Your favourite place in the world (outside of Ireland)

snowstorm445

Basically, what place have you been to outside of Ireland that you love the most. It can be a city, a country, a region, a restaurant, a landmark, anything.

A place that stands out in my mind is the Alentejo, in Portugal. Basically the area between the Algarve and the city of Lisbon. Its far removed and quite remote, and very hot during the summer, but I loved the landscape of cork trees forests and vast, open plains. Most of it is basically rural, but what towns there are tend to be small, with picturesque white buildings and clay tiled roofs, small cafés and old churches. Very traditionally Portuguese, and far removed from the crowded streets of Lisbon and the Benidorm style resorts in the Algarve. I would love to go back some day and see more of it.

In terms of cities, my favourite was Barcelona. Apart from the humidity, it has a great atmosphere, good places to eat out and an abundance of places to visit (although the queue trying get into the Sagrada Familia is always massive).

Your turn.

saintsaltynuts

Liverpool.

Its Only Ray Parlour

Northern Ireland.

Menas

Fiji is my top destination. Pity it is so far away.

biko

The Greek islands for their beauty and the people.

thelad95

Thinly veiled 'I can afford to go on foreign holidays' thread?

Madam

Blue mountains in Australia a close second would be Brittany just for the people alone.

tony 2 tone

Krakow. Great food and drink, and really laid back feel to it.

TheSheriff

Brasov, Romania

The tacky Hollywood of eastern europe

Miseryguts

Rome... beautiful architecture, lovely weather and nice food.

TheSheriff

Miseryguts wrote: »

Rome... beautiful architecture, lovely weather and nice food.

+1 on this, super expensive tough

lufties

Goa, India.

snowstorm445

thelad95 wrote: »

Thinly veiled 'I can afford to go on foreign holidays' thread?

Thinly veiled "thanks baiting" attempt?

Daveysil15

Prague.

lufties

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Prague.

why?

Menas

lufties wrote: »

Goa, India.

Have you been there in the last 5 years? It really is a dump now compared to what it was in previous decades.

Daveysil15

lufties wrote: »

why?

Why not? It's a great place. I'm never bored in Prague.

lufties

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Have you been there in the last 5 years? It really is a dump now compared to what it was in previous decades.

I went in 2005/06

Menas

lufties wrote: »

I went in 2005/06

Hang on to the memories. Dont go back!!

lufties

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Why not? It's a great place. I'm never bored in Prague.

well i have never been but i've heard very mixed opinions

lufties

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Hang on to the memories. Dont go back!!

Lots of russians, chain hotels, and less parties..so I've heard.

thrashmetalfan

my brothers house in London. free food, free bed, and free drink!!

angeldelight

Carambola Beach Resort on South Friars Beach in St Kitts - heaven on Earth

Larbre34

Edinburgh

Daveysil15

lufties wrote: »

well i have never been but i've heard very mixed opinions

Ahh sorry, I thought you were one of the Prague haters. Well yeah I've heard mixed opinions too, but you'll get that with almost every city. I really enjoyed Prague, I've been there twice. Great architecture, great women, cheap beer, lots to enjoy.

I was in Lisbon recently and thought it was a kip despite having heard so many good things about it.

furiousox

New York.

lufties

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Ahh sorry, I thought you were one of the Prague haters. Well yeah I've heard mixed opinions too, but you'll get that with almost every city. I really enjoyed Prague, I've been there twice. Great architecture, great women, cheap beer, lots to enjoy.

I was in Lisbon recently and thought it was a kip despite having heard so many good things about it.

no worries, I'm newly single so I could do with a trip somewhere like that...Although, I went to budapest some months back and hated it.

Daveysil15

Yeah I remember the "Cities you'd never return to" thread. I must add Lisbon to that list. The whole place bored the hole off me. Prague is awesome and its very cheap too, but that's just my opinion.

bnt

I couldn't have just one, either. For a city I would choose Toronto, despite its reputation as "boring". I think it's a nice mix of Canadian and other influences e.g. UK, France and USA.

For a rural area, it would have to be the area I spent part of my childhood years: the north-west of (KwaZulu) Natal in South Africa, now called Amajuba. The climate is moderate, in between the extremes you can find there, and the landscape is beautiful. It would have been even more fun had I been old enough to drive.

