Best Summer's Destinations?

[Paulistano]

GILI ISLAND - Indonesia

[hwbs]

I'm thinking back to maui...I did oahu last year but I think I rather goto somewhere a little more secluded......can't beat the weather I telll u esp with the humid summers we get here in the northeast

[SammiValentine]

Ibiza

[hunster]

Went to the south of france / spain last summer for 2 weeks. Rented a chalet near montpiller in wine country 30 mins from the med.Hit up a different town every day , sometimes the beach and sometimes a abby in the hills to check out the wine and country. Did everything from St tropez to Barcelona and had a blast everywhere I went. Tried to stay out of the trendy cities execpt for St Tropez which was great , and Barcelona which I wish i had a couple more days there. Great night life there and loved the tapas bars ! Started the trip in Paris for a couple days and then took the train down south. Next trip is to Italy and work my way up the coast bact to St tropez and see what i missed of the French riviera and those trendy places !

[goliath_91710]

After all the other suggestions, mine sounds hella tame & boring. I'm going to Zion National Park in Utah for a week in June. It's pretty close to Vegas. There won't be any bars or nightclubs, so I'm going to have to bring the party myself.

[Stavros]

If it is Europe and you want a mixture of culture and nightlife, you could base yourself in Barcelona, a great city in itself, with both Ibiza and Majorca off the coast. You should make the effort to spend a few days in Madrid (by train from Barcelona) and try going west to Seville, but that would all depend on time and money. I don't know if prices in Spain have fallen because of their deflated economy. July and August when schools are closed are a nightmare on the Mediterranean coast and also more expensive.

Bear in mind also that with the Olympic Games in London from the 27th of July to the 12th of August, prices like the traffic will be intolerable. The summer in London also sees various events marking the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's reign, pageants on the River Thames and so on.

If you want to get away from it all with that special someone, Ireland never disappoints, even in the rain; must be one of the most underrated countries in Europe.

[ed_jaxon]

I eventually want to do a long stretch on the Mediterranean

[robertlouis]

I eventually want to do a long stretch on the Mediterranean

The jail in Marseilles is pretty notorious, Ed!