Where to go on a short break?

Aliboy · 6 Feb 2006 at 20:22

Greetings peeps.

I'm after suggestions on where to go for a short weeks holiday with my g'f. Somewhere nice and warm but with no more than 5 hours spent on a flight from Edinburgh. Nice and cheap would be a bonus too.
Oh, my weeks holiday starts on the 6th March if that helps

Feel free to post your recommendations

alx · 6 Feb 2006 at 20:26

Some of my friends said that flights to Sardinia were quite cheap but I don't know anymore info than that.

Greenlizard0 · 6 Feb 2006 at 21:13

I'd heard that Norway isn't too bad? And's a bit closer to scotland than erm, me

Jimmeh · 6 Feb 2006 at 21:16

greenlizard0 said:
I'd heard that Norway isn't too bad? And's a bit closer to scotland than erm, me

Probably not particulary warm quite yet

Mediterrean coast of Croatia is a good bet... although I'm not too sure of the availability of direct flights from Edinburgh.

Sic · 6 Feb 2006 at 21:19

Aliby said:
Where to go on a short break?

hospital

skiba · 6 Feb 2006 at 21:35

www.flyglobespan.com for very cheap flights to tenerife then book with a hotel direct, should be cheap enough. Otherwise just go skiing, that's what this time of year is for and you can't beat it.

edit: in fact they don't fly to Tenerife from Edinburgh but loads of other destinations...

ScarySquirrel · 6 Feb 2006 at 21:52

sorry to thread hijack, but what is the best way to go about booking a skiing holiday? any decent websites for cheap deals that sort out flights, equiptment, passes hotels etc?

thanks in advance

Lopéz · 6 Feb 2006 at 23:04

www.skideals.com is good for planning if you don't have much idea about what you actually want to do - there are some pretty good resort guides there too. I'd recommend Inghams, Crystal and Thomson for Ski package deals.

As for your March break, remember that beach resorts outside of the Canaries, Majorca, Costa Del Sol and Costa Blanca will be in all effect "closed" until The first week in May. So that's no to Greece, Turkey, Italy, Croatia.......
Whilst the capitals and large cities will still be business as usual, the actual holiday resorts in these places are pretty much shut for the winter, which also means no charter flights, scheduled only which can work out pricey.

RoboCod · 7 Feb 2006 at 00:55

Newquay!

ScarySquirrel · 7 Feb 2006 at 00:57

Lopéz said:
www.skideals.com is good for planning if you don't have much idea about what you actually want to do - there are some pretty good resort guides there too. I'd recommend Inghams, Crystal and Thomson for Ski package deals.

cheers mate, appreciated. now to find someone to go with

(girlfriend gets cold)

qwerty · 7 Feb 2006 at 02:06

I'm going to Almeria in Spain with the gf in April - 20C apparently, not bad. We spent a few weeks trying to pick somewhere to go and in the end went with the point randomnly at a map method.