Bargain beers, two-hour flights and a sandy beach – the cheapest European city break revealed

A EUROPEAN metropolis with low cost UK flights has been named the most affordable for a vacation.

Carried out by TravelSupermarket for it is first Low cost Vacation Index Platform (CHIPS), Krakow got here out on prime for affordability.

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As a part of it is Low cost as CHIPS sequence, the analysis analysed the costs of a two-night bundle deal, with flights, resort, one dinner and one ticket attraction.

Krakow got here out at simply £283pp, the most affordable on the checklist.

Simply two hours from the UK, flights may be discovered for as little as £15 with Ryanair.

The Previous City is the principle attraction, with fairly multicoloured buildings surrounded by an enormous inexperienced park.

With present temperatures at 27C, there may be additionally the sandy Bagry Seashore to chill down in.

Or there may be Wawel Fortress, Poland’s personal Acropolis which has superb views of the town in addition to dwell music occasions, together with St Mary’s Basilica.

And day journeys to Auschwitz are a standard exercise for vacationers in Krakow too.

An evening out will not price a lot, with pints of beers for just a little as £1.50 though the vodka additionally cannot be missed.

Krakow can also be fashionable within the winter, having an enormous Christmas market all through December.

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The remainder of the TravelSupermarket research discovered that simply behind Krakow for the most affordable metropolis break was Dublin, at £307pp and Milan at £311pp.

And the most costly metropolis break was Dubrovnik at £506pp, adopted by Amsterdam (£403pp) and Venice (£400pp)

The typical metropolis break to New York and Las Vegas had been additionally included, though had been a lot larger, as anticipated.

A mean two-night vacation to New York Metropolis is round £955pp, whereas Las Vegas was £1,279pp.

After all, Brits would want to go for an extended journey than two days, being a long-haul vacation spot, so ought to anticipate the common vacation to price a bit extra.

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Well-known for its postcard fairly effectively preserved centre, it boasts lovely gardens, parks and a wealthy cultural heritage and the locals couldn’t be extra welcoming.

It’s pocket pleasant too with cheap consuming out and the common worth for a pint of beer round £1.50 so your cash goes a good distance.

The Previous City – ringed by Planty Park and remnants of the town’s medieval partitions – is centred round Rynek Glowny, the market sq. within the Previous City the place yow will discover stylish cafes and eating places with scrumptious conventional Polish delicacies nestled within the surrounding quaint, cobbled streets.

Krakow has an more and more cosmopolitan restaurant scene and Poles are comprehensible happy with their second largest metropolis.

If you happen to’d had your fill of budget-friendly beer, a tour of Krakow’s Vodka Museum located throughout the new impressively designed Fabryczna Metropolis advanced is effectively value a go to. 

Canine lovers ought to time their go to in September for the Dachshund Parade the place dozens of well-dressed pooches take to the road vying to turn out to be king and queen as voted for by a jury. 

And for a very area of interest culturally occurring, there may be even a potato pageant in the identical month Male Najedzeni Fest with a name to devour all issues potato!

All in all, Krakow actually does have one thing for everybody.

Steve Seddon, Chief Advertising Officer at TravelSupermarket, famous: “What is typically tough, is understanding how a lot you’ll be spending on the bottom.

“Enter CHIPs, our brand-new Low cost Vacation Index Platform, providing you with all the data you must select the best-value locations, or forecast how a lot your vacation will really price you.”

One other research discovered Vilnius to be essentially the most reasonably priced for a weekend break in Europe.

Revealed within the 2024 Put up Workplace Journey Cash Metropolis Prices Barometer, it overtook final 12 months’s winner Lisbon to return prime.

Different low cost metropolis break locations embody Prague, Budapest and Vienna.

And we have discovered some low cost three-night European metropolis breaks.

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