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Can anyone recommend a place to go on holiday with these criteria?

44 replies

littlegoldenhoops · 04/03/2022 19:01

My (27 year old) DD and I are going to go away together in July.

Ideally we want somewhere in Europe where we can go to a market/ museum/ shop (bonus points for a Sephora) in the morning, have a coffee and nice lunch, then retreat to a pool in the afternoon. In the evening we'd like to go for dinner and cocktails with some people watching. Looking for a vibe that isn't party-party or wholly catering for families.

Not willing to hire a car but will use public transport.

Any recommendations?

OP posts:

lovelyupnorth · 04/03/2022 20:17

Limoge in France. Ticks all the boxes

LollyLol · 04/03/2022 20:17

Berlin is fab in hot weather and the night life is great

Winederlust · 04/03/2022 20:17

Ooh or how about San Sebastian? Northern Spain so shouldn't be as hot as the likes of Valencia and Madrid in July. It has all the shops you could want, a cool old town area for pinchos and people watching and a beach.

Costacoffeeplease · 04/03/2022 20:18

Stay in Cascais for the beach and get the train to Lisbon for the shopping

Winederlust · 04/03/2022 20:19

You can do day trips to Rioja if you like wine as well

Clymene · 04/03/2022 20:19

Palma definitely! It's such a fabulous city

weebarra · 04/03/2022 20:20

I do very much love Palma. It is a city, but has a population of less than 0.5 million.

FormerlySpeckledyHen · 04/03/2022 20:22

Lisbon, Porto or Nice

GaiaWise · 04/03/2022 20:24

We had similar criteria and have booked Rethmyno, Crete, in the old town.

notdiggin · 04/03/2022 20:24

Sitges. Its 35km from Barcelona

FormerlySpeckledyHen · 04/03/2022 20:24

@Costacoffeeplease

Stay in Cascais for the beach and get the train to Lisbon for the shopping

Perfect option.

AdriannaP · 04/03/2022 20:30

Another vote for Nice - you can easily get to Monaco and Cannes by train for trips
Barcelona

Palermo but as you said super hot in July
Lake Garda
or Milan and Lake Como

AdriannaP · 04/03/2022 20:31

Bilbao and the Guggenheim!

AdriannaP · 04/03/2022 20:32

@littlegoldenhoops

We're definitely not looking to stay in a city, but would like to be in distance for a day trip :)

Sorry just saw this

Lake Como and Milan for day trips could work well.
Same for Lake Garda and Verona (and Venice)

reluctantbrit · 04/03/2022 20:33

@FelicityFlops

Strasbourg Frankfurt Luxembourg Maastricht Trier Bordeaux Montpelier Prague Salzburg Munich

I visited Strassbourg, Trier, Frankfurt, Salzburg and Munich and never came across a hotel with outdoor pool to spend the afternoon at.

Apart from Frankfurt, they are all lovely cities though.

OP - Barcelona or Palma would be my suggestion.

soupmaker · 04/03/2022 20:36

My first thought was Palma. I adore it.

Savvysix1984 · 04/03/2022 20:55

Seville or Malaga

seashellsunderthesand · 04/03/2022 21:09

Syracuse in Sicily. It's such a beautiful city. It'll be hot of course but it's on the coast and it's normal Mediterranean hot.

Forgothowmuchlhatehomeschoolin · 04/03/2022 21:17

Lake Garda with a day in Verona for shopping

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