Where to go?

Hi all,

Got a bit of a challenge for you all…

I need/want to take my girlfriend for a surprise holiday for her birthday.

I say surprise, in the sense that she knows already that she is going to go away, but doesn’t know where…and she won’t know until she gets to the airport. (Don’t worry she doesn’t read this forum, so she won’t know find out about it!:D)

The problematic thing is that she has said she would like to go somewhere hot and with a beach, however, I am not a very good beach person (I can’t stand just sitting/lying on a beach all day!), so I am thinking of combining a city/beach style trip.

Her birthday is at the end of October (23rd), and I would need to be back in the UK on the evening of the 27th as I am back to work on the 28th.

Does anyone have any suggestions of places to visit?

Thanks in advance.:)