The highest price European towns printed – as stag do favorite tops the checklist

Travellers searching for a cut price town spoil in Europe will have to glance east, in line with the newest Post Office Travel Report. 

The analysis discovered that Latvian capital Riga ranked as the most productive price vacation spot for Brits, but in addition printed that regardless of the pound being dicey, there is nonetheless a lot of puts the place you’ll be able to get a good bang in your greenback. 

Of 38 European towns that characteristic in the yearly City Costs Barometer, Riga crowned the checklist, with any other Baltic States vacation spot, Vilnius, coming 2nd and Warsaw taking the 3rd spot. 

Aside from two Portuguese towns, Lisbon, which ranked 5th, and Porto, which got here 9th, and French hotspot Lille, 6th, the entire different locations have been in Eastern Europe. 

Podgorica in Montenegro got here fourth, whilst Polish towns Gdansk and Krakow positioned 7th and 8th, with Croatian capital Zagreb in 10th. 

It’s the primary time in a decade that Riga has taken the highest spot – it got here 6th in 2024, with the Post Office barometer discovering that costs have fallen in part of the towns surveyed.

The learn about discovered that, according to the price of 12 vacationer pieces together with lodging, foods and beverages, town shipping and access to cultural points of interest, Riga proved the most productive price, with the associated fee at £253 – 15 according to cent down at the identical prices final 12 months.

How do costs in Riga and runner-up Vilnius examine to these in costlier locations? 

In Western Europe, Lisbon (pictured) and Porto have been deemed the most affordable towns for a vacation through the yearly document, which seems at the price of 12 vacationer pieces on its barometer

Costs are 60 according to cent less than in Oslo (£636) and Copenhagen (£629), which have been the most costly towns surveyed. 

Also price taking into account for a spoil that may not burn a hollow on your pockets is Poland, which had 3 towns on this 12 months’s best 10. 

Costs in Warsaw have been £277, which noticed the Polish capital transfer up from 10th to 3rd position with a worth fall of 13.2 according to cent, basically on account of a £39 fall in lodging prices (£131 for 2 nights in comparison with £170 a 12 months in the past). 

Meanwhile, vacationer favorite Krakow fared a little bit worse, however nonetheless made the highest ten, losing from fourth to 8th position on account of a 7.7 according to cent value building up, with prices at £300.

In 7th place was once Gdansk, which featured within the barometer for the primary time, and was once discovered to have a £297 price for the barometer pieces.

If solar is top in your wish-list, then heading to Portugal is smart transfer, with prices additionally less than in lots of hotter counterpart towns.  

Although costs are up 10.8 according to cent in Lisbon – the capital of Portugal had prices of £292, it is nonetheless the absolute best rating town in Western Europe in terms of price. 

Laura Plunkett, Head of Travel Money at Post Office, mentioned of the newest findings: ‘Although town spoil holidaymakers want to stay a watchful eye on change charges, the true problem will probably be the price of lodging within the towns Britons are taking into account. 

Although costs are up 10.8 according to cent in Lisbon – the capital of Portugal had prices of £292, it is nonetheless the absolute best rating town in Western Europe in terms of price

Runner-up was once Vilnius in Lithuania, which was once only one pound at the back of Riga with regards to the price of the barometer’s pieces at £240

‘Successive City Costs Barometers have discovered large swings in resort prices relying on what number of rooms are to be had in top months. This 12 months is not any other and emerging – or falling – resort costs could have a large have an effect on on town spoil prices.

‘For instance, Vilnius misplaced its best spot in the newest chart as a result of the price of lodging has risen through over 9 according to cent since final 12 months, whilst it has fallen over 20 according to cent in Riga in the similar duration. 

When the price of two nights’ lodging is excluded, Vilnius stays less expensive for British guests at round £111 in comparison with just about £130 in Riga.’

How do closer-to-home towns fare at the checklist? Welsh capital Cardiff got here in at 17, with £375 prices, whilst London was once 26th at £523 and Edinburgh 36th with £602 for the pieces.