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[Closed] Where's nice in October?

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I've been working away from home for 18 months and I'm having the first 2 weeks of October off when I finish this job

We want to go away somewhere warm and sunny, cheapish, relaxing, nice grub, not too long a flight. Not a chavvy clubbing area either.

Any ideas?


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 3:12 pm
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With or without bikes? Canary Islands are pretty nice at that time of year.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 3:15 pm
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Southsea is lovely at this time of year 😯


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 3:23 pm
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We are going to Majorca - Pollensa. Should still be nice and only 2 hour flight and cheapish...


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 3:26 pm
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Madeira


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 3:26 pm
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Maeira's lovely, m'dear.

Quiet? Yep.
Seriously, they turn off all the lights about 9pm. 🙂
The two national dishes are fish & chips & kebabs.
I kid you not. They do them very nicely though.

Scare yourself stupid walking the levadas during the day, chill out in an authentic, 70's style restaurant at night. 😀

Honestly, if it had sandy beaches & more bike hire it'd be perfect.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 3:31 pm
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mid italy and down is very very nice thru till mid november at least IME. .. and oh, the food 🙂


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 3:32 pm
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Malaga airport then bugger off up into the Sierra Nevada, and/or go to Granada.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 3:34 pm
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We've done two weeks in Portugal very successfully, used Lisbon as a base for urban / rural combo, town for a week with bit of self-catered countryside for a week (rent a studio apartment in town and small villa in country).

Sicily's still warm and has charm by the bucketload.

North Africa (Tunisia, Egypt) if you're happy to lounge and / or any female members are thick-skinned if you like to venture out.

Turkey, Greece...

Think you're pretty safe still in October for most of the southern Med basically.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 3:36 pm
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+1 for Malaga / Granada - another successful trip. Was really very pleasantly surprised at how nice Malaga old town is. We just did a night on the way back to the airport but wished we'd spent a few days there.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 3:39 pm

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