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Where was your best ever holiday?

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Frosty66612 · 20/05/2018 09:07

Where did you have your best ever holiday? I think mine would have to be the Canadian Rockies during the summer (weather was amazing and the scenery is like nothing else).

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DowntheTown · 20/05/2018 09:13

Hard call, but one I'd like to repeat.... Umbria, July, middle of nowhere. Beautiful little villages, amazing scenery, fabulous food. Afternoons by the pool, beside lavender and rosemary bushes utterl teeming with butterflies. Ahh....

KinkyAfro · 20/05/2018 09:14

OMG I was going to say canada! I spent a few months over there during Spring/summer when younger, based in calgary but spent time in Banff, Kananaskis, Jasper to name a few. I don't think I'll ever see anything as beautiful....the Rockies, the rivers running alongside the road, mummy and baby bears strolling along the road, the trees. Absolutely stunning

JaceLancs · 20/05/2018 09:16

Dalyan turkey - although it was just as much about who I was with on that holiday

annandale · 20/05/2018 09:17

Tough one. Probably best ever overall was a flotilla sailing holiday in Turkey. Also had wonderful holidays in Frejus south of France and in Pembrokeshire and Northumberland.

LoniceraJaponica · 20/05/2018 09:19

I couldn't just pick one
Stand out ones for me have been California, Hong Kong and Indonesia, Lake Garda, Croatia, Crete, Sicily, Devon and Shropshire.

nervousnails · 20/05/2018 09:19

Coast Starlight train last year- LA to Seattle. THE best views ever and the happiest days!

dayinlifeof · 20/05/2018 09:19

Svalbard

ipswichwitch · 20/05/2018 09:21

Another one for Turkey Grin, it as mine and DH’s first proper holiday together.
The hotel was nice but basic, food was great and there was a fantastic bar next door. We had the best day out on a Jeep safari, was so much fun. We have a picture of us in the mud pool in our sitting room which is a lovely reminder of the fantastic time we had.

whiteroseredrose · 20/05/2018 09:22

We had our once-in-a-lifetime family holiday in California with New York at the start and Grand Canyon at the end which was amazing obviously. Cost a fortune but was paid for with an inheritance.

But our other top two were Northumberland and the Loire Valley. Both had a great variety of things to do. Castles, abbeys, boat trips, walks etc. We've never been beach holiday people!

Forgottenmypassword · 20/05/2018 09:24

Canada for us too.

We drove from Banff to Nelson BC and it was the most amazing drive ever. Beautiful.

The Maldives were up there too though, two weeks completely barefoot and no phones or connections to the world at all. Just us and our little island. (Plus the others that were there at the same time, but they don't count.)

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Frosty66612 · 20/05/2018 09:25

Love that some of you are including British holidays as they can be equally as amazing too. My favourite British ones were either Dorset, Cornwall or the Isle of Arran

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LoniceraJaponica · 20/05/2018 09:26

Ooh, I forgot - Lapland, to see the Northern Lights. Just brilliant.

ellsbells2 · 20/05/2018 09:27

Kerala in Southern India. Beautiful place and people.

Also Rome as it is such a spectacular city.

NeedForBlossom · 20/05/2018 09:50

Sri Lanka, pre children.

Wonderful place, gorgeous country with lovely people.

Post children, Lykia World in Turkey.

brizzledrizzle · 20/05/2018 10:36

We loved Northumberland and the Lakes - we try to go each year for a few days.

Niamhanna · 20/05/2018 10:37

New York & Cape Cod, where we went whale watching. Both kids still say it was the best thing they've ever done.

MaryPoppinsPenguins · 20/05/2018 10:40

Disneyworld
Cuba
And camping in a big group of friends was actually amazing. It’s up there.

MrsOsM · 20/05/2018 10:46

Florida. Did the Disney and universal parks and got married while we were there (in Florida, not in one of the parks). I dream about going back.

unicorn56 · 20/05/2018 10:49

Another one for Dalyan Turkey! It was mine and DP first holiday together, and was just such a beautiful town.

unicorn56 · 20/05/2018 10:50

Pressed send too soon! It probably draws with Cuba, as the excursions and hotel we stayed at there were amazing!!!

20nil · 20/05/2018 10:52

Corsica in September about 12 years ago. Lots of holidays since then, but still remember it as perfect.

iklboo · 20/05/2018 10:52

Up to now our first cruise to Norway. Breathtaking scenery, brilliant weather and we spent a day kayaking on the fjords. Wonderful.

Caspiana · 20/05/2018 10:53

I trekked to Everest Base Camp and being in the beautiful Himalayas was two of the best weeks of my life. I get all happy just thinking about it Smile

MorningsEleven · 20/05/2018 10:54

Carcasonne. It was pre-kids.

liz70 · 20/05/2018 11:00

Berriedale near Caithness was stunning. Travelling further and further north through all that amazing landscape made me forget about trivialities. Gardenstown in Aberdeenshire was also gorgeous. Had dozens of holidays all over mainland UK so lots to choose from there. Abroad we had a lovely holiday in St. Tomas in Menorca.