Holiday suggestions

If you fancy somewhere a bit diff try Essaouira.

You can fly in to Marakesh pretty cheap these days and it's worth spending a day or two there (I've stayed in the Hotel Ali a few times, $7 a night with a decent breakfast, mind you it is a bit of a pit but you do get a free massage too

Essaouria is on the coast a couple of hours away and it's really nice and not to spoilt.

Somewhere on the Algarve?

Would love to help, but I am afraid I dont do cheap! :P

Get your ass over to Barbados mate, everything you want there. Great place to holiday.

Originally Posted by cuffy

T'Egypt...got 2 weeks there last year...B n B £309 per person...was bloody fantastic.
Booked through teletext.com...theres even cheaper deals at the moment
Good luck

Yeah Egypt!!
I went to Luxor in Novermber, saw the valley of the kings (where Tut Ankh Amon is/was burried, amongst others), though saying that, King Tut was a bit of a fake
(he changed his name to become Pharaoh, it wasnt his birth right, and didn't really contribute much to egypts development anyway.

We also went to the Valley Of the Queens, Queen Hatshepsut's temple, Luxor Temple and Karnak temple (one of the largest complexes in the world)... An they aint kidding!!
plus you can still see lots of the original paint on the heiroglyphs there.

The Egyptians are very friendly, they cant do enough for you, though a little baksheesh usually helps too.

Granted, Luxor dosn't have a beach but once you've been there you WILL want to return, and don't let the military police with their AK47's every 20 meters put you off!!
Luxor Airport is a military one too!! I saw two Russian Hind helicopters and a fighter jet, then theres the armoured vehicles and the armoured Nile Patrol boats too!! (very exciting!!!)
Oh yeah, and we saw the Colossus of Menmon too!!

But if you're looking for a relaxing holiday, then Luxor Won't be 'your bag'.
A 6:00am waking up time isn't unusual, I had to get up At 04:00am just for the balloon ride over the Nile... I'm glad I went though because it is an amazing place!!

Why not go to Luxor, and walk where Alexanda, Marc Anthony and Cleopatra amongst many other historic icons have walked too?! (oh and napoleon).
Oh yeah, durin the woar... Rommel and Monty, they we're there too!! Well, sort of.
But that was North Africa, Alexandria, El Alamein etc.

Oh yeah!! and all of the ancient graffiti all over the walls, even original mud brick that they used for scaffolding and hoisting even BIGGER brick is still there.

Soz i'm 'off on one again' but thats Egypt for ya

Originally Posted by Conrad Poons

Somewhere on the Algarve?

Forget it... too built up, not exactly cheap... If Portugal is an option, I'd go for Alentejo. It's just north of the Algarve, but on the west coast. Depending on the exact location, it can be way cheaper, less built up, and quite less crowded.

Suprised no ones mentioned Croatia - Easyjet have just started flying in to Split and Rijeka. Go with Rijeka - the south is good as well but the north is quieter and a little more laid back. Book a flight and hire car and do some exploring - or pick an island or two and layabout - maybe Krk, the island of love. The place is aboslutely stunning - not as developed as Spain, France and Italy or Greece - but retains the traditional character the med used to have.

Spain...
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Get yerself off To Pontins at Ainsdale mate.

Originally Posted by Peter Henry

Get yerself off To Pontins at Ainsdale mate.