Budapest or Barcelona??????

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DH and I are gonna give ourselves a weekend break away for Christmas. Will need to go school hols so will be going Feb or April. I like going somewhere different so I'm leaning towards Budapest but have heard a few not so good things about it. Anyone with any advice/opinions/recommendations please? My last trip without LOs was to Krakow which I loved. DH not much of a traveller.

Not been to Budapest so can't comment on that one. I have been to Barcelona though and we had a lovely time. We went in March 2003. Locals must of thought we were insane though as they were all wandering round in heavy coats and were just had light jackets/jumpers on. We stayed in a small hotel just off Las Ramblas on a city break for a long weekend I would love to go back and stay for longer though as I didn't get to see everything I wanted.

I have been to both Budapest and Barcelona. They are both great short-break destinations, but are very different!

We went to Budapest a few years ago now, around the middle of April, and it was beautiful. The architecture is stunning, especially Fisherman's Bastion overlooking the Hunagarian Parliament and the Danube. There are also different things to do like the Childrens Railway, and the baths.

Food and drink wise - I remember getting huge portions for not much money!

Barcelona, very different again - we too stayed just off Las Ramblas, and went to the Olympic village, and just wandered around. We went August time from memory, so it was pretty hot. While I enjoyed Barcelona, it's actually not my favourite Spanish city - I fell in love with Seville.

Both Barcelona and Budapest are great destinations, but I would imagine that if you were to go in February Budapest would be pretty cold!

I am sure you'll have a great time no matter where you go...