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Talk to me of lovely places
Jan. 12th, 2011 08:59 pmGood evening, fiends.
Would any of you care to suggest good places to visit for a gentle week away in March?
According to the rules of my workplace, I am required (oh noes!) to use up all of my annual leave before I go on maternity leave. So I'm thinking that I'd really like to have one last grown-up holiday with G before before Ruprecht turns up... ideally in March, before I become too ungainly to waddle around.
If you were planning a week away in March, where would you go? Ideally I'd like somewhere a little bit warmer than here and not too gruelling, although we are suckers for European city breaks. Some or all of the following would be good: gorgeous architecture or scenery, historic or arty culture, gentle bustle, cafe lifestyle and lots of good restaurants. It doesn't have to be a city - small, picturesque towns and villages are great, as long as they're easy enough to get to.
What we're not looking for is a 20-something clubbing hotspot or somewhere where there is nothing to do apart from hang around a hotel pool, because I would go stir crazy. (Also this time I might try to aviod uber-busy capital cities, such as Belle Paris.)
So given all of that, I'm not ruling out a return to beautiful, cosy, reliable Florence (+ maybe Siena) but I'm open to new ideas.... (e.g. Nuremberg, anyone?)
Would any of you care to suggest good places to visit for a gentle week away in March?
According to the rules of my workplace, I am required (oh noes!) to use up all of my annual leave before I go on maternity leave. So I'm thinking that I'd really like to have one last grown-up holiday with G before before Ruprecht turns up... ideally in March, before I become too ungainly to waddle around.
If you were planning a week away in March, where would you go? Ideally I'd like somewhere a little bit warmer than here and not too gruelling, although we are suckers for European city breaks. Some or all of the following would be good: gorgeous architecture or scenery, historic or arty culture, gentle bustle, cafe lifestyle and lots of good restaurants. It doesn't have to be a city - small, picturesque towns and villages are great, as long as they're easy enough to get to.
What we're not looking for is a 20-something clubbing hotspot or somewhere where there is nothing to do apart from hang around a hotel pool, because I would go stir crazy. (Also this time I might try to aviod uber-busy capital cities, such as Belle Paris.)
So given all of that, I'm not ruling out a return to beautiful, cosy, reliable Florence (+ maybe Siena) but I'm open to new ideas.... (e.g. Nuremberg, anyone?)