Balmed Out

bnt wrote: »

For a rural area, it would have to be the area I spent part of my childhood years: the north-west of (KwaZulu) Natal in South Africa, now called Amajuba. The climate is moderate, in between the extremes you can find there, and the landscape is beautiful. It would have been even more fun had I been old enough to drive.

Beautiful area alright. Reminded me of parts of west Cork or south Kerry except everything on a bigger scale.


Id go for Canaimo national park in Venezuela, loads of table top mountains, rivers the colour of smithwicks and waterfalls including angel falls.

Einhard

Krak de Chevaliers in Syria. Very sad to see it's been targeted in the fighting over the past few years.

pauliebdub

Valencia.

Fantastic old town, great bars and restaurants, near the beaches, not over run with tourists/pickpockets etc. A great city, much nicer than Barcelona.

thelad95

snowstorm445 wrote: »

Thinly veiled "thanks baiting" attempt?

Thinly veiled "thanks baiting" attempt?

Doyler92

Las Vegas because of every positive reason there is.

Paris. I am just so very in love with Paris.

I might book a weekend there soon now that I think of it

Witchie

Just spent a week in San Francisco and driving down the coast and I really want to move there. My perfect climate, great food and bars, people are so nice and it just feels like I fit there.

Don't think I would want to live in SF city itself but somewhere within an hour of it would be perfect.

Currently sitting on my cousin's deck being baked alive in New Jersey and while it is lovely to be here I couldn't live here. The winters would kill me.

smurgen

Annecy in France,heaven on earth.It's has everything.bars,clubs,mountains , lakes ,canals ,savage women and great food.

Madam

Witchie wrote: »

Just spent a week in San Francisco and driving down the coast and I really want to move there. My perfect climate, great food and bars, people are so nice and it just feels like I fit there.

Don't think I would want to live in SF city itself but somewhere within an hour of it would be perfect.

Currently sitting on my cousin's deck being baked alive in New Jersey and while it is lovely to be here I couldn't live here. The winters would kill me.

I'd quite happily live in Sausalito for part of the year.

dr.bollocko

smurgen wrote: »

Annecy in France,heaven on earth.It's has everything.bars,clubs,mountains , lakes ,canals ,savage women and great food.

It is a gorgeous little town actually. That cycle around the lake was gorgeous.

Mena

Petra in Jordan, amazing place. Been twice now.

Cyprus. When, WHEN I win the lotto I'll buy an aul gaff there

wendell borton

Prussia.

whupdedo

Tikrit

McChubbin

Barcelona is amazing! Great food, great culture and there's great craic to be had around La Ramblas.

Dats me

Amsterdam

faceman

My friend's gaff in San Leandro, California. Her house is on a hill and from her back garden there's a wonderful view of the Bay and sunset opportunities.

Bwindi Inpenetrable National Forest, Uganda. One of the few places you can trek for Mountain Gorilla. Life changing experience.

Lake Victoria shore, Kisumu, Kenya. There's a tree on the shore in a campsite I stayed in that is easily climbed and perfect for watching sunset/sunrise.

IO Theatre Chicago. Improv heaven.

Yosemite, California. Amazing place.

London. Just about anywhere in London. Love it.

Shanghai. It's like a city on a different planet. Never stops. So much to see and do.

Cartagena, Spain. A wonderful port town on the coast of Spain. The cultural area is all pedestrianised and the Roman amphitheater is awesome. My favourite part of Spain.

Albertofrog

Copenhagen
Valletta
St Johns in Newfoundland

Daveysil15

Albertofrog wrote: »

Copenhagen
Valletta
St Johns in Newfoundland

I'm thinking of going to Copenhagen next. What are some good things to see and do there? Is it expensive?

c_man

Your favourite place in the world (outside of Ireland)

Between Katy Perry's legs.


Failing that, Scotland or Germany I reckon.

beano345

Esperance sw Australia...google images doesn't eve come close to doing it justice

Daveysil15

c_man wrote: »

Between Katy Perry's legs.

No I wouldn't like to go there. There's probably bits of Russell Brand's beard still there.