Beach vacation vs Historical town?

Beach, beach, beach! lol. I will take a beach vacation any day of the week Sydney and love absolutely everything there is about coastal destinations. Anyways, beach sand is made up of millions of years worth of geological breakdown's so it doesn't get more historical than that! These days you can find coastal destinations with a lot of museums and landmark sites combined so it's the best of both worlds.

Beach vacation anytime for me too! That's because I used to study in Melaka (that's what we called that state in Malaysia). If you're going there on weekend, don't miss out the Jonker Walk where they have all these small stalls selling handicraft and stuff. Also try out the chicken rice balls, Baba & Nyonya food (the famous restaurant is quite far away in Melaka Raya), seafood in Portuguese settlement, cendol (green thing which tastes very nice, normally mixed with ice), satay celup (which looks a bit 'dirty', but it's nice too!). Besides that, I have no clue what should you do in Melaka anymore except for the museums. Maybe next time round, you can try to go Penang island and Langkawi island. They are very near to each other, and they are located in West coast of Malaysia, not affected by the monsoon. In the east part of Malaysia, you can go to Redang and Perhentian islands when there's no monsoon. If you're a diving fan, go to Sipadan island near Sabah. :) I do sound like a tour guide =_=

I have never really gotten to do either but if I had the choice for either I would so take the historical town. I love old things and history. To me there is nothing better then walking around and looking, taking pics and learning something! I love history. A beach vacation I guess would be okay if it wasnt longer then a weekend.

Hello Syney! I really love the beach and a vacation in a beach resort is for me far better than going to museums. I also appreciate arts a lot being an artist myself but I really look forward to having a vacation to different resorts in a year.

i would also choose the beach!!! beach is far more beautiful than historic sights and places. i can relax more on beaches, smell the breeze coming from the ocean, just laying on the sand and have some tanning. i can also see beautiful and sexy ladies around, or just taking pictures of the people around and most of all, i like to see the sunset. the beach is also romantic if you have a companion.

Why don't you go to a beach resort somewhere where it's not monsoon season? :p

I'm not big on history. Although I would love to visit the old castles of Ireland and Scotland, museums are not my thing. And I tire easily so I don't care from touring around all day (unless it's Disney ). I would much rather spend a vacation lazing on a beach somewhere. Right now I have Hawaii in my sights. I thought we were going to be able to go this winter until I bought my husband a car. Oh well... it will happen sometime.

I have been to Malaysia and its beaches and islands are gorgeous looking. I went to Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Mersing and Tioman Island. I like to have a trip when I see a number of different places. As much as I love going to tropical beaches after a few days I would get bored so then I go off to a historic town to see the architecture as well as visit museums. I wish that I had visited Malacca because it sounds like the sort of place I would have really enjoyed. Monsoon season can be wet so it was wise of you to be careful about deciding where to go on your weekend trip. I hope that you will have a lovely time.

I'd rather laze in the sun ! Museums are nice but they are only for seeing. Beaches are for lazing, drinking, having fun with friends and whatever else ! So beaches are more fun.

I would love to take a historical vacation over a beach resort. Because I can learn something new and be fascinated about all the artifacts, fossils or collectible items that could not be found anywhere else. I hope to one day read about that museum in a magazine and be able to tell my children I been there and saw it too. I hope you enjoy your vacation and have fun. Oh yes, I cannot swim too so the water scares me.. just my view. But I know many of my friends would love to go to the beach resort over historical trip. So my sister always tease me that I am an oldie!!.... :O

I enjoy historical places more, believe it or not. Swimming is fun, but I can do that at home in summer. I like visiting history!

I would prefer a small historical town.Going to the beach we can do every summer.It is one of the things we look forward to during the sumeer months.As for a vacation in a small historical town,how often do we actually take the time to do this.

I would choose to laze on the beach! hi, sydney. a trip to historical town sounds nice but what i need right now is some quality time with mother nature. the feel of the sun and the sound of breaking waves are really stress relievers. i hope you'll fun in Malacca. i wish i can visit the place someday. take care!

I do like a beach holiday, but a historical town is good to see also. This year I done both. I went to Egypt. We stayed one week at the red sea rivera and the next week at the great pyramids and valleys. It was really hot though but the best holiday ever, I would recommend Egypt to everyone. A beautiful place to relax and to have an adventure, all at the same time.

I have been to Malacca but never really got a chance to tour it. I would love to be able to do so one day. I read quite a bit about the state. They have good food and lots of historical sites to explore. I noticed that this discussion was posted three weeks ago. Sorry for the late replies. I have been really busy at work of late, and never got around to really clear my mailbox. I just reached your notification and replied to it immediately! Have you gone for the trip yet?

Hi there Sydney! I'm sorry to hear that you can't have your dream vacation but I sure hope that you'll have a really fun vacation in Malacca. I will definitely choose going to a historical town but that's because we live near a beach and can go and swim there anytime that we like.

We've been planning to take a trip for a vacation because like you we really need a break.My husband and i been busy working and we need to have time for our daughter.We would love to have it on the beach as much as possible but our daughter chose to go to Disneyland.Hopefully we could go this coming summer.

i like to have both museums and beaches. but the museums should be of interesting topics, we have visited many of the museums in each place we go like louvre museum in paris, wax museum in amsterdam, dinosour museum in brussel and more and these are something very unique and also interesting and hence i find more thrilling to know about all this and i am interested in science so i like about that too. historical monuments ia also very interesting and like them too but going on seeing the same kind of things will really bore me and i visiting the beach in between for a day will be really enjoyment and so i like both kind of places.

i like to have a mixture of both. i really like to lounge around on the beach but i also like to go sight seeing in the local towns and villages. spain is the perfect place to do this. in spain ther are lovely sandy beaches but also small villages with narrow streets and flat roofed houses. happy mylotting