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gmelon Mon 02-Jul-18 15:41:54

Lovely answers, thank you, can anyone reccomend a specific hotel?
The idea of talking to a travel agent is good, two nearby to me shut in the last year, and also I will look into the disabled holidays.

trisher I don't walk anywhere outdoors and am a wheelchair user. I have MS which limits most activities. I am quite adventerous within the confines of the chair and use trains, buses etc on my own, particularly when I was without a car. So i am happy to go out and about within reason.

I am looking to mostly stay within the areas adjacent of the hotel or complex but want to have a beach "on the doorstep" so that with help I can relax by a warm sea. I've never seen a warm clear blue sea.

justalaugh Porec sounds lovely, is there a beach?

I would never have thought of Croatia, I shall have a look.

Greyduster Mon 02-Jul-18 15:24:14

My son and DiL have just come back from Croatia. They can't speak highly enough of it, and they are a much travelled couple.

hildajenniJ Mon 02-Jul-18 15:23:47

My DH knows someone who takes a wheelchair to Lanzarote every year as it's fairly flat. We have never been to the Canary Islands, but I know people who love it there. We like southern Italy. Sorrento is fab, but it is hilly.

trisher Mon 02-Jul-18 15:02:45

Haven't been to Malta, although it is on my to-do list and I'm told it has a lot of historic sights. Cyprus has some lovely hotels many of which are close to the beach and have access to a long seaside promenade. But as with everything you get what you pay for and the good ones are quite expensive. How bad is your mobility? There are a number of sites now which recommend hotels for the disabled. Try Googling 'disabled holidays' if you are interested.

JustALaugh Mon 02-Jul-18 14:24:24

Malta is one of the places people either love or hate. I didn't like it at all! Everything was concrete, and it is very dry there.

I LOVE Croatia, and have been 6 times....it's a large country, and the places I've visited were all clean, friendly and pretty (lots of greenery and flowers). My favourite is POREC, where there's a harbour, market, very pretty and very large park, with a little tourist train. The people are lovely, all speak English. Pula and Dubrovnik are more for tourists, and both get busy. Hvar and Trogir are very nice.

Corfu is lovely, and so is Paphos in Cyprus.

I didn't like Crete (too many English bars, a lot of Sky sports and Bingo. Rhodes was nice, but as a cat lover, I was upset to see hundreds of cats everywhere (the Greek treat them as wild animals, so they are poisoned at the end of the season)

How about Jersey? It's clean, pleasant, and the flight is really short.

grannyactivist Mon 02-Jul-18 14:23:51

I went on holiday alone to Cyprus earlier this year and really enjoyed visiting the island - I also hope to go to Malta next year. However, as you won't be doing any walking then I suppose that what you really need is simply a good hotel with all the facilities that you need and for that I would say a good travel agent is possibly your best bet.

gmelon Mon 02-Jul-18 14:09:34

I hope some of you more travelled Gransnetters can advise.
I have never been abroad on holiday. Never been on an aeroplane.
As a child we travelled by ship to South Africa to live there for a while and I went on holiday to Austria by coach once.
Now I yearn to go somewhere hot with a warm clear sea on my doorstep.

Next March or thereabouts would be ideal.

I have been thinking Malta or Cyprus. Malta because it has so much history and Cyprus...... well because it was the advert next to Malta in my Sunday paper.
Some years ago I had a work colleague who swore by Menorca.

I have mobility issues and can't do any walking.

After a look on the internet I'm frustrated by the sites and fearful of ending up in a right dump.

Any suggestions gratefully recieved, I hope to put a deposit down this week.
Thanks.