Help~~~

[pez]

Coming up with European destinations that my parents can visit. They like pretty places and good food. Somewhere not too difficult to get to, ie one plane journey or one train journey, maybe up to four hours or so of travel time.

So far we've been thinking about Porto and Seville. Of course Venice is nice too...

Any recommendations please?

[edit] AWESOME IDEAS GUYS. I'm throwing them at my parents right now. ♥;;;; Keep them coming!

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[giving-ground.livejournal.com]

Venice would be totally amazing at this time of year. It was in March that I originally went I think and it was way better than in summer. Might also want to think about somewhere in the south of France; I don't know where you can fly to but if there's somewhere vaguely near the Dourdoigne region, well, it's completely stunning and the food is amazing. Lots of little old towns and villages and amazing forests.

Verona is also fantastic and not actually that far from Venice so combining a trip to both is probably manageable! There is a train across. It's one of those cities with a really touristy reputation which somehow still manages to be genuinely worth visiting.

ALSO a bit further away but still a single flight, other parts of italy can be really worth visiting! Tuscany is full of amazing cities. Piza is obviously the easiest to get to but Firenze and Sienna are wonderful (not sure how easily accessed they are but probably fairly? I'm just throwing out ideas, anyway). I would say the Amalfi Coast but you have to fly to Naples, which I honestly don't consider worth visiting, and then it's a fair way to the actual wonderful bits. Maybe not for this time. XD

Prague is also a really interesting old city which should have a lot of flights over to it, and I think if you hired a car then Zagreb and its surrounding countryside might have a lot to see. We were a bit frustrated when we were there because though the city was cool in its own right we wanted to go to SO many places a little way outside and couldn't easily get there without a car. Croatia in general has a reputation for being really pretty actually, though the food is a bit less good maybe. XDDDD

Istanbul?

*keeps editing as more thoughts occur*

[giving-ground.livejournal.com]

Also, Dear Pez,

If you go to Venice, you have to buy me a mask.

Love,
Liz