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Re: advice please: best place to get away from UK at Christmas - on a tight budget? Posted on: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 18:25:51 BST

Spain? Portugal?

Spent a very pleasant new year in Barcelona recently. Shirt sleeve weather.

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"viv hughes" wrote in message
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> I live by myself and I'm on very limited means. Christmas for me is a
> pretty depressing time (everywhere's shut, everyone's visiting their
> families, etc) so this year I'm trying to save up to get away for
> about a week or so.
>
> I'd like to go to a country that's warm enough to wander round in the
> daytime without being all wrapped up, and preferably, a country where
> everyday life still goes on around Christmas (shops and sights open,
> for instance).
>
> Of course, the big problem is that so many Brits go abroad around
> Christmas, fares tend to be sky-high. so, has anyone here got any
> suggestions? (just one proviso: I can't face the thought of
> backpacking).
>
> Thanks in advance.