Ideas for a weekend break in October

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I'm planning to take DH away for a weekend for his birthday in October. I'd like to keep flying time to 2.5 hours maximum and I'm thinking of Scandinavian countries as this would be a bit different for us.

Budget is high - DH has been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer so I want to make his birthday special.

Please let me have your suggestions, and if you can recommend specific hotels, activities, etc, that would be great.

Sorry, don't know how I put this in Relationships!

Stockholm is lovely, and just as well you have a big budget as you'll need it to eat out and stay there.
If you want some warmth however, I recommend Portugal - a short hop and on the same time zone. Could be a bit hilly though if his fitness level is low, but you can spend on transport what you save in other costs.

Agree with Stockholm, and Copenhagen is also great - Tivoli Gardens looks amazing at Halloween. There was a BBC show about the hotel in Tivoli Gardens and it looked amazing.

If you can stretch the flight time to 3hrs, Iceland is absolutely magical, although expensive once you're there if you've got a big budget you'll be fine. Golden circle tour, Northern lights watching, whale watching. If you stay in reykjavik everything is pretty close by, and there are loads of tour providers that can take you round the main tourist spots outside of the city.