{"id":274448,"date":"2025-07-19T10:12:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T10:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/274448\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T10:12:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T10:12:13","slug":"europes-cheapest-holiday-hotspot-revealed-where-families-can-grab-three-course-meal-for-just-67","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/274448\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe’s cheapest holiday hotspot revealed – where families can grab three-course meal for just \u00a367"},"content":{"rendered":"

Narrowly beating Bulgaria\u2019s Sunny Beach, Marmaris, a popular resort town on Turkey\u2019s Mediterranean coast, has been crowned the best value holiday hotspot in this year’s annual Post Office Family Holiday Report.<\/p>\n

Already a popular choice for British holidaymakers looking to score a bargain break, Marmaris is known for its sandy beaches, charming old town and lively nightlife.<\/p>\n

Conducted in collaboration with holiday operator TUI<\/a>, the report looks at the costs of 16 European resort destinations,\u00a0comparing the price for a total of 10 tourist items, including an evening meal, suncream and a range of drinks.<\/p>\n

For gold-medalling Marmaris, the sum of these items came to \u00a3128.99. Visitors to the resort are able to secure a three-course family meal (including wine) for as little as \u00a367.67.\u00a0Also well-priced are cups of coffee (\u00a32.01), and insect repellent (\u00a32.61).<\/p>\n

In Sunny Beach, Bulgaria, the second most affordable destination listed by the report, the total cost was \u00a3129.47 \u2013 helped by the reasonable prices of bottled beer (\u00a32.35) and a cup of coffee (\u00a31.88).<\/p>\n

Portugal’s Algarve came third place for a second year running, making it the cheapest Eurozone<\/a> destination.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fourth-place Paphos continues to close the gap though: the Grecian destination was only \u00a31 cheaper, at \u00a3144.44.<\/p>\n

Once again, Ibiza was rated the most expensive resort of all 16 surveyed, with a total cost of \u00a3242.79 \u2013 almost double that of Marmaris.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Already <\/p>\n

Already a popular choice for British holidaymakers looking to score a bargain break, Marmaris is known for its sandy beaches, charming old town and lively nightlife<\/p>\n

\"Sunny <\/p>\n

Sunny Beach, Bulgaria, was the second most affordable destination listed on the report. The total cost of the ten tourist items surveyed here was \u00a3129.47<\/p>\n

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Despite a price increase of 10.3 per cent since July 2024, Turkey\u2019s weak lira \u2013 which reached a record low against the pound in March 2025 – has undoubtedly contributed to Marmaris\u2019s popularity.<\/p>\n

In fact, the report found that for the top two destinations \u2013 both non-Eurozone \u2013 prices were 10 per cent lower than their Eurozone competitors.<\/p>\n

Head of Travel Money at Post Office, Laura Plunkett, said: \u2018The collapse of the lira makes Turkish resorts like Marmaris a natural choice for families.<\/p>\n

‘However, visitors should be aware that while sterling is worth a third more than last July, local prices have increased dramatically because of the currency\u2019s collapse.\u2019<\/p>\n

Indeed, Post Office Travel Money found that prices had risen in 13 of the 16 destinations, once the prices were converted into sterling.<\/p>\n

The biggest price hike was found in Majorca, where the total cost had increased 21.4 per cent, to \u00a3201.68.<\/p>\n

By contrast, two Greek destinations, Lanzarote and Crete, recorded 2.1 per cent and 7.8 per cent falls respectively.<\/p>\n

\"Ibiza <\/p>\n

Ibiza was rated the most expensive resort of all 16 surveyed, with a total cost of \u00a3242.79 \u2013 almost double that of Marmaris<\/p>\n

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Research conducted for the Family Holiday Report found that over three-quarters (78 per cent) families are planning trips abroad this year.<\/p>\n

However, 74 per cent admitted to busting their budgets by 42 per cent on their last holiday \u2013 spending an average of \u00a3323 extra than their \u00a3766 budgets.<\/p>\n

Food and drink were a prevailing cause of this overspending, with over 90 per cent spending an average of \u00a3378 on eating out, buying drinks in bars and restaurants, and shop-bought food.<\/p>\n

Parents surveyed also admitted that pressure to provide \u2018holiday treats\u2019 for their children had encroached on budgets.<\/p>\n

Nine in ten parents spent an average of \u00a339 on ice creams, with other holiday extras, such as theme park visits (\u00a360) and beach gear (\u00a349) also causing financial strain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Narrowly beating Bulgaria\u2019s Sunny Beach, Marmaris, a popular resort town on Turkey\u2019s Mediterranean coast, has been crowned the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[92,2000,299,5187,20327,2396,3046,183,3086,461],"class_list":{"0":"post-274448","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-european","12":"tag-eurozone","13":"tag-graphics","14":"tag-portugal","15":"tag-travel","16":"tag-tui","17":"tag-turkey"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114879369058267790","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274448","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=274448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}