Re: I'm thinking of going to/ has anyone ever been to (Holid : Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:43 am  

Ended up booking 9 Nights in Cala D'Or at a place called Club Martha's self catering which looks nice enough. Seems like Cala D'or and Cala Egos aren't the liveliest places in the world but hopefully will be ok for a quiet break.

Re: I'm thinking of going to/ has anyone ever been to (Holid : Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:55 am  

Ive booked my flights for Las Vegas for end of september but I have yet to decide on a hotel. Due to budget and me wanting to be on the strip, the hotels in my range are Circus Circus, Excalibur, Riviera and the Luxor. The stratosphere is also in my budget but its location seems to not be ideal. Would the Luxor be the best out of this bunch?

Cheers

Sorrento : Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:41 pm  

Hi, im thinking of booking Sorrento for a hoiday this July for two weeks i know theres lots to do during the day with places to go, but what is the nightlife like ? I have done Madrid and Lisbon in the last couple of years and liked there bar culture. has Sorrento got something similar or is it mainly restaurants. Thanks for any help on this.

Re: I'm thinking of going to/ has anyone ever been to (Holid : Sat Jun 30, 2012 3:44 pm  

Saint77777 wrote:

Ive booked my flights for Las Vegas for end of september but I have yet to decide on a hotel. Due to budget and me wanting to be on the strip, the hotels in my range are Circus Circus, Excalibur, Riviera and the Luxor. The stratosphere is also in my budget but its location seems to not be ideal. Would the Luxor be the best out of this bunch?

Cheers

Avoid Circus Circus kids and clowns everywhere!

Re: I'm thinking of going to/ has anyone ever been to (Holid : Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:47 pm  

dany1979 wrote:

Avoid Circus Circus kids and clowns everywhere!

They did a nice hot beef sandwich in there in 1974, first time I'd been served a sandwich with gravy.

[TimperleySaint]

Re: I'm thinking of going to/ has anyone ever been to (Holid : Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:37 am  

Anyone been to the west coast of Canada, Vancouver or Vancouver Island?? Looking at staying in a log cabin on the island if possible, for a week and do a load of outdoor sports stuff and whale watching if possible.

Re: I'm thinking of going to/ has anyone ever been to (Holid : Wed Jul 11, 2012 5:04 pm  

Yep, been on the Island and around the rain forest, Kelowna, Whistler, other places.

Great place if you're into outdoors stuff as it's very much the way of life over there.

In fact, if you get the ferry over to Nanaimo from Vancouver, as you enter Departure Bay, look up to the left and there's a big ranch type house on the top of the mountain, that's one of my best friends house.

Re: I'm thinking of going to/ has anyone ever been to (Holid : Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:35 am  

Mike Oxlong wrote:

Anyone been to the west coast of Canada, Vancouver or Vancouver Island?? Looking at staying in a log cabin on the island if possible, for a week and do a load of outdoor sports stuff and whale watching if possible.

Not the Canadian West Coast but have spent a lot of time in Oregon & Washington states. The Pacific North West has some of the most amazing coastline you'll ever see. Go inland and you've got the Coast and Cascade mountain ranges before hitting desert country.

Go, you won't be disappointed

Re: I'm thinking of going to/ has anyone ever been to (Holid : Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:44 pm  

Vancouver Island is great.
Try and seek out the "cable cook house", (if it's still open!).

Beware of the Bears when out in the sticks, especially in the spring when they're coming out of hibernation, and hungry.

Victoria is the main town, and is thriving with both ancient and modern architecture. Also there are plently of bars there serving British style Real Ales (often brewed on the premises), which is a welcome change to the generic swill found in the surrounding areas.

Prices, however are very misleading, as what is displayed is the 'basis' price. On top of that you need to add VAT then local Tax, and finally a tip of around 15% is expected

Re: I'm thinking of going to/ has anyone ever been to (Holid : Fri Jul 13, 2012 2:34 pm  

McLaren_Field wrote:

They did a nice hot beef sandwich in there in 1974, first time I'd been served a sandwich with gravy.

My money is on the chef having been an expat Lancastrian.
Gravy-mad they are.