Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
General Topics => All things that have nothing to do with Turkey => Topic started by: BernieTeyze on August 25, 2015, 21:31:47 PM
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If you wanted Christmas in the sun, where would you recommend. Not looking for a long flight like US or Aus.
We went to Sharm 5 years ago at Christmas, and it was lit up like Blackpool with Christmas trees and decorations.
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I'd go to Tenerife personally, slikmrs :)
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Never quite managed to get all of us off for a Christmas break but if I could my research would probably take me to Madeira.
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Agree with Toky, any of the Canary Islands are brilliant for winter sun, can recommended Fuerterventura 4 sun, sea and beach
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I'd go to Tenerife personally, slikmrs :)
Exactly what Mrs H said :)
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Had a good 'un in Madeira a number of years ago. The NYE celebrations are quite spectacular too
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I would pick Tenerife. We tried Maderia one December. The place itself is lovely and the temperature was great, Hotel fabulous. . However, there were a great deal of very, very elderly people there, lots of mobility scooters and walking sticks. I don't mind elderly people. I am getting there myself, but I like a mix of ages on holiday. There was also very little to do in the evenings. There was ballroom dancing in our Hotel but not much else. We had some nice meals out and the restaurants were very good. However, it seemed most of the visitors went to bed early.
We took a day trip around the island and had a wonderful trip on a mini bus. We were the youngest ones on the trip. Most of the others had been coming for years every Winter and one man of 85 was a great fun, he had so many stories to tell us and we never stopped laughing all day.
Have to say though, we booked for a week, but 4 days would have been enough. Everyone told us we should have come for N.Y as it was fabulous then with all the fireworks.
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Any particular part of Tenerife/hotel recommend. Will also have a look at Madeira.
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I would pick Tenerife. We tried Maderia one December. The place itself is lovely and the temperature was great, Hotel fabulous. . However, there were a great deal of very, very elderly people there, lots of mobility scooters and walking sticks. I don't mind elderly people. I am getting there myself, but I like a mix of ages on holiday.
I'm sorry, but do you ever think before you type? Disabled and elderly people have a right to holiday where they choose and not be thought of as a reason for not holidaying in a certain place. I am really appalled at your attitude.
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I don't think Jacqui meant that, yes everyone has a right to a holiday, but the way we read it was that she just preferred a wider age range. My daughter said the same when she visited. It's a lovely island. :)
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Cleo - do you ever read before you type?
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How about Gambia? Hot and sunny, cheap and only five hours away....
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Cape verde? Temps in the late 20s with little chance of rainfall, flight time 6hrs from London.
As you say Sharm was all lit up like blackpool, is that something you want to avoid? As I would imagine Tenerife or other Canary Islands would be quite a similar affair.
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What's the problem? Elderly people in large numbers are a pain in the a**e on holiday!! they have taken over the pavements in Benidorm with their scooters. In Harrogate you can get nowhere fast in the town centre, stuck forever behind gangs of old gits travelling at two or three metres per hour!
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I think a lot of elderly Brits head out to sunny places in the Winter for one reason, it is cheaper than being in the U.K. We spoke to quite a few of the older tourists in Malta who spent the Winter there as it was cheaper than paying heating bills in the U.K. The 85 year old man and his wife (on the bus tour) had spent the Winter in Malta for the last 25 years They had also been staying in the same place every year. There is no doubt Maderia is a lovely Island with such mild temperatures. The big bonus too is everyone seems to speak English.
I have a friend in Florida and when the U.S. Winter arrives she tells me so do all the "Snowbirds" which is what the elderly visitors from the colder parts of the U.S. are know as in Florida. It seems all around the world O.A.P's are looking for some heat for the Winter.
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Keith - you're going to get it from Mrs PatraAsp!
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Its really all according to what you are looking for Bernie, I have been to all the Canary Islands. Tenerife does have everything, the South of the island is livelier, the North is more Spanish and greener, most of any action takes place in the hotels. Theres no proper beaches on Tenerife, the sand is black or imported, bearing in mind the island is volcanic. The reason I mentioned Fuerteventura is because Ive been back to the resort of Caleta de la Fueste (also known by several other names) its only 15 mins. from the airport, very flat to enjoy long walks. There are quite a lot of nice bars and entertainment in the evening, not 18-30 age group but a good mix of ages. There is a very nice sandy beach that becomes quite deserted as you leave the resort, camels lay about on the sand, small cuddly creatures live on the rocks and come up to the tourists to be fed fruit and nuts. I do feel that the resort has something for everyone and the weather is usually around 23-30 degrees.
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Cleo - what a load of sanctimonious claptrap. Jacqui expressed only what the rest of us look for on a holiday - i.e. somewhere that suits US.
I don't want to holiday in a place with hundreds of kids, swimming pools with long, plastic slides and an opportunity to join "The Groovy Gang".
It does not mean that kids shouldn't have somewhere to enjoy their holiday.
Neither do I want to join the Tinsel and Turkey brigade in any one of the UK - based hotels specialising in holidays for the elderly.
Do you randomly stick a pin and go where it takes you?
You choose what suits you.
Costa Geriatrica doesn't appeal to all of us - the elderly also choose somewhere to suit them e.g. Madeira in the winter or Eastbourne in the summer (or indeed, Harrogate to live).
How would you choose your holiday?
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I agree Stuart.
We went to Phi Phi Island one winter ( only for a couple of days) and I was totally peed off with the number of 18-20 year old females walking about in skimpy bikinis.
Never again!
In all seriousness we did feel well out of place with an island full of backpackers young enough to be our grandkids.
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Los Cristianos, Torviscas, Fanabe, are all lovely areas in South Tenerife. Great choice of hotels, reataurants and bars, beautiful coastal walks, and some good shopping areas too. These ticks all my boxes slikmrs. :)
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South Tenerife it is then thanks x
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I went to morroco last year at xmas the weather was nice and warm i know its a city resort but having said that its one of the cheapest places to travel to at xmas.The only problem i found was that outside of hotels it is very hard to find some where that sells beers and spirits which is much needed.
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eygpt or lanzarote