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Originally Posted by Alfisti
November should be fine tourist wise.
Something different: Malta
Quiet: Island of Paros in Greece
Underrated: Nice, use it a hub to Monaco, Antieb, Cannes and even Italy (San Remo)
Also 8 hours in a plane, I am just settling in.
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I can barely stand flying to the west coast and that's 6 hours. When we went to Spain I said I would never do that shit again. I have a bunch of miles so I'm definitely doing business class or whatever they call it. Not the super fancy one, but the equivalent of business/first for US flights.
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Originally Posted by vreihen16
Are river cruises still running in November?
If I was on mainland Europe and didn't visit Germany to drive on the autobahn and hit the 'ring, I would consider it a wasted trip. Just saying.....
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I dunno how river cruises are, but I get very sea sick and have refused to go on a cruise ever since I got sick on one when I was as a kid. Everytime I get on a boat I get sick unless it's like a flats boat in the everglades or some kind of totally still water.
While I would love to do the ring I doubt my gf and mom would want to do that, especially since we have so many places we haven't been.
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Originally Posted by chassis
What do you like to do? Walk in the cities/pedestrian areas? Museums? Architecture? Cathedrals? Mountains? Hiking? What culture or cuisine is on your bucket list? I can make a number of recommendations based on your preferences.
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Considering I have only been to Spain it's hard to say. I can tell you I don't much care for Madrid and bigger cities in general, but I can deal with them in short bursts if there's something worth seeing. Would mostly be sight seeing, eating, etc but nothing to strenuous since we will probably go with my mother who can't walk too far, but she can walk around town and stuff but not like go on a hike.
In Spain some of the places we liked most were Seville and Granada... Granada probably more so than Seville. We are slow paced, not a fan of tours where you're up at 7am and go go go all day trying to cram in as much as possible. Would rather spend more time in a couple of areas than cram a million places in.
I mentioned Greece and Italy just because I THINK we would like them. Language barrier is also something I've not had to deal with since we speak Spanish it's not an issue in Spain. Might be ok in touristy area but not sure about further out.