{"id":117297,"date":"2025-05-20T14:43:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T14:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/117297\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T14:43:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T14:43:18","slug":"the-uk-city-break-is-the-most-expensive-in-western-europe-and-its-not-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/117297\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK City Break Is The Most Expensive in Western Europe \u2013 and It\u2019s Not London"},"content":{"rendered":"

Think\u00a0London prices are extortionate? Well, you\u2019d be correct<\/a>. But\u00a0a new report has revealed that there\u2019s\u00a0one UK city that actually ranks above the capital as\u00a0one of the most costly places on the continent for a city break.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For its City Costs Barometer 2025<\/a>, Post Office Travel Money did some number crunching and revealed that the combined cost of\u00a0different tourist expenses in Edinburgh<\/strong> is higher than\u00a0any other city in western Europe<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

RECOMMENDED:\u00a0The 14 cheapest cities to visit in Europe on a budget in 2025<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The most costly part of staying in\u00a0the Scottish capital\u00a0is the accommodation. According to data from Hotels.com, the average price for\u00a0two\u00a0nights in one of the city centre\u2019s three-star hotels is \u00a3399. That\u2019s for\u00a0the ten cheapest en-suite rooms available between June 6 and 8.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Edinburgh\u2019s 48-hour public transport pass is also more expensive than most other European cities at \u00a322, it\u2019s \u2018top tourist heritage attraction\u2019 Edinburgh Castle costs \u00a319.50 to enter and a simple filter coffee will set you back \u00a33.50. Add the average price of a glass of wine, a return airport bus, a three course evening meal and a sight-seeing bus tour and in total, a trip to Edinburgh\u00a0amounts to \u00a3601.50.<\/p>\n

The report also highlighted that costs tend to escalate during peak season, such as when the Edinburgh Fringe<\/a> is on, and with the city\u2019s\u00a0incoming tourist tax, it could be set to get even more spenny.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Across Europe as a whole, Edinburgh emerged as the third most expensive to visit, trumped only by\u00a0Copenhagen<\/a> and Oslo<\/a>. London placed 26th with a total cost of \u00a3525.40.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can\u00a0definitely do Edinburgh on a budget, though. From the National Museum of Scotland to Portobello Beach, there are plenty of excellent things to do in the city for free<\/a>\u00a0and a bunch of affordable places to eat<\/a>\u00a0and wallet-friendly hotels<\/a>, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ICYMI:\u00a0The happiest place to live in Britain right now<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Plus:\u00a0Two legendary Scottish cities are among the 100 most walkable in the world right now<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stay in the loop:\u00a0sign up to our free Time Out UK newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for the latest UK news and the best stuff happening across the country<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Think\u00a0London prices are extortionate? Well, you\u2019d be correct. But\u00a0a new report has revealed that there\u2019s\u00a0one UK city that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,6419,393,4884,257,6420,6417,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-117297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-categories-things-to-do","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-news-city-life","14":"tag-things-to-do","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114540695371852228","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}