tell me about your romantic weekends away WITHOUT children!

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My relationship is in need of a bit of attention having been neglected for too long. DP and I had a brief chat about going away somewhere but cannot begin to think where.

It needs to be romantic and with good food.

Tell me about yours - I NEED some inspiration!

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Hola, we went to Brighton the other weekend as we're in London and it wasn't too far away so we could take the train. Went to a hotel called Drakes and had an attic rooom with a bath in the room under the skylights! Drank champagne, went to the cinema, walked by the sea and went to a nice little place to eat called Brighton Rocks (tapas type food) and also Havanas - which was good food too. Have to say the food was not as good as your usual London restaurant but to be honest that wasn;t why we went to so it didn't matter too much.

It was lovely and relaxing and great to hang out together.

If you're planning a proper away trip with great food I'd say go and stay at the Sonho Grand in New York and go to Nobu and Indochine xxx

I mean Soho Grand

we are in the middle of england but can travel (would love to travel!) New York sounds a bit far and we met in brighton so know it to death but those kind of ideas are exactly what I am after - sorry finecheese - that sounds really uingrateful of me! Your weekend sounds fab and if I hadn't spent my student days skinny dipping and wandering round the nightclubs we would be heading for brighton - I love it there!

The Dial House in Bourton-on-the-Water (or stay at Chester House , which is cheaper, and have dinner at the Dial House one night)

West Stoke House near Chichester?

The White Hart near Henley?

Hey, don't feel like your ungrateful at all. I'll second the Bourton on the Water idea as we used to hang out there as little kids and its beautiful. Also, was a student in Brighton - how funny. Will always be a special place for shits and giggles! Enjoy your weekend

I live in Brighton and at xmas my parents had ds for 4 days and we had great plans to go away but were so knackered after xmas we stayed home in Brighton.We didn't use the car went everywhere by bus and went to the cinema and bars and restaurants and it was heaven.We looked at our home in a tourists eyes and it was really romantic and rejuvenating

We went on a city break to Budapest and will be going somewhere else this year for our break together. Booked through expedia and they had a great range of places and prices.

New York is do-able in a weekend and is fab. Venice is very romantic (not so sure about the food though, would need some restaurant recommendations)

Don't forget London!

London would be my 1st choice

I second Venice. It doesn't get any more romantic than that.

You could also save money on flights and go to Dublin instead. Spend the money you saved by checking in to the Merrion. No need to leave the rooms. Get a suite.

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You really liked the food in Barcelona? When I was there I had to eat most meals at the Hardrock Cafe (which wasn't great either)

We recently had a night away without children -our first in nearly 3 years.

We chose to only go an hour or so away, didn't want to waste valuable time travelling and wanted to be near-ish to home just in case PIL couldn't cope!

Be prepard to spend lots of money as all of a sudden all these places are there for you to go into without children ! -bars, restaurants, shops (we both bought clothes), art galleries (we bought an original print from a gallery that we wouldn't have gone into if we'd had the children with us as it had lots of expensive, breakable pieces of art at child level ).

Had a great time though.

Good ones we've had in last 2 years:

Prague - v.v. fab, nice cocktail bars,restaurants, walks around the city. If not on a budget, stay at the Four Seasons.

Barcelona - one of my fave cities, street theatre is great, try restaurants in placa real.

Paris - not really a favourite, but if you haven't been before, try the boat trips and flea markets.

New York - I personally think this isn't good for a weekend, the jet lag is awful.

Rome - again a favourite, as is Florence, but try to go out of season.

If you want to stay in this country, try the Cotswolds, particularly enjoyed Lords of the Manor at Upper Slaughter and one in Broadway which I can't remember the name of.

Have fun!

DH and I went on a budget couple of days to Paris just a couple of weeks ago and had a fab time - the weather was pleasant and there was plenty to see/do but not a very imaginative destination!

Last weekend (or night rather) away childless was to a wedding of a friends of DP - We coincedently made another child that night LOL hes 4 weeks old now!

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congrats julezboo

Well two weekends ago we went away for our third night alone together in 3 years. We went to Hartwell House near Aylesbury - very old mansion, grand, gorgeous suite, long walks around the grounds etc. So good for a single night.

The time before that we went into Oxford. Stayed at the Old Bank hotel. It was good because we got a mix of shopping, pampering, good eating etc.

And the time before that was probably a bit far for you - a game reserve in South Africa (can thoroughly recommend that!)

We went away for a romantic night without the children and got so carried away with the freedom of it all we had to go to bed drunk at 10pm!

Another Brighton one. And not necessarily something you're going to do, but hope this might give you (or preferably DH!) some inspiration.
My BF asked me to meet him in a bar one Saturday afternoon, when he knew DD was going to be staying with her Grandma. He didn't show, but the barmaid came over with a glass of champagne, a chocolate & an envelope with my name on it. Inside the envelope was an extract from a very saucy erotic short story, a scarf drenched with his aftershave & instructions to go & get into a taxi that was waiting outside.
Taxi driver gave me another envelope (more sauce) & put some music on that was evidently planned to press my buttons. He deposited me at a cocktail bar, where the door was opened by a young guy who said "..and you must be Chimpynoodle?" & gave me another glass of champers, choc, & (you guessed it) another envelope of smut. More music, & then another taxi turned up. To cut along story short, this went on for a couple of hours until I ended up in the penthouse suite of the gorgeous Hotel Una in Brighton with a bottle of Bollinger & a massuesse giving me hot stone therapy. After she left, I was boucing around the room drinking bolly, taking photos of myself with my phone, thinking "no one's ever gonna believe this..." when in walks BF, in full DJ, big grin on his face & a tray of sushi in his hand!
Every man I've ever told about this has said something along the lines of "ooh, I'd LOVE to do that for my girlfirend / wife / boyfriend".
Still gives me a warm glow just thinking about it

Never had time away without the kids, not since the first one was born 21 years ago. He reckoned my business trips gave me enough of a break and "old married people" didn't need to take time away together. One of the many, many reasons why he is soon to be ex-H.

We went to Prague a couple of years back and were quite impressed, food was amazing. Got a lovely 5 hotel for the same price as 2 would have cost in Paris, think this might have been with Expedia.

Rome - good this time of year before it gets too hot.