What are the 20 cheapest European destinations? The ranking of low-cost cities in Europe.
What are the low-cost European cities? If you want to know the destinations in Europe considered the cheapest, the ranking of the 20 European destinations where you can live for less money, but without sacrificing well-being and quality of life, offers interesting ideas.
Before revealing the list and answering the question, it is important to underline that the following data are the result of cross-analysis of statistics and surveys of various travel sites and research institutions.
From the average daily costs for staying in the selected destinations to the cost of living index, discovering the 20 cheapest cities in Europe is a journey to more or less known places, but full of charm and history.
The cheapest cities in Europe
Traveling or living in Europe is a dream you want to come true? Before drawing up the right itinerary, it is interesting to know which are the beautiful European places to visit at a low cost.
Interrail, the most popular service for moving within the borders of the continent with a single train ticket, has updated the list of the must-see and cheapest destinations in Europe. These are the first 10:
- Sofia, Bulgaria: average daily low cost €36.49
- Bucharest, Romania: average daily low cost €38.67;
- Krakow, Poland: average daily low cost €43.48;
- Budapest, Hungary: average daily low cost €43.48;
- Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: average daily low cost €45.67;
- Belgrade, Serbia: average daily low cost €46.62;
- Warsaw, Poland: average daily low cost €52.30;
- Zagreb, Croatia: average daily low-cost cost €54.41;
- Bratislava, Slovakia: average daily low-cost cost €56.51;
- Český Krumlov, Czech Republic: average daily low-cost cost: €69.99
To these destinations we can add another 10 European cities considered low-cost according to Expatisan’s cost of living calculations.
As explained on the site, to calculate the value of the Price Index of each city, a value of 100 is assigned to a central reference city (which is Prague). Once the reference point is established, the Price Index value of every other city in the database is calculated by comparing their cost of living to that of Prague. Therefore, if a city has a Price Index of 134, it means that living there is 34% more expensive than living in Prague.
Here are the other 10 interesting and cheap destinations, with the value in the cost of living index:
- Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina: 54;
- Pula, Croatia: 73;
- Salamanca, Spain: 80;
- Faro, Portugal: 86;
- Zaragoza, Spain: 87;
- Seville, Spain: 90;
- Porto, Portugal: 90;
- Granda, Spain: 92;
- Pescara, Italy: 92;
- Thessaloniki, Greece: 93.
It is interesting to note that in this list Italy appears with the town of Pescara in the Abruzzo region. Here the cost of the view remains under 100, the reference threshold according to this survey. For those who love the sea, it can be a destination where you can spend little compared to other more popular ones.
Original article published on Money.it Italy. Original title: Le 20 città più economiche in Europa, c’è l’Italia?
