Places you've stayed for a week or more

[Pauline]

I love reading these lists! I get good ideas for where to go next ...

 

[Barb Cabot]

A week or longer:
Italy:
Venice
Florence
Rome
Levanto
Cinque Terre/Monterrosa
Ravenna
Palazzo San Gervasio (Basilicata region)
Cagliari, Sardegna

Paris, France
Aix en Provence ,France
Munich, Germany
Copenhagen, Denmark
Zurich, Switzerland
Grindlewald Switzerland
London, England
Amsterdam,Holland
Costa Brava, Spain
Barcelona, Spain

I have just scratched the surface of places in the world to explore. Sprinkled amongst longer stays there were the day trips and mini stays in many wonderful cities. On my very first trip to Europe I camped for three months throughout France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, & Switzerland. We had a little car and drove with a devil may care attitude to wherever the road led. Many wonderful adventures, many life long friendships made and a lesson well learned at a young age. That lesson being "one of the best classrooms is to travel the world over and to gain appreciation for different cultures and their people."

 

[BJinNM]

My list is not very long at all but I sure enjoyed being there.
London
Paris
Cambridge, Eng.
Strasbourg, Fr.
Istanbul
Rome
Gaeta, Italy
Florence
Venice
Umbria

 

[JeriF.]

Now I feel like Crazy Stalking Lady, Pauline.

Mousehole, 2011:

 

[JeriF.]

And here's my list:

Paris (forever)
Bonnieux
Murs
Sablet
Beaune
Montlouis (Loire Valley)
Brocottes (Normandy)
Molieres (Dordogne)
Beaulieu sur Mer
London
Chipping Campden
Minster Lovell (near Oxford)
Truro
Windemere
Edinburgh
Rome
Florence
Venice
Montepulciano
Sorrento

We tend to be creatures of habit and return to much-loved places, whereas others tend to be explorers or perhaps have more opportunity to travel. And we've visited many other places in northern and central Europe for less than a week as part of our trips. Overall, we're very happy we get to do as much as we do!

 

[Judi]

Italy

Rome
Naples
Sorrento
Florence
Venice
Padua
Genoa
Torino


Paris, France

London, U.K.

Istanbul, Turkey

Budapest, Hungary

Qingdao, China

Spain

Madrid
Barcelona
Granada
Seville

Croatia

Split
Dubrovnik

Bulgaria

Sofia
Plovdiv

Mexico

Akumal
Mexico City
Guadalajara
Cancun
Puerto Vallarta
Merida
Mazatlan
Cozumel

United States

Boston
New York
Washington, D.C.
Knoxville, TN

Caribbean

Antigua
Turks & Caicos
St. Martin/St. Maarten
Aruba

 

[PatrickLondon]

In my entire life...?!

Discounting London, other places in the UK where I've studied and worked, and seaside holidays as a child, I've stayed longer than a week in:

Paris
Dordogne
Auverne
Berlin
Hamburg
Amsterdam
Barcelona
Tirol (Stubaital)
Venice
Crete
Peloponnese
Mykonos
Naxos
Paros
Ibiza
Gran Canaria
Toronto
Vancouver
Montreal
Chicago
Nairobi
Sydney (and side-trips to Darwin, the Red Centre, the Barrier Reef and Tasmania)

but also shorter trips to Rome, Munich, Dresden, Leipzig, Cologne, Buenos Aires, Tokyo/Osaka, Seoul, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Lahore, Madrid, Tallinn, Prague, Budapest, Krakow, Vienna, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Orkney

 

[ItalophileNJ]

Ok, just saw this for the first time ----

Siracusa (Sicily)
Florence
Rome
Ferrara
Perdifumo
Lecce
San Quirico d'Orcia

Paris
Banyuls
Nice
Orange

Geneva (three weeks + on business a million years ago)

London (probably)

Jerusalem (many weeks, many times)


I think that's it!

 

[italian excursion]

Japan
Okinawa

Hawaii

Rome
Venice
Florence
Civita Castellana
Cita d' Castello
Bagnoregio
Lucca
La Garfagnana
Sicily
Bologna
Padua
Orvieto
Porano
Siena

Stretton on Fosse
Dorsett
London

Paris
Nice

Madrid

Edinburgh

I think there may be more.....will think on these things!

Ciao,
Cheryl
www.italianexcursion.com

 

[travissea]

Do bus tours within the same country where we come from count? My first slow and extremely affordable weeklong trip was with a brännöbuss tour in Sweden. From Stockholm, we went to one major city after another, and dropped by preselected tourist spots. Lodging was cheap since we stayed in student hostels.

I also attended an open forum in Argentina for about 2 weeks, but stayed for 3 altogether because I stayed behind for 6 days.

