where shall I go on holiday?

[RosieH]

i need a holiday, stat. (is that the word? I've been watching a lot of ER)

having quit my job a couple of weeks ago, visited friends and family and generally watched too much daytime tv, I now need to go on holiday before the money runs out and I have to get a job (I've got two weeks max)

I need a week in the sun on my own because all my friends are seemingly otherwise gainfully employed. I'm too tired for strenuous activity, but I don't want to end up in a resort where a nice couple invite me to dine with them because I'm Shirley Valentine in the corner (although a resort where I get it on with Tom Conti wouldn't go amiss)

mostly I want to lie down, read books and eat nice food

any suggestions?

[AcedOut]

I can highly recommend Croatia. Dubrivnik was fantastic. You could either spend a week there or move North up the Dalmatian coast. 34 degrees dry heat, every day. Fantasic.

If you want sandy beaches, then it may not be for you. They are mostly pebbled/rocky.

[PeckhamRose]

California.

Hang the expense and carbon footprint.

Dollar's not quite as in your favour as it was when I was there April, but still a fab place to be.

Or somewhere closer, Spain.

Friend just got back from South of France and it was warmer and drier in UK!

[zephyr]

don't go anywhere that uses the Euro as it is way too expensive now. Just go back from France and ended up spending a shed load more cash than we did 2 years ago relatively speaking as the exchange rate is now very very poor.

[AcedOut]

Rosie - can I come with you!? I need another holiday already!

[RosieH]

hell yeah, no single person supplement (this is the killer - every hotel I'm looking at is adding about another ?200 as a punishment for going it alone)

[PeckhamRose]

So go camping!

[AcedOut]

Damn, that's harsh. How about a sailing holiday, or is that not your thing? Great thing there is accommodation is included! It's a pretty popular thing to do for single travellers...

There wasn't a lot of wind in Croatia in early August though, but it may be picking up now.

[Rhinestone Cowboy]

Canvey Island has a nice holiday camp.

[RosieH]

I've been walking these streets so long that Canvey Island isn't quite enough for me...

[????]

Sheppey island's a notch up from canvey

[bigbadwolf]

Turkey is awesome and cheap.

[AcedOut]

Turkey for a woman on her own. Are you sure?

[bigbadwolf]

If she likes younger men. Alot better than Croatia, any gender could step on a land mine over there.

[PeckhamRose]

Isle of Thanet then?

Mine you, can't promise sun, but Broadstairs is soooooooooo lovely.

[AcedOut]

Some of my female friends have been to Turkey and they've loved it, but I hear time and time again stories of sleazy local men....

[Shu.Kurimu.Sensei]

Japan - Best country in the world, full stop!

[AcedOut]

That reminds me of the time I parked the car on a lay-by to take a leak. As I was walking out from the bushes, I gazed up at a yellow sign entitled, "Danger, mines!". I'll think twice next time about p1ssing on someone else's turf!!!

Seriously though, you're only likely to find mines in Croatia if you really head off the beaten track.

[RosieH]

bugger, going to turkey, where I'm going to get sleazed on by young men.

on the other hand, HURRAH, going to turkey, where I'm going to get sleazed on by young men.

[lordship_bod]

How about somewhere cheesey like lanzarote or canary islands? have never been myself but thought those kind of places were cheap and cheerful with sun?

[mattham]

Croatia is indeed lovely ??I'm writing a piece on it right now. And there's no danger of stepping on a landmine!

[Cassius]

You won't get hit on by men in Turkey if you don't look 'up for it' - they are not stupid, it also depends on the sort of resort you go to - obviously if there is a predominance of younger people it will have a different atmosphere to a more family resort.

Try googling Kas on the Lycian coast - it is beautiful as is Kalkan - but a bit more going on in Kas.

Also avoids Eurozone - however southern Italy is cheap even with the Euro.

[Annasfield]

Cassius - I think you should define "up for it"

[Cassius]

Mmmmmm Annasfield - I think you should use your imagination!

[Annasfield]

I was in Egypt a few years a go with my Mum, a friend of mine and her Mum. None of us were on holiday to get laid (which I assume it was you mean), yet the fact that we were women on our own meant that we had plenty of unwanted attention.

Cleary though as we were wearing summery clothes etc, we were "up for it". Is that what you mean?