Reply to: Summer Holiday

[ladymuck]

No plans. Got a week off coming up as my Beau is down for a visit. Might have a trip to Glasgow early August.

Hoping for a decent flight sale so I can book up an Oz revisit in October for a wine festival.

[cosmic]

Assuming you are staying in a beach resort take a walk around Kaleici (the old town) especially at night. Very atmospheric. We tended to stay there in a hotel with a pool rather than the beach. Not been for a few years now.

First part is in antalya city and second part in a resort in belek. Got a few trips planned out especially the waterfall place looks amazing and visiting all the ruins. Yes seen some videos online on the old town and it looks nice I'm looking forward to the food! Apparently the zoo is ok go to. If we get time going to go to the mountains on the other side. Second part in the resort is mainly for my daughter to enjoy the swimming pool and Sandy beach

[Pondlife]

What is the diving like in Grenada. Had a week in Cancun April 2017. Diving was OK but I'm not sure it was worth the journey. Off to Crete this Sept as I want dive/photograph the Messerschmitt 109 lying just off the coast in about 22m of water.

It was ok. Loads of wrecks but not much big marine life TBH. There is a site where they have a series of sunken statues but they're at about 5m, so it's somewhere to finish rather than somewhere to base your dive around.

We only chose to go there as it's somewhere we hadn't been and that hasn't been trashed by various hurricanes.

Bonaire is where you want to go if you don't care about lying on a beach and just want to dive. Basically, you get your accommodation and a pickup truck for the week. Each day you put your gear in the back and drive around to to the tank station, grab a couple of tanks each and then follow the road around the island coast. Every few hundred metres there will be a pair of yellow stones by the side of the road indicating a good place to park and enter the water. If there's already a couple of trucks there just drive along to the next quiet one. Dive as often and when/where ever you like.

We only bother with shore diving but boat trips are available. However, the beaches are quite stoney and there is literally nothing else to do.

If you like wrecks there is ship that was scuttled named hilma hooker. The yanks all travel on Saturday morning so Friday afternoon and Saturday there's no one else around.

[pink]

I am going to Turkey (Cappadocia and Antalya) for 8 days. I am looking forward to that, I've heard some great things, so I have high expectations.

[Lockhouse]

Going to antalya turkey in 5 days for 2 weeks. Wanted to go Istanbul but misuses didn't want to

Assuming you are staying in a beach resort take a walk around Kaleici (the old town) especially at night. Very atmospheric. We tended to stay there in a hotel with a pool rather than the beach. Not been for a few years now.

[Yorkie62]

Family trip to Cyprus.
Never been before. Any tips welcome.

Which bit are you going to. If you are anywhere near Protaras (East side of Greek Cyprus) then I would recommend a visit to the Turkish side, such a contrast to the Greek side.

Also if you are anywhere near Protaras, or Penera, I would recommend Knights Bar in Penera for food and drink. If you want to try scuba diving then get in contact with Daryl Hales or his partner Jo Wruk at Just Scuba Penera, Cyprus.

[Yorkie62]

TFA.

Had a cheeky week diving in Grenada last month.

Off to Tanzania in Sept for a week safari and a week diving in Zanzibar.

Bring it on.

What is the diving like in Grenada. Had a week in Cancun April 2017. Diving was OK but I'm not sure it was worth the journey. Off to Crete this Sept as I want dive/photograph the Messerschmitt 109 lying just off the coast in about 22m of water.

[Yorkie62]

TFA

As soon as everyone else's kids go back to school we're off to the Italian Riviera. A little place called Bordighera on the Ligurian coast. Hotel room with balcony overlooking The Med, a private beach and plenty of nice restaurants.

We were there on a stopover last month and liked it so much we decided to go back for a proper break.

How about you?

Technically your will be overlooking the Liguria Sea, not the Mediterranean Sea. If you have been sold a hotel room with a view overlooking the Med be sure to ask for a refund.

[vetran]

Going to antalya turkey in 5 days for 2 weeks. Wanted to go Istanbul but misuses didn't want to

My Sympathies, I went with the family and a friend. Neither wanted to go to Istanbul.

The Castle is worth a look but its a long walk up, take change for drinks on the way.

The pirate ship is fun, take soft drinks/water.

Walking about at night is much cooler.

[DaveB]

Nowhere atm.

Budget blown on a new bathroom this year so no major holiday. I'm semi-benched atm as well so using that as an excuse to do stuff at home instead.

[sasguru]

Private villa with pool overlooking the sea in the Cyclades - Going in 2 weeks for 3 weeks. Expensive but oh-so-nice, can't wait.

[radish2008]

St Lucia for 2 weeks in August

[cosmic]

Going to antalya turkey in 5 days for 2 weeks. Wanted to go Istanbul but misuses didn't want to

[Pondlife]

sounds great I love the muscles over there

La Rochell was the subject of most of our French textbook at school

Milan.

Do they have those public beach gyms?

[milanbenes]

I'm a bit hands-off on this holiday, so the misses has organised pretty much everything and im doing the driving. We are going to La Rochelle on the recommendation of a Belgium couple that said the sea food is fantastic there.

We are staying at this place
Hôtel La Rochelle | La Monnaie **** Art & Spa - Luxe & Design

I will have a google about Île de Ré, thanks.

sounds great I love the muscles over there

La Rochell was the subject of most of our French textbook at school

Milan.