Favorite Unknown Vacation Spots

[DreamingBig]

Everybody wants to go to Hawaii, Tahiti, Paris, etc., but I was wondering if there were small islands or little known towns, cities, countries that you find worthy of vacationing.

[Susie]

Montenegro!
and Croatia.
"The Mediterranean as it once was."

Gorgeous landscapes, beautiful sea, stunning old towns, good food, etc.

[ConcentratedMind]

Montenegro!
and Croatia.
"The Mediterranean as it once was."

Gorgeous landscapes, beautiful sea, stunning old towns, good food, etc.

Agreed. Probably one of the few that are underrated and tend to go past people's radar.

[Ree]

The barrier islands off the coast of south carolina. Not the famous one (Hilton Head Island) but the smaller, lesser known ones. Fripp, Pawley's, Edisto. They're still rustic and somewhat undeveloped. You'll find no fast food places, maybe one grocery store on each island, one gas station and some great seafood restaurants. They're mostly populated with private homes which one rents by the week rather than hotels, motels and high-rise condos. It's like going back in time

[ConcentratedMind]

Interesting Rhee! Never knew such places existed. Sometimes it's nice to get away from it all and go back to the roots.

[Ree]

Concentrated, it's a secret we in South Carolina would like to keep

We spend at least one week every year on one of the islands. This year, we have a house rented on Edisto Island from June 29th to July 6th. This is how the week usually goes: Friday, arrive and unpack, walk on the beach, hit the grocery store, ride bikes (the whole island is flat, you can ride all over), lay in the sun listening to music, buy some fresh shrimp right off the boat and fix up a low-country boil, walk on the beach as the sun goes down, sleep like a log.

Daily until the following Thursday, repeat the above, with the exception of unpacking. Each and every day goes like this. Charleston, South Carolina is 45 minutes away, so every year, one day out of the week we drive into Charleston to shop, sight-see, meet up with some cousins of mine and have dinner.

When we can schedule it, we like to rent a house on the island for Thanksgiving as well. It's a whole different place in the winter, but beautiful still.

[Kaddizzle]

A great place to go is Martinique.

It's an island in the Caribbean that is very small. The beaches are crystal clear and they serve great crab! Even though they have some fastfood joints, it is still like an island with people who have no relations with mainstream restaurants.

It's very beautiful and romantic (When I bet a girlfriend, and we get older, I'm taking her there!)

[Brad Isaac]

One place that I like to visit is like an American Stonehenge in Homestead Florida. If you like mysterious places too you'll enjoy a day trip to Coral Castle

It's an incredible place where one small man, using primitive tools and "the secrets of the great pyramid builders" quarried, lifted and placed stones weighing many tons.

[Tuumble]

If you are after scenery you could do a lot worse than Loch Lomond in Scotland.



I stayed in this place - a Youth Hostel!