Holidays

[armaghniac]

Heading to budapest in a  couple of weeks with the missus, anyone recommend anything to see/do?

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At this time of year a Danube boat trip to  Esztergom might be an idea.

[blewuporstuffed]

Heading to budapest in a  couple of weeks with the missus, anyone recommend anything to see/do?

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anyone?

At this time of year a Danube boat trip to  Esztergom might be an idea.

Would that be a day trip type thing?

we are only there for 4 nights in total

[armaghniac]

Day trip. Half a day on boat, a few hours in one of the Danube towns and train or bus back.

[southdown]

As above a few posts back, any info on Hvar/Split in Croatia would be great.

[Olly]

Going to Aghagallon for holidays. What is there to do there?

[playwiththewind1st]

Going to Aghagallon for holidays. What is there to do there?

Tourist destination of choice indeed.

[Under Lights]

Booked Westport for the end of the month. Hopefully weather is favourable. Taking our 18 Month Old girl with us- Granny and Granda may be coming now too so should have a bit of time out on the town also.
Any recommendations as to:
What to do during the day with child
Where to eat
Where to head for a few drinks

[sensethetone]

Booked Westport for the end of the month. Hopefully weather is favourable. Taking our 18 Month Old girl with us- Granny and Granda may be coming now too so should have a bit of time out on the town also.
Any recommendations as to:
What to do during the day with child
Where to eat
Where to head for a few drinks

O Malley's on the busy one way street is good for food.

[JimStynes]

Going to Aghagallon for holidays. What is there to do there?

Some spot! Check out the derryhirk pub and Joe's Shore. Unreal.

[Rois]

I've just booked a hotel in Nice for our "mini-moon" after doing lots of research.  I couldn't bear to spend silly money on hotels though.  Sounds like you might want to go for something a bit higher standard than we picked, but we're staying here:
http://www.hotelwindsornice.net/
If money was no object, I'd have loved the Boscolo Exedra or Hotel Negressco.

Could you give a review of the place when you get back Rois? Might be heading to Nice later in the year. Thanks.

Nice - great, pretty expensive but you can go as cheaply or as plush as you want.
Hotel - just ok, has a pool and nice sitting out area, but all covered by 4 or 5 huge trees which may be "charming" in the heart of the city, but really they block light and attract pigeons and mosquitos. 3 bites so far.
Nice is class, hotel location perfect, 3 mins walk to Hotel Negresco at the sea front, but choose somewhere else.

[Billys Boots]

I've just booked a hotel in Nice for our "mini-moon" after doing lots of research.  I couldn't bear to spend silly money on hotels though.  Sounds like you might want to go for something a bit higher standard than we picked, but we're staying here:
http://www.hotelwindsornice.net/
If money was no object, I'd have loved the Boscolo Exedra or Hotel Negressco.

Could you give a review of the place when you get back Rois? Might be heading to Nice later in the year. Thanks.

Nice - great, pretty expensive but you can go as cheaply or as plush as you want.
Hotel - just ok, has a pool and nice sitting out area, but all covered by 4 or 5 huge trees which may be "charming" in the heart of the city, but really they block light and attract pigeons and mosquitos. 3 bites so far.
Nice is class, hotel location perfect, 3 mins walk to Hotel Negresco at the sea front, but choose somewhere else.

Never go to France without citronella.

[Denn Forever]

does that work against Clegs?

[muppet]

Booked Westport for the end of the month. Hopefully weather is favourable. Taking our 18 Month Old girl with us- Granny and Granda may be coming now too so should have a bit of time out on the town also.
Any recommendations as to:
What to do during the day with child
Where to eat
Where to head for a few drinks

Kids:
If you get the weather go to Old Head beach which is about 10 miles west of Westport, towards Louisburgh.

Also check out http://www.westporthouse.ie/westport-house-and-gardens/for-children/

Eat:
http://www.solrio.ie

Was there recently with the missus and we both liked it, but lots of choice in Westport.

Drinks:
Loads of pubs in a small area. http://www.mattmolloy.com/pub_about.html is the most famous and busiest but plenty of choice.

[BennyCake]

What's to do in Athlone? Will be stopping off there at the weekend. I hear along the Shannon is a nice spot

[balladmaker]

Went to Killarney for 4 nights a couple of weeks back and spent what could have taken us abroad for at least a good week or more.  Typical Ireland going out of their way to rip people off.  A cafe on Main Street, Killarney, 2 adults and 3 children (1 of them a baby) at lunchtime, and the children were only eating from the kids menu, only drink was a jug of diluted orange .... 54 euro for one course!  Another day, an ice cream shop again on Main Street, 4 medium tubs of ice cream (3 scoops per tub) came to 20.30 .... a medium tub of ice cream was more expensive than a pint of Guinness!  I wouldn't consider myself miserable by any stretch but when it comes to being totally ripped off, it will be a while before I'm heading that direction again.

On a positive note, had some of the finest bar food I've ever had, and very well priced, in Paul Geaney's Bar in Dingle.