Scotland - Ullapool and the Summer Isles, Mellon Udrigle, Arisaig, Colonsay, Iona, the Cheviot Hills round Yetholm

Northumberland

Iceland

Norway, far north, past the Cape

Nevis (as in St Kitts and)

Mongolia

Maine

Venice - never have I been anywhere quite as beautiful
Halkidiki - wasn’t excited to go really but it’s a truly special area

Has there been a “Where would you NEVER go back to thread?”.

@MadameHomais

Has there been a “Where would you NEVER go back to thread?”.

Yes, about 5 minutes ago. This thread was in response to this one - www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/4303150-Wheres-somewhere-youve-visited-but-wouldnt-want-to-go-back-to

New York. Sadly I don't think I will get there again because of my DC's complex needs. I can't imagine him coping there and I can't imagine him coping with us leaving him to go there.

In fact that sentiment stands for pretty much every place I've loved and would want to return to: Berlin, Barcelona, Rome.

People feel trapped by COVID but don't realise that for some families that's been their life for much much longer.

Tobago
Kenya

Iceland, this time in winter and particularly for the new volcanoes.
Malta, because of personal history.
Watergate Bay or Sennen, happy family holidays.
The Rheinpfalz, no one knows about it.
Bernese Oberland, jawdropping beauty.

Florence
Istanbul
Tromso
Belfast
Boston, Mass.
Montreal
Taormina
Conwy
Bergen
Ravenna
Co. Kerry
Whitby
Florida Keys
The New Forest
Jerusalem
Corfe
Stockholm
Banburgh
Glenridding
NYC
Blue Ridge Mountains
Niagara Falls

Rovinj - Croatia
Bohinj - Slovenia
Lisbon - second trip booked already
Marrakech - been twice and will return regularly throughout my life I'm sure
Budapest

Durness and tongue

The 'new places' versus 'loved places' is so hard to balance. I've been to a lot of places I'd love to go back to, but places that will definitely make it on to the return visit list include:

New Zealand
Isles of Scilly
Yorkshire Dales
Lisbon
Bangkok
Italy
Brittany.

There are probably others. I'm lucky enough to go to Paris and London regularly too - both fantastic cities.

Tioman (island off Malaysia). Nothing to do there except relax on the beautiful beaches, swim and eat.

Japan. Such a wonderful tourist destination- amazing culture, good hotels and restaurants and amazing public transport.

USA - well everyone loves going there! Great shopping and amazing national parks

Cotswolds - countryside to die for and chocolate box villages