Good dives with easy travel to/from Italy or Dubai

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BarrelGal

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My best friend is doing a temporary stint near Bologna, Italy. I'm trying to get in a few days around the labor day holiday (maybe Aug 31st- Sept 9 ish?) She doesn't really know how much time she can get off of work for, but we would be willing to fly/drive somewhere for a long weekend as long as travel didn't cut into our time too much.

Other option: she will be in Dubai for training the week before so I could possibly just meet her in the middle east somewhere? Red sea perhaps?

Reccomendation of one over the other? My only experiences so far have been lakes in Texas, and Islands in Thailand (two very different experiences)
 
Portofino would probably be a great place to dive at. They have a pretty well-known marine preserve there. I believe they have two shops authorized to dive the reserve (DWS Diving and Portofino Divers, note I am not associated with either, although I am scheduled to take a GUE Fundies with Portofino). You are looking at about a 3 - 3 1/2 hour drive from Bologna. August will be jam packed, but it should start to slow down around the end of the month!

I'll actually be down there diving next week. If you PM me, I can try to give you my limited experience of what it is like if you are interested.

Eric
 
I'd go Sharm el Sheikh- August is a great month for diving Ras Mohammed reefs.
 

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