Athens named best city break on a budget | Travel News

Athens has been named as the very best place to take a funds metropolis break on the continent, with costs dropping 15% since final 12 months.

Evaluation of 20 cities by Submit Workplace Journey Cash confirmed the Greek capital beating extra conventional decrease price locations in Japanese Europe on a variety of typical vacationer bills.

The whole invoice for a break, with the likes of meals, resort lodging, attraction tickets and native transport fares included, was £207, in comparison with £218 for Lisbon, Portugal, which got here in second place.

Low costs in Athens embrace £38.96 for a night meal for 2 with wine, £89 for 2 nights’ lodging in a three-star resort and £7.79 for a 48-hour public transport move.

The subsequent three least expensive spots have been taken by Krakow in Poland at £219, Riga in Latvia at £220, and Budapest in Hungary at £221.

On the opposite finish of the spectrum, six cities fared at the least twice the price of an Athens journey, with Amsterdam within the Netherlands costing £593.

That was adopted by Venice, Italy for £457, Copenhagen, Denmark for £456, Dublin, Eire for £436, Paris, France for £423, and Stockholm, Sweden, for £421.

Nick Boden, head of Submit Workplace Journey Cash, stated two in 5 of these planning journeys overseas this 12 months will go for a metropolis break, making it the most well-liked kind of vacation to take, so he suggested travellers to “do their homework and test costs earlier than reserving”.

“Established favourites like Paris, Amsterdam and Venice could also be high decisions among the many holidaymakers we surveyed, however they’re additionally costly locations to go to, and people who find themselves ready to swap to a metropolis with a decrease price of dwelling could make their kilos stretch a lot additional,” he added.

“Athens and Lisbon are half the value and provide a sunny autumn local weather in addition to low costs.”