scoobyster

Hi All

Some of my uni mates and I fancy going somewhere for a long weekend in November. Eastern Europe seems the most appealing given (we hope) cheap booze and randomness factor. Not Prague as it's too obvious and some have been before.

Thoughts so far are Copenhagen, Bratislava (Slovakia), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Budapest, Tallinn (Estonia) or Graz (Austria). Anyone recommend any of those or somewhere else?

Needs to be cheap and easy to get to, preferably with flights from Manc or EMA (but most of the above are from Stanstead with the budget airlines). Otherwise we just want it to be cheap enough and with some stuff to keep us amused .

Any ideas or advice would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Ben

OllyK

That pretty much rules out Scandanavia and Austria.

A mate keeps raving about Bulgaria he is in to sharking and clubbing so it may well suit you!

comic cuts

Prague. Prague or Prague.

Superb.

Mate of mine from Dover went on a stag do there and never came back!

ScoobyJawa

Tallinn. Its a lovely city, my family is from Estonia, and trust me the women in Tallinn are all knockouts Beer is cheap too, except in the main square but then you expect that! Food is also superb and pretty cheap

Only prob is flights can be a bit of a pain/expensive as not many airlines fly there. Though you could fly to Helsinki and get the boat/ferry across to Tallinn as its not far.

jowl

Couldn't agree more.

Cheap booze, cheap food, lovely *cough* scenery.

I also went on a stag do


Hotel Cloister is very good - not really cheap but not bad. Flights were about £120 for us. Earlier you book, better price.

gavnnik

In November Easyjet will start flights to Poland from Luton.

Try Warsaw, Gdansk or Krakow

deanimus

Have to agree with prague but if you really don't want to go there could try sofia in bulgaria, beer is even cheaper than Prague and nightlife is supposed to be amazing!

scoobyster

Cheers for the replies everyone. Would go to Prague if it's that much better than the others, if the others are on a par though we'd like to try one of those. Anyone tried both?
Budapest is looking like the cheapest option, Tallinn and Sofia not very easy or cheap to fly to. Will look into Warsaw.

Thanks again,
Ben

Dream Weaver

Prague again - my stag do there last year was awesome.

Thalinn is supposed to be cool though.

Dream Weaver

PS flights to Thallin/Tallin on Easyjet were £22 each last week, from Stansted though.

ScoobyJawa

Been to both Prague and Tallinn.

scoobyster

Cool had missed the Easyjet flights somehow. Any hotel recommendations for Tallinn? I'll try to price it up and discuss with the lads.

ScoobyJawa

Yeah mate, I stayed here:

http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll...=&spsi=&crti=4

It was a nice 3* by our standards, restaurant was fine etc, just make sure you don't get a room by the air con fans

Its a bit of a distance from the centre/sights (but only around a mile!) but nothing a short walk in doesn't cure, or the transport links in from it are fine with bus and trams quite regular!

scoobyster

Cheers SJ

Would still appreciate anyone's opinions of Bratislava, Ljubljana or Budapest, just to give us the options.