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Long story short the missus and I can dump the kids for a week (very late september into early october) and spend it wherever we want. Looked at Europe but wife leaning towards a beach vacation as well as seeing some sights and i just cannot see us doing both in Europe in a week. Only city that comes to mind is Barcelona but we have been there.

Looked at Portugal, flying into Lisbon and out of Porto but beaches look pretty crappy tbh, am I wrong there?

Anyways, so now considering south, say Aruba or somewhere outside the hurricane belt. Seems really appealing but even say something high end like the Ritz resort has no end of crappy reviews and TBH looks tired on the photos they provide and it always looks worse when you get there.

Is somewhere in Florida doable or just not the season?

Any help appreciated either in regards to a european destination I am missing or somewhere in Florida or Caribbean. Ideally little to no kids.