Honeymoon Advice

Zzap64! · Post by **Zzap64!** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:58 pm 0

Hi all,

I'm getting married in August (10th) and we are planning our honeymoon for the 13th onwards probably for 10-12days.
Has anyone been to Sri Lanka, The Maldives or Maritius or Sicily. And can you recommend a truly blissful place (top quality) to stay at.
This is harder to sort out than the wedding itself!
We want somewhere quiet - not lively....and not a big resort.
I want something really special..... we have a budget of around Â£3-4k for two people.

Cheers

gilesgoat · Post by **gilesgoat** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:16 pm 0

<memories mode>

Yes 6 damned months in that damned navvy site in Sicily in that town
close to Catania saying "yessir" all the time and ...

</memories mode>

Huh .. I'd go somewhere else .. why not BaaBaados or Cuba or somewhere
in Jamaica or Brazil ?

It's not the best weather now for Sicily.

Istar · Post by **Istar** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:56 pm 0

Sicily is nice enough, but it's worth taking the extra boatride to the Aolean Islands. Lipari is very nice (great town with good nightlife, interesting scenery) , and Stromboli / Vulcano are a few minutes by hydrofoil if you like tramping around on active volcanoes. Vulcano itself has some of the nicest black sand beaches on the Med.

There are seven islands in the chain, all quiet and largely unspoiled in a mass-tourism sense. I can recommend a fantastic hotel in Lipari (The Gattopardo) run by friends of mine, and just down the road from my house there - we spend some of our holiday time each year lounging by their pool.

TFO · Post by **TFO** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:06 pm 0

I went to a place called Cocobay in Antigua for mine. About 20 very nice huts perched on a hill overlooking the bluest sea I have ever seen.
Quiet place and all food / drink is free.
Bloody fantastic is all I can say.
Oh, and pay a little bit extra for the beach front hut.

defsdoor · Post by **defsdoor** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:14 pm 0

We are going to Borneo for our honeymoon - pretty much with the same criteria as you. We are spending a couple of nights in Kuala Lumpur on the way and in the middle of the Borneo stay going on an excursion to Turtle Island.

Total price was around 3.5 iirc (not paid for it yet - still saving)

aureole · Post by **aureole** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:29 pm 0

You want to spend money, how about the Amalfi coast? You can spend some decent money on Capri, Positano, Ischia or Procida and have an absolutely awesome time - I'd much rather go there than Sicily (I could easily spend a week at, say, Negombo.

Personally, I wouldn't have wanted to go on a 15-20hr flight after my wedding or be jetlagged, but it's whatever works for you.

The Caffeine Kid · Post by **The Caffeine Kid** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:42 pm 0

Goto a local B&B for the night, then blow all the cash on consoles and games and other tech. Have a techimoon.

Meatpuppet · Post by **Meatpuppet** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:23 pm 0

If you're plannign to stay in Europe - I'd reccomend Venice. I ended up there last year as part of the last leg off a short Euro backpack, and if you're after
atmosphere it's got it in spades. Forget the choclate box venice of the main strips, there are some really beautful places to discover - we were lucky and our visit coencided with their annual firework display along the main canal *the* best I've ever seen. Travel in by train from Milan and it's like you're skimming water - fantastico!!

gilesgoat · Post by **gilesgoat** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:59 pm 0

Huh ...

I found it someway funny .. being Italian I don't feel to reccomend any
of the places some other people reccomended in this thread

Especially Venice, I'd highly NOT reccomend it this time of the year ..
.. unless .. unless you really like some "British weather" and all, I spent
5 months of my life in Venice and I have to say I have "more than enough of it"

Mind you I am a Sea & Sun type, foggy cold and damp weather makes me
quite unhappy, I am not even much fond of mountain either because it's
generally too cold for me.

Liguria is nice, but not this time of the year .. actually this is not at all
the best time of the year to visit Italy, unless you really don't mind some
really shitty weather and the fact there could be a number of strikes.

If there's a place of Italy I really would LOT reccomend that's Rome, Milan
been a number of times but it's not really a place I'd reccomend for a holiday
unless it's really for a few days, there are things to see sure
but it's not really "a place for a holiday".

Rome, Rome is definitely it, much better IMHO than lot of other places
especially if you don't have many days and/or possibility to move around much

DaiStation · Post by **DaiStation** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:22 pm 0

gilesgoat wrote:Mind you I am a Sea & Sun type, foggy cold and damp weather makes me quite unhappy, I am not even much fond of mountain either because it's generally too cold for me.

I bet you're glad to have landed up in Wales then.

aureole · Post by **aureole** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:30 pm 0

gilesgoat wrote: Rome, Rome is definitely it, much better IMHO than lot of other places
especially if you don't have many days and/or possibility to move around much

I wouldn't recommend Rome in August, and I'm not sure it's a good honeymoon place - there's far to much to see and do.

gilesgoat · Post by **gilesgoat** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:32 pm 0

DaiStation wrote:
gilesgoat wrote:Mind you I am a Sea & Sun type, foggy cold and damp weather makes me quite unhappy, I am not even much fond of mountain either because it's generally too cold for me.
I bet you're glad to have landed up in Wales then.

Wales is a really lovely place when the weather is good, is beautyful and
sunny and ever warm for a few months a year.

Its real beauty begins around end of March/April up to Sept/Oct so it's not
"super bad", mind you even Italy is getting this kind of climate with the
difference that when it becomes hot it gets *REALLY HOT* and you stop to
see rain for N months in a row.

Well yes it's not like Italy but it has other advantages, first at all is more
isolated than where I live and we have the sheepies

But yes I am definitely a spring/summer type I can't really stand the
winter well and I don't like cold at all, mind you in this moment Wales is
warmer than Italy there's quite a shitty weather there now

I think if I'd be living in some town without beasties and all I'd find all
this very depressing and I'd be quite unhappy, at least here is open country
and the thing is all different

And yes, I made a point in my life sometime I'll have to visit Brazil again, in summer I have fond memories of San Paolo

gilesgoat · Post by **gilesgoat** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:35 pm 0

aureole wrote:
gilesgoat wrote: Rome, Rome is definitely it, much better IMHO than lot of other places
especially if you don't have many days and/or possibility to move around much
I wouldn't recommend Rome in August, and I'm not sure it's a good honeymoon place - there's far to much to see and do.

Why not in August ? Too hot or because you have a chanche lot of stuff
could be closed for holidays ?

A place that is REALLY SPLENDID then is Terracina, I spent a couple of
amazing summers there ( in August )

MrsSnake · Post by **MrsSnake** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:35 pm 0

I've never been to any of those places, but a friend loved the Maldives. It's supposed to have some of the best dive sites in the world.

I was looking at going to Mauritius a few years ago, but it worked out cheaper to go to Maui, Hawaii. It was beautiful and even though touristy, it was quiet.

How about going into a travel agents and see what they can recommend?

@Giles - He's talking about going in August not now, so I'm sure the weather will be much better then.

aureole · Post by **aureole** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:43 pm 0

gilesgoat wrote: Why not in August ? Too hot or because you have a chanche lot of stuff
could be closed for holidays ?

Both, really. The temperature edges up a little too much and it's a little stifling I've found. Admittedly a decent diet of good gelato will keep core temperatures down so it's not all bad. A lot of the nicer places to eat close for August too though - everyone goes to the coast (same in Campania)