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Master List of Cities Worth Visiting Solo
« on: January 12, 2017, 09:49:49 PM »
I recently posed this question
I want to start planning a week and a half vacation for the end of March/ beginning of April (right before pesach) and I need some ideas. I'm going to be doing this solo so I'm really looking for something that's interesting and worth doing by myself. Ideas?
in the "Next Vacation- Ideas" thread and naturally got very little advice. So, in typical DDF fashion, I'm starting a new thread. I think it would be useful for many people, not just me (see, I think of other people too  :) ) to have a place to look for advice about planning a trip solo. If anybody has any thoughts or experiences, good or bad, in any city they've traveled to by themselves that they care to share, I can make a wiki for this thread.
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Re: Master List of Cities Worth Visiting Solo
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2017, 09:57:14 PM »
Anybody?  :'(
We can start with Europe.
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Re: Master List of Cities Worth Visiting Solo
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2017, 10:06:05 PM »
Depends how motivated you are to see things. I've personally scheduled several hour long stopovers alone in Barcelona, Madrid, and Zurich and really enjoyed.

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Re: Master List of Cities Worth Visiting Solo
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2017, 10:10:00 PM »
Depends how motivated you are to see things. I've personally scheduled several hour long stopovers alone in Barcelona, Madrid, and Zurich and really enjoyed.
I was really looking for cities that make sense to do complete trips to, whether that's one day or five.
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Re: Master List of Cities Worth Visiting Solo
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2017, 10:13:11 PM »
Other than perhaps BOB or MLE, what exactly can't you do solo?
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Re: Master List of Cities Worth Visiting Solo
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2017, 10:29:23 PM »
Other than perhaps BOB or MLE, what exactly can't you do solo?
Even that. Just carry a Black Card with you  ;)

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Re: Master List of Cities Worth Visiting Solo
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2017, 10:29:49 PM »
Even that. Just carry a Black Card with you  ;)
lol
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Re: Master List of Cities Worth Visiting Solo
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2017, 10:30:28 PM »
A friend of mine did a lot of solo traveling while single, but all in the US.  Some of his favorites trips are northern Arizona into Utah, Big Island of Hawaii, and San Francisco area.  He's done each of those solo at least three times, ranging from a long weekend (not Jewish) to a week.
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Re: Master List of Cities Worth Visiting Solo
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2017, 10:33:07 PM »
Other than perhaps BOB or MLE, what exactly can't you do solo?
I guess I'm looking for ideas of what is worth doing and what isn't in any given city when traveling solo. Time to hit the TR's I guess  :)
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Re: Master List of Cities Worth Visiting Solo
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2017, 10:41:26 PM »
I guess I'm looking for ideas of what is worth doing and what isn't in any given city when traveling solo. Time to hit the TR's I guess  :)
Why don't you look for a travel companion here rather than look for ideas for what to do solo?

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Re: Master List of Cities Worth Visiting Solo
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2017, 10:43:01 PM »
Other than perhaps BOB or MLE, what exactly can't you do solo?
Oh, I could think of some places - if "solo" means sans DW:
Like here, or here. ::)

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Re: Master List of Cities Worth Visiting Solo
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2017, 10:46:04 PM »
Oh, I could think of some places - if "solo" means sans DW:
Like here, or here. ::)

You're assuming I have a wife
Why don't you look for a travel companion here rather than look for ideas for what to do solo?
And you're assuming I'm looking for one (unless you meant here on DDF)
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Re: Master List of Cities Worth Visiting Solo
« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2017, 10:57:24 PM »
You're assuming I have a wifeAnd you're assuming I'm looking for one (unless you meant here on DDF)
I inferred him to mean here, as in DDF.

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Re: Master List of Cities Worth Visiting Solo
« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2017, 11:00:31 PM »
I inferred him to mean here, as in DDF.

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Re: Master List of Cities Worth Visiting Solo
« Reply #14 on: January 12, 2017, 11:01:33 PM »
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Re: Master List of Cities Worth Visiting Solo
« Reply #15 on: January 12, 2017, 11:04:42 PM »
I guess I'm looking for ideas of what is worth doing and what isn't in any given city when traveling solo. Time to hit the TR's I guess  :)
I guess I just don't see what would be the difference.
I've been to Paris 3 times, twice with DW, once solo. Did different things and had a wonderful time each time.
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Re: Master List of Cities Worth Visiting Solo
« Reply #16 on: January 12, 2017, 11:06:37 PM »
I guess I just don't see what would be the difference.
Did different things and had a wonderful time each time.
This is really what I'm looking for, probably didn't need a new thread for it.
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Re: Master List of Cities Worth Visiting Solo
« Reply #17 on: January 12, 2017, 11:09:23 PM »
This is really what I'm looking for, probably didn't need a new thread for it.
Wasn't really solo versus couple things. Only so many things you can do in a limited amount of time.
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Re: Master List of Cities Worth Visiting Solo
« Reply #18 on: January 12, 2017, 11:20:31 PM »
Wasn't really solo versus couple things. Only so many things you can do in a limited amount of time.
I see.
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Re: Master List of Cities Worth Visiting Solo
« Reply #19 on: January 12, 2017, 11:21:02 PM »
What's the premise here? Are you a brochur and want to get in things before you're married?

If so I think there are places you can find you'd want to go but a potential spouse wouldn't want to.

For example backpacking in India/Nepal.
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