Vacation Ideas..!!

Vacations...!!! Everyone loves a good vacation but its always hard to decide our vacation spot.Plan your winter break vacations in early fall or after Christmas.  I always wanted to go the Caribbean and tropical places, but I also love Europe. I always look for countries or islands that are really nice and where there are a lot of activities.So for me its always confusing to decide the place. In last august we went to Cancun, Mexico for our summer vacation for 6 nights and 7 days. Its always fun when you are with good friends / family. 
Itching to get away this winter? Here are some cool vacation places to go..

1. Charleston, South Carolina
2. The Caribbean island of Sint Maarten/St. Martin
3. Ski resorts Heavenly, Jackson Hole, Banff/Lake Louise, and Aspen
4.  Mexico's Riviera Maya, Pacific Coast, or Michoacan Highlands
5. Rome apartment rental
6. Prague and Vienna
7. Berlin
8. Portugal
9. Abu Dhabi
10.  A "repositioning" cruise

 Lets go in detail..

1) Charleston, South Carolina 

Charleston is the oldest and second-largest city in the southeastern American state of South Carolina. Charleston is well known for its unique culture, which blends traditional Southern American, English, French, and West African elements. The downtown peninsula is well known for its art, music, local cuisine, and fashion.Charleston has many historic buildings, art and historical museums, and other attractions.Charleston is known as The Holy City. Charleston is a favorite city in the US for a long vacation and weekend - for its food, charm, culture, and friendliness—and December through February is an overlooked time to visit.Charleston is packed with celebrated restaurants such as Husk, named best new restaurant in America by Bon Appetit last year  2011.

The weather is mild—usually in the 50s. and the blooms are spectacular. Charleston has a humid subtropical climate, with mild winters, hot, humid summers, and significant rainfall all year long. Summer is the wettest season; almost half of the annual rainfall occurs during the summer months in the form of thundershowers. Fall remains relatively warm through November. Winter is short and mild, and is characterized by occasional rain. 

Magnolia Plantation & Gardens (which dates from 1676 and is the nation's oldest public garden) puts 20,000 pink, white, and green camellias on display. Next door at Middleton Place (founded in 1705 and home to America's oldest landscaped gardens), you can sleep—amid more camellias—at the 55-room Inn at Middleton Place for only $155 per night from December 1 through January 17. Stay at the Elliott House Inn through January 29 and for only $209 per night you get not only a deluxe room and continental breakfast but also a $100 gift certificate to Husk (which is adjacent to the inn) and a guaranteed reservation for a party of four, all via the Husk Dining Indulgence package. Airfare to Charleston has traditionally been high, but Jetblue is starting service from New York (JFK) and Boston on February 28, which should bring down fares on competing airlines. As for Christmas week itself, consider the Carriage and Cocoa package at the Francis Marion Hotel ($139 per night from November 16 – February 28). You get to tour Charleston's historic district via horse-drawn carriage while sipping gourmet hot chocolate, and the hotel overlooks Marion Square, which is illuminated with thousands of lights during the holiday season.

find  details for The Caribbean island of Sint Maarten/St. Martin in my next post...