 

[Christos]

Peloponnese
Athens
Skyros
Ioannina (north Greece)
Crete
and of course, as someone mentioned above, Mykonos
You can stay in Mykonos for months. Trust me!

Christos,
https://kinglikeconcierge.com/

 

[Amy]

I had to think about this!

London
Umbria-Spello
Puglia-Ostuni
Piemonte- 1 trip San Martino de Alfieri, 1 trip Cocconatto
Sicily-1 week Ortigia, another 2 weeks hopping around the island
Venice
Rome
Tuscany-1 trip near Firenze; 1 trip in Cetona
Campagnia-Santa Maria di Castellabate
Le Marche-Cagli
Bologna
Paris
Burgundy-Epoisse
Alsace-near Riquewhr
The Gard-Uzes
the Vaucluse-Vaison-la-Romaine
Nice
Barcelona
Israel--5 trips of 10 days each (for work, so doesn't count I guess)

Wish Lists--More time in Spain, Greece, extended stays in different area of Great Britain. Japan, Thailand

 

[SMJ]

Paris: twice, for two weeks each time. (Not enough!)
Edinburgh
Venice, twice.
Florence; many times.

 

[Tim W]

Italy:
Airola (Campania)
Bologna
Castellabate (Campania)
Cefalú
Lecce
Monopoli
Rome
Siena
Siracusa
Venice
Zorzino (Lago d'Iseo)

Portugal
Alvor
Lisbon
Porto

Australia
Cairns
Sydney

Canada
Vancouver

US
New York
Washington DC

Turkey
Istanbul

Malta

 

[Chris]

Here's my list. The numbers in parens indicate multiple stays and/or multiple weeks

Paris (3, 1, 1)
Nice (1, 1)
Meursault
Sarlat
Condom
Uzes
Montrichard (1,1)
Lourmarin (2, 1)
Bonnieux (1,1)
Menerbes
Goult (3)
Bedoin

Amsterdam

Boeblingen Germany (work)

London (2, 1, 1)
Chipping Campden

Barcelona

Rome (2)
Montisi
Montepulciano

 

[Pauline]

It is interesting to see which places a traveler returns to and how many times.

 

[wco81]

When I was working, I used to take a lot of 1-week trips, Saturday to Saturday, to maximize my vacation time.

So I would typically go to big cities and day trip from there.

Now I'm looking more at entry and exit points and are more prone to move around.

I'm afraid I'm doing less slow traveling as time has gone on. I definitely return to many places. Going back to NZ, Amalfi Coast, Florence/Tuscany/Venice next year.

Returning makes it more likely to spend just a couple of days before moving around the region than staying put.

 

[GeorgeBlue]

Hi,
Sadly short list but I m still expanding it

Greece: Corinth, Chalkis, Rhodes, Athens, Thessaloniki
Cuba: Varadero, Trinidad
Czech: Prague
France: Paris
Romania: Vaslui
Netherlands: Hague
Italy: Rome
Malta: Birgu
Israel: Tel Aviv, jerusalem

 

[Jan55612]

Paris (three visits of one week or longer)
Florence
Venice
Rome
Tuscany (Certaldo)
Umbria (Umbertide)
Barcelona
Chite (in the mountains south of Granada, Spain)
Arcos De La Frontera (Spain)
Calgary, Alberta

Honolulu (Twice)
San Diego
Washington D.C.
Aspen, Colorado
Salt Lake City, Utah
Saint Louis, Missouri
Missoula, Montana
Chicago area
Atlantic coast of Florida (two visits, one near Jacksonville, the other further south)

It's been awhile, so I will update my list to include:
Barcelona (three more visits, ranging from 6 to 8 weeks each)
Lisbon
Priorat region of Spain
Another two week stay in Paris
Madrid
Another week in Venice

 

[Kathy (Trekcapri)]

Fun topic. I have a short but hopefully growing list!

Venice, Italy
Seville, Spain
Edinburgh, Scotland
Paris, France
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Berlin, Germany
Praiano, Italy

And not Europe, but I'm including so my list is a little longer.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ollantaytambo, Peru

Wish List for future 1 weeks Slow Stays:
Venice (Always), London, UK (have been three times, but never for more than 4 days), Spain (always), South America (somewhere new), Asia (not sure where yet), Amalfi Coast (Any where in Italy), France (would like to try somewhere new).

I just saw this fun topic pop up again and wanted to reply but then saw that I had already replied 8 years ago. So I decided for fun again to see what places I have added to my original list. But let's just say 6 years later, since 2 years of no travel due to Covid should not count.

Adding to my one week & longer list:
Lisbon, Portugal (2019)
Barcelona, Spain (2016)
Tokyo, Japan (2017)