croatia
Hi holidaychick
Went there last year and loved it - Dubrovnik is supposed to be lovely but we went to the northern islands (Cres/Losinj/Rab/Krk) and it was beautiful.
Don't know if budget is a concern, but we flew Ryanair to Graz via Stansted, staying there a night, then got train down through Slovenia stopping off for a night in Ljubljana - also worth a visit. Worked out cheap and a nice way to get there.
We camped a bit but I'd recommend staying in private rooms (loads everywhere).
Sea lovely and clean and blue, beaches stony but you can get plastic beach shoes to ease the pain, they sell them at the beaches, very stylish
Food heavily Italian influenced and also lots of great seafood. Domestic beer (esp Karlovacko) good and cheap, wine not so good.
If this sounds like your type of holiday post a contact email and I'll answer any questions I can.
A mate of mine went down to Dubrovnik, Split, Hvar etc via a charter flight booking his own hotels, said that was fantastic too. If you want atmosphere Dubrovnik in July/Aug best - if you don't want crowds 1st 2 weeks of Sep. is perfect. Think packages start at around 600-700 for a week or 800 for two weeks is that's your thing.
Croatia Travel on north quays opposite Messrs maguires might be of help for packages (if you're near dublin), else try google.
best of luck anyway..let me know if you want more info
tk