Nice place with a beach in northern Italy.....

[beanbag]

I'm taking the missus away on her birthday although I can't find a decent place to go!

Can anyone recommend a nice place in Northern Italy with a nice sandy beach, nice hotel and restaurants????

Needs to be asap! Leaving in 1 hour!!!

[Gargamel]

Lake Garda

[beanbag]

Seriously! Anyone!?!?!?!?!?

Slovenia or northern Croatia would be great too.......

[beanbag]

Gargamel said:

Lake Garda

I want a beach holiday by the sea....

[sleep envy]

sestri levante or forte dei marmi

take lots and lots of cash

ETA - to get the right bloody name

Edited by sleep envy on Friday 17th July 14:19

[sleep envy]

beanbag said:

beach

Gargamel said:

Lake Garda

[theaxe]

We stayed in Lucca (trying to find the hotel details) the beach was a few kms away. Versilia I think it was...

[bridgdav]

Try Here, we used it as a base for a golf trip, nice area, beaches etc and the food was fantastic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesenatico

[beanbag]

sleep envy said:

sestri levante or forte dei marmi

take lots and lots of cash

ETA - to get the right bloody name

Edited by sleep envy on Friday 17th July 14:19

Looks rather nice but it's the wrong side of Italy.

Should have really mentioned - North East as I'm driving down from Vienna.

[theaxe]

Can't find the place in Lucca but the Versilia Palace Hotel looks good. HTH

[theaxe]

beanbag said:

Should have really mentioned - North East as I'm driving down from Vienna.

Ah. Disregard the above then.

[Malh001]

Ravenna isn't too bad, not far from Venice or Rimini for a bit of culture

[beanbag]

This is hard! I've got 35 mins to find and book a place!!!!

Hotel budget is €200. I need a double room for tonight and Saturday night......

[beanbag]

Malh001 said:

Ravenna isn't too bad, not far from Venice or Rimini for a bit of culture

I want something relaxing. Not interested in culture. Just somewhere quiet'ish and with a nice beach and hotel.

[theaxe]

Start with google maps and tripadvisor. Good luck!

[sleep envy]

beanbag said:

Should have really mentioned - North East as I'm driving down from Vienna.

I don't know the east that well but I've been told to keep going past Rimini as it gets too busy further up and the water is dirty

[lazyitus]

sleep envy said:

beanbag said:

beach

Gargamel said:

Lake Garda

It is quite a funny response.

But to be fair, although it's a lake it does have 'beaches'. It's a wonderful part of the world and if you do go, I can whole heartedly recommend Malcesine.

Your missus will love it.

Edited by lazyitus on Friday 17th July 14:40

[LukeBird]

lazyitus said:

Your missus will love it.

How the hell do you know what his missus will love?!

[beanbag]

Nope! It's got to be the sea!

We're both aching for it! It's the one thing I miss living in Austria.....

[sleep envy]

lazyitus said:

if you do go

are you having a laugh?