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Best Geek Vacations

by Neil Woodburn (RSS feed) on Jul 11th 2007 at 8:04AM

Hats off to Wired Magazine for always looking out for their own.

The Best Geek Vacation Destinations is a short article in this month's issue (July) that points the nerds amongst us towards holiday locations where they can really embrace their inner geek.

As you might suspect, there is not a single beach location amongst the lot. Instead, Wired gives the nod to places like the Sidi Driss Hotel in Matmata, Tunisia (above) which doubled as Luke Skywalker's home planet of Tatooine. Or, the editors suggest trying out Cern, Switzerland –- home to the 17-mile long Large Hadron Collider. And of course, what geek wouldn't have Silicon Valley on their short list of exciting vacation destinations?

For a complete list of geek-friendly suggestions where not a single grain of sand will be kicked in your face, click here.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Victor Agreda Jr Jul 24th 2007 8:45PM

Silicon Valley isn't all that great. It's like the world's largest industrial park.

Spavelous Jul 24th 2007 10:09PM

Now, there are plenty of places in the USA for geeks besides Hawaii and Silicone Valley. With all of their sitting at a desk, I would think the last thing they would want to do is sit 15 hours on a plane. After all, with geeks sitting at their less then ergonomically correct desks, there is a need for them to go to spa resorts. They need massage for their shoulders and hand massage for their over used hands and fingers. http://www.spavelous.com has a wide variety of choices. Why not start there?

steve Jul 24th 2007 10:28PM

Star Trek Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton...Have a drink and some Dinner at Quarks bar & Grill

Steve Trek Geek

steve Jul 24th 2007 10:46PM

Star Trek Experience in Las Vegas at the Hilton... Have a drink and some dinner at Quarks Bar & Grill.

Steve, A Trek Geek

Nathan Jul 24th 2007 10:39PM

As a Lord of the Rings geek, my favorite vacation was obviously New Zealand, where they have all kinds of tours to the filming sites.

steve Jul 24th 2007 11:01PM

ALSO, See the location spot for the filming of "Creatures from the black lagoon" on the intercoastal waterway directly across from "Marineland" [The oldest and Best Dolphin/Marine center] Located in Flagler County, Florida 32137

steve Jul 25th 2007 1:40AM

are there no other people out there who will say they are geeks??? come-on now, AOL PUT THIS WEB-SITE ON THERE MAIN INTEREST LIST AND NO ONE ELSE ON THE WEB HAS RESPONDED??? MAYBE ITS PAST GEEK BED-TIME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET A HELLO FROM SOMEONE...

jadeashke Jul 25th 2007 2:14AM

My geek vacation is a medieval reenactment event. How would you like to live in the middle ages for a coupla weeks, live in a tent and dress up? But Las Vegas Hilton Star Trek Experience appeals to me too.

George Jul 25th 2007 1:48PM

Thank you for the information where geeks take thier vacations.

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