If you had 2 free flights to anywhere in Europe with your partner/friend, where would you choose to go?

[Sockmate123]

We got 2 free return flights with aer lingus to anywhere in Europe. Going to go for a long weekend. Been to lots of places already, Paris, London, Rome, Prague, Berlin, Amsterdam, Geneva, Madrid etc

Any suggestions? We were thinking Eastern Europe but Aer lingus dont fly there. Looking fot September/October

Lisbon, Gothenburg, Budapest, Turin

Berlin, Vienna or Stockholm as I have never been.

Do aer lingus not fly to Greece as I’ve not seen one suggestion yet.

I’d ignore suggestions of places you can usually fly cheaply to.

Iceland

Either Malaga (fabulous city) with a day trip to Granada and the Alhambra
or
Marseilles with a day trip to Aix en Provence.
or
Pisa and take train to Lucca (divine) and Florence
Or
Verona - day trip to Venice
Or
Venice - day trip to Verona

Short flights, easy access from the airports and easy to get around.

Krakow

If you like sunshine on your breaks, Marseilles would be lovely. It's apparently what Bordeaux was 15 years ago, with lots of Parisians moving there and making more neighbourhoods very chichi. You can get to Cassis easily, hike through the Calanques, take a boat trip, swim..Aix-en-Provence is lovely city inland, easily accessible.

Or - Bordeaux, with a trip to Arcachon if you want a dose of seaside as well as city.

Sticking with France - Nice, lovely city (Matisse museum and Chagall museum, if that's your thing) and a bus ride to Villefranche-sur-Mer with a lovely beach, Cap-Ferrat. Trains to Antibes/Saint-Tropez.

I would fly to Marseille have lunch and explore then jump on the train to Cassis. It only takes 20 minutes. Cassis is a pretty beach town. And you’re in the Calanques National Park, beautiful walk and bays, hiking and paddle boarding.

Seville ❤️

Yes! We loved it. Loads to see (Pompei, Herculaneum, museums, galleries), amazing food, and easy to hop on a ferry to Capri or one of the other islands.

Munich will have a festive atmosphere with Oktoberfest. Otherwise, why not go to Prague again? It must have a fabulous autumn season.

definitely Italy

Munich will be heaving and I personally wouldn't call the Octoberfest a festive atmosphere but I think it depends if you like these things.

But - it will be a very expensive time to go and reasonable priced accomodation will be difficult to find now.

Seville or Dubrovnik.

Just back from Krakow - amazing city and so easy to visit. Would highly recommend. Also

Aer Lingus don’t fly to the majority of destinations mentioned on this thread.

I would fly to Nice, then hire a car and go and visit the town of Menton on the Italian/French border, and a few surrounding places. I saw it a few years ago on TV I think and I’ve really fancied going ever since.

Naples
Athens
Santorini
Venice

Vienna
Berlin
Iceland
Stocholm
Oslo
Milan
because I’ve not been to them.
I absolutely loved Bruges @Sockmate123
Have you been ?

Istanbul is incredible. Would love to go again.

Budapest.

Amsterdam with a train ride to stay in the Hague. ( city and beach).

We loved Budapest.

Otherwise I would do Palma / Malaga / Alicante / Seville for a bit of sunshine.

Or somewhere Italian !

We are thinking of Istanbul for next year.

Budapest

Totally depends on my mood. At the moment, Florence!