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Anyone been to either Cyprus or the Canaries lately. I want a week in the sun at the end of October for me OH, and 12 year old son, we don't want anythign special, a quiet resort with a decent beacn and enough going on locally to eat out in a few different restaraunts over the week. Any suggestions welcome. What we don't want is lots of clubs / bars / discos and screaming families ( a lot to ask at half term) I promise I won't complain if your recommends are not ideal!!

Regards

A very Busy Compo........(will update in due course)

I haven't been personally, but I can recommend two sites for travel and trips information:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/for ... .html?f=28

http://www.tripadvisor.com/

Hope you have a nice time!

aww i want a warm holiday!

we usually go on long haul so no help there i'm afraid!

we've booked hols on sky before now tho and they were v good

compo error

hi compo
we went to gran canaria in january, down near puerto mogan, that part of the coast is a succession of valleys from the mountains down to the sea,the resort we were in was taurito. which is the bay before you get to puerto mogan.
we drove through playa des ingles one day wouldnt touch that with a bargepole
tenneriffe is full of time share touts,but you just have to ignore them. weve stayed in los cristianos and playa de las americas in the past, weve been lucky and got quiet appartments and have ignored the noisy nightlife.
weve also been to lanzerote in the past, puerto del carmen, the trip round the volcanos is worth doing.
with all the canaries its worth getting a guide book and hiring a car , the roads are reasonably good , you can drive round the island in a day easily.

there are a number of informative websites if you google whichever island you pick.

gran canaria has a banana farm which is open to the public and quite informative on canarian horticulture and there is a similar one on tenerife.

Having been to both I have to say I much prefer Cyprus but not sure what the weather will be like then,at least you can rely on the weather in Canaries Puerto Mogan like Richard said is very nice, not spoilt ! the Hotel we stayed atin Cyprus was Thomson Gold no children so no good for you. We are going back to Jamaica as were smitten in January

Pissouri Beach. We went some years back when there was only one hotel, there may be more development now, but it was quiet, good beach, good hotel - good luck!

Sorry forgot to say this is on Cyprus!

Well we have gone for Cyprus folks, Helios Bay apartments on the outskirts of Paphos, so any reports on this place (yes I have found the dozens of websites that review it) but who knows someone might have been there eh?

Compo

i visited paphos 13 yrs ago-when i was a mere infant
i liked cyprus; we stayed in limassol which had quite a lot of clubs even then!
hope you enjoy your hols

Paphos yes,
I don't know where the Helios apartments are but if you are on the north side of Paphos you have a wealth of scenery & adventure!
If you can hire a 4*4 go north on the peninsula - it's a protected area(except Wednesdays, when the the shooting crowd go hunting for anything left).
You can actually go right over the top of the peninsula & down the east coast & back through the country to paphos W/O seeing any 'yips'.
Enjoy!