Great Vacation Location ?

... planning a surprise 50 th birthday trip
...from your experiences --suggestions for an upscale location
...with great beach / relaxtion / dinning / service

thanks for your input

 

La Republica Dominica

Punta Cana area (Bavaro)

- Spydertrader

 

St. Bart's/St. Barth, French West Indies

 

this place is supposed to be excellent
http://www.sandylane.com/

 

Costa Rica

 

Cabo san lucas

 

http://www.beaches.com/main/tc/tc-home.cfm

nitro

 

Thus far, all the destinations listed are for those who enjoy mass cookie cutter tourism. Places where the herd aspires to. Might as well just go to Vegas.

If you want something really different you'll both remember for a long time

http://www.tropicalescapemaldives.com/resorts/hilton-maldives-resort.php

getting there is an adventure by itself.

At the most, there will be maybe 2 other couples on the entire beach for the duration of your stay.

http://www.lesexplorers.com/5022671...staurant_aquarium_dans_le_recif_corallien.php

 

Agree to that. If you're looking for some good adventure traveling, here's a decent place to start searching.

http://outside.away.com/outside/destinations/200703/best-trips-8.html

and here:

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/forum.jspa?forumID=17