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Old Feb 17th 2012 | 9:39 pm
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Default Weekend Getaway?

We want to take a weekend getaway from Dubai in March and are looking for inspiration... any advice would be appreciated.

Musts:
Not in Middle East
Must be warm weather area
Maximum 6 hour travel time
Not too much driving required to reach the resort
Direct flights only, prefer Emirates

Any suggestions?
Have you taken any breaks lately you really like?
 
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40-something views and no replies. Hrm...

So are we pretty well only looking at India then?
 
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seychelles- 4 hrs, beautiful
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i went for 3 days- flew out on the thursday night flight, landed at 6am, got the sunday night flight home at midnight went straight to work - 2 nights in a hotel, was fab managed to see 3 of the islands would have liked to spend more time on la digne- I'm so glad I did it, 3 days well spent
 
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zanzibar
 
Old Feb 18th 2012 | 2:38 pm
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Originally Posted by kittycat1
i went for 3 days- flew out on the thursday night flight, landed at 6am, got the sunday night flight home at midnight went straight to work - 2 nights in a hotel, was fab managed to see 3 of the islands would have liked to spend more time on la digne- I'm so glad I did it, 3 days well spent
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Cyprus
Maldives
Sri Lanka

There are loads of places to choose from.
 
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Nairobi? You can do a safari in the national park which is located between Nairobi city and the airport.

Not as good as Masi Mara or Tanzania, but good for a weekend trip. Take a very good camera.
 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asmara

Lovely architecture if that's your cup of tea..though you will be limited to Eritrean Airlines I think. Even more exciting!
 
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where is zanzibar and is it worth a visit?
 
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Originally Posted by kittycat1
where is zanzibar and is it worth a visit?
Tanzania. You fly to Dar es Salaam and take an internal slight to Stonetown.
 
Old Feb 18th 2012 | 11:03 pm
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and is it worth going meow?
 
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Some ideas here...

http://www.timeoutdubai.com/travel/f...ekend-getaways
 
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Originally Posted by Autonomy
was just going to say get this weeks Time Out
 
Old Feb 20th 2012 | 12:26 am
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Default Re: Weekend Getaway?

Originally Posted by kittycat1
and is it worth going meow?
Zanzibar is recommendable. Did quite a few diving trips out there in my time in Kenya. Quite an awesome place to just kick back on the beach.
 


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