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Help me to stay sane on a cruise holiday, please?

24/2/2014

Well travel fans, I need some advice...

Later this year I'm being hauled onto a cruise, so do any of you have cunning advice for day trips to: Lisbon, Gibraltar. Barcelona, Ibiza, Cartagena and Cádiz?

I'm hoping to find some things away from the hordes, so any historic hideaways, gems of local interest or good guided tours... I'm hoping that if I start to get ideas now, I can plan around the rest of the extended family with greater ease, so any advice?

2 Comments

Emmy

27/2/2014 01:25:32 am

Cartagena is famed for antiquity, but also check out the Civil War Museum for more recent history: http://murciatoday.com/cartagena-spain-civil-war-air-raid-shelter-and-museum_3021-a.html#.Uw8EJ_l_seo

We tend to forget about the recent wars, and the more insular ones, and instead look towards those so far past that they are cold to us. A shame, as it's the recent ones we sometimes need to learn more from.

The Attendant

4/3/2014 02:08:01 am

Thanks for the advice, and very true, we search out antiquity and often neglect the history that is still living memory.

Help me to stay sane on a cruise holiday, please?

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