Cheap places to go in Europe?

Old Nov 6th, 2002, 07:12 AM
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Cheap places to go in Europe?

Can someone recommend a cheap place to go to in Europe. I want to travel in February. I'm looking for a place that has inexpensive hotels and restaurants as well as a city atmosphere with lots to see. I went to Prague last year and that was great. Is there any other inexpensive city like that in Europe. Thanks for any infor.
 
Old Nov 6th, 2002, 07:43 AM
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Lisbon, specifically, or Portugal, more generally.

Best wishes,

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Old Nov 6th, 2002, 07:51 AM
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Lots of people are offering 7 day trips to London or Ireland including airfare and hotel and/or rental car for $399 plus tax. London is expensive for meals unless you use pubs and cafes, but the hotel is included, so that saves money.

Try sceptreisland.com or offpeaktravel.com or go-today.com for specials.

Karen
 
Old Nov 6th, 2002, 09:20 AM
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Krakow is everything you want, and it's even cheaper than Prague. I loved Krakow, it's one of my favorite cities. However, it does have a general feeling similar to Prague, of course, so if you want something very different, you'd have to go to some other country.
 
Old Nov 6th, 2002, 09:37 AM
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If Prague appealed to you, try Budapest and Bratislava. But their Cafe Societies will be hibernating in February, so...

 
Old Nov 6th, 2002, 09:54 AM
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Greece in April
 
Old Nov 6th, 2002, 10:33 AM
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It's not Europe - but you can always find really good deals to Morocco and Tunisa in the fall and winter - both are exciting places to visit and easy to get by on with a small budget
 
Old Nov 6th, 2002, 11:39 AM
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Go to Paris in Feb. The fares are cheap, it is low season and you won't have any horde of tourists. I got a fare of 260$ roundtrip from the west coast on NWA. Rent a small studio, much cheaper than tiny hotel rooms and you have the option of cooking fresh food and doing lanudry. There are many rentals available and Feb is the cheapest time. rentparis.com is one I am using
 
Old Nov 6th, 2002, 11:49 AM
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I agree about Krakow. It's awesome and you can do some day trips from there if you want.
 
Old Nov 6th, 2002, 12:18 PM
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I have not been there, but I hear that Slovenia is beautiful ( like Austria) and cheap!
 
Old Nov 6th, 2002, 02:33 PM
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City atmosphere . . . cheap . . . Europe

How about Edinburgh? Relatively low cost, high atmosphere. Dublin is not my favorite destination, but it's relatively inexpensive. Like Rex says, Lisbon is also relatively inexpensive and the Algarve shouldn't be too crowded tho' Portugal starts to creep up in price there.

You make it tough adding the city atmosphere . . . there's values to be found all over Europe once you are out of the city. One of my favorite hotels is about 20 miles east of Baden Baden near Weisenbach (I'm banging my head on the desk trying to remember the name of the town) called the Ochsen. We had a woodburning fireplace in the room and only paid $70 per night. This was in December 2000.

Anyway . . . narrow it down some.
 
Old Nov 6th, 2002, 04:04 PM
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It's not Europe but Bagdad is cheap! Hey if I had my way alot of people would be going to Bagdad....soon. Sign up and I'll send you there for FREE!
 
Old Nov 6th, 2002, 04:12 PM
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Do you people read these posts or just spout off?
Yea, Baden Baden and other tiny towns near by have "city atmosphere with lots to see". NOT!

Edinburgh is cheap? NOT!
Slovenia may be relatively cheap but no city atmosphere. Even Ljubjana is a small town, even though it may be pretty.

Rex and Christine are the only ones getting it. Lisbon is good. Krakow is better. Leipzig is also good. Maybe Bratislava.
 
Old Nov 6th, 2002, 05:54 PM
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Berlin is actually relatively cheap for a big European city, and there is so much to do indoors that you almost don't notice the cold/early sunset. I wouldn't recommend it unless you're cofortable in big cities (e.g., New York, London, Toronto). Agree that Budapest and Krakow are good (and cheap) bets if you like Prague - Bratislava is even cheaper, but has not quite as much to do and see.
 
Old Nov 6th, 2002, 06:25 PM
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Istanbul and Izmir in Turkey, are nice places with cheap hotel and food.
 
Old Nov 6th, 2002, 07:00 PM
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My husband and I were in Italy in Feb 2000, and it was great! Not too expensive if you don't mind pensions or hostels--they were both clean and well maintained.
Florence was beautiful and laid back. Rome has the city atmosphere plus the beutiful scenery and all that history!
Venice was great, too.
Good luck and have a great time!
 
Old Nov 6th, 2002, 07:11 PM
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Edinburgh is one of my favorite cities, but unfortunately the pound doesn't offer a good exchange rate.
 
Old Nov 7th, 2002, 07:21 AM
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topping, for "Sign"...
 
Old Nov 7th, 2002, 07:47 AM
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. . . just spout off! Do you have a problem with that xxx?
 
Old Nov 7th, 2002, 07:52 AM
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By the way xxx, don't YOU read the posts? I said there's values all over Europe ONCE YOU GET OUT OF THE CITY! And I said "RELATIVELY" regarding Edinburgh. What is your major problem, xxx? Does it bother you that someone might listen to advice other than yours? Do you get off by being a jerk-face? I sure do.

Planet Earth to xxx? Are you out there?

 
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