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Bulgaria, the Algarve and Marmaris are the best value beach destinations in Europe
The cheapest beach holiday breaks revealed: Bulgaria, the Algarve and Marmaris are the best value destinations in Europe
- The Post Office Travel Money Holiday Costs Barometer compared costs in 20 European beach resorts
- Basket of nine tourist staples costs over 10% less in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria, than 2018, despite volatile pound
- The Algarve is runner-up resort to Sunny Beach, although holiday costs are 48% higher than in Bulgaria
A Bulgarian coastal resort has been named as the best value destination for a European beach holiday for Brits for the sixth year running.
The Post Office Travel Money Holiday Costs Barometer, which compares costs in 20 European beach resorts, found prices in Sunny Beach have plunged - despite the pound's volatility.
Other cheap locations include the Algarve in Portugal as well as the Turkish beach resort of Marmaris.
The Bulgarian coastal resort of Sunny Beach, pictured, has been named as the best value destination for a European beach holiday for Brits
The Post Office Travel Money Holiday Costs Barometer, which compares costs in 20 European beach resorts, found prices in Sunny Beach have plunged
The research found a basket of nine tourist staples - comprising lunch and evening meals, drinks, sun cream and insect repellent - at Sunny Beach is £38.86, which is 10.7 per cent lower than last year.
An evening meal for two with wine will set visitors back around £22, while lunch for two is just over £8 and a cup of coffee weighs in at 70p.
As a result, the overall barometer cost in Sunny Beach is under half that in most other resorts.
There has also been a price fall of 16.2 per cent in the Algarve, although holiday costs are 48 per cent higher than in Bulgaria at £57.45.
However, the Portuguese hot spot is easily the cheapest of 16 eurozone resorts and less than half the price of Sorrento (£143), the most expensive destination surveyed.
In Marmaris, the total cost of all six items is £59.19 - which is down 8.6 per cent on last year.
Although local costs have risen over 20 per cent, sterling's strength against the Turkish lira easily outweighs those price rises.
The biggest fall of over 20 per cent year-on-year was found in Limassol, Cyprus.
The research looked at a basket of nine tourist staples - comprising lunch and evening meals, drinks, sun cream and insect repellