The cheapest Christmas market breaks across Europe, revealed
CHRISTMAS markets have become big business in the last decade – with nearly every European country offering at least one.
But for Brits hoping to soak up the festive atmosphere while sipping on mulled wine, it’s worth doing your homework – as prices vary massively.
For instance, a two-night trip to the Christmas market in Riga, Latvia, could cost nearly twice as much as the same experience in Copenhagen.
Riga is the bargain choice in this year’s Post Office Travel Money Christmas Markets Report, thanks to a combination of budget meal and drinks prices, as well as cheap flight-and-hotel package costs.
The price tag of £499 for a two-night Riga break for two people includes return flights, B&B accommodation, airport-city centre transfers, two
evening meals for two with wine, coffee and festive drinks and snacks at the Christmas Market.
It was marginally lower than last year (-1.1 per cent), when it also was labelled cheapest Christmas market destination, and 44 per cent cheaper
than in Copenhagen (£884), the most expensive city surveyed.
A big factor was that its two-night package price of £327 was £84 lower than its closest competitor (Stockholm, £411) and nearly half the cost for
Vienna (£601).
Prague was the runner-up when it comes to value for money, at £592 for the two-night break for two, while Tallinn was number three at £606.
In fourth place with a total of £631, Berlin has emerged as best value for a festive break in Western Europe - £59 cheaper than Lille (£690).
Germany’s capital £68 cheaper than another German city Munich (£699), which boasts one of Europe’s best-known Christmas Markets.
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If you're tempted by a festive city break this December, Sun Online Travel has rounded up the best cheap Christmas market destinations in Europe - UK and further afield - with suggestions on where to book.
If you're just planning on heading to somewhere in the UK though, check out our list of British Christmas markets for 2018, including tickets, dates and opening hours.
We've also done a round-up of the best UK Xmas market city breaks from £29.50pp – from York to Edinburgh.