sd21
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Post by sd21 on Apr 12, 2007 21:46:26 GMT -5
What are the cheapest cities in Europe to travel too?
Cost of hostel? Nightlife? Food? etc etc
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Post by me on Apr 12, 2007 22:08:17 GMT -5
the cheapest places for me were in Hungary, Czech Republic & Portugal. but, bigger cities are always more expensive. [think Budapest, Prague & Lisbon]
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lia
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Post by lia on Apr 13, 2007 3:24:21 GMT -5
Right. I'd just add that, for example, southern italy is much cheaper than northern; that is to say, maybe there could be differences like this in other countries too. and lisbon is slightly more expensive than other portuguese cities, but still quite cheap.
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Post by MuvverRussia on Apr 13, 2007 5:51:08 GMT -5
Yeah, generally the further East and the further South you go, the cheaper the place. That said, you have to balance seeing the traditional cities of Europe (Paris, Barcelona etc) with their Eastern counterparts (Bucharest, Sofia etc).
The 2004 and 2006 EU new member states are all still pretty cheap. That said, I'd advise against doing a trip solely to these states, unless you've visited other parts of Europe before.
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Post by jennifer on Apr 14, 2007 9:50:13 GMT -5
Well, yeah, the new states are cheaper, but they sure are more expensive then what they were before. I went to Czech Republic in 2003 and went back this summer. WOW have things changed, not only pricewise, but there are big differences. I'd suggest travelling there before everything goes up in price for us cheap backpackers
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Post by scribbledhearts on May 15, 2007 19:05:13 GMT -5
What would be the cheaper ones out of Cinque Terre, Naples/Pompeii, Rome, Venice? Is Greece cheap?
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Post by MuvverRussia on May 16, 2007 3:18:42 GMT -5
Greece is relatively cheap, at least compared to the likes of the UK. Out of those cities I'd say that Naples is likely to be the cheapest, followed by Rome, Cinque Terre and then Venice.
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Post by Eagle on May 16, 2007 12:44:53 GMT -5
I found Venice to be somewhat more expensive than some of the other locations in Italy. I was paying €20.00 per night more for accomodation there than in Florence. Some of the travel shows have stated that Venice is becoming too expensive even for some of the "locals". They're moving out to the mainland and their buildings are being turned into "high end" accomodations for tourists.
There seemed to be lots of fairly expensive places in Venice ("tourist traps"), but there were also some that were a bit more reasonable. Paying €6.50 for a cup of Coffee at Cafe Florian and €14.00 for a Bellini at Harry's American Bar seemed a bit extreme (I did try a Bellini, but passed on the expensive Coffee)!
I do agree that Rome and the Cinque Terre can be good value, as there seemed to be more of a "range of options" available there.
Cheers!!!
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Post by WillTravel on May 16, 2007 13:51:37 GMT -5
If you visit Venice in the dead of winter (but not Carnivale!), you can get very good deals on hotels. Any other time will probably be difficult for cheap options. Venice also has some terrible restaurants, because of the tourist-trap issues, so you have to be careful. But with a cheap hotel room, eating at the inexpensive Museo Ebraico cafe (the Jewish Museum), and shopping at the supermarket, I didn't find Venice to be particularly expensive. Well, it sort of was, because I liked to go to a concert every night!
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Post by scribbledhearts on May 16, 2007 16:25:12 GMT -5
Anybody know if Athens/Greece is cheap? Or any other city/country near Italy that I should visit?
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Post by WillTravel on May 16, 2007 16:27:44 GMT -5
I think Greece is generally pretty cheap. But it can be expensive to get there.
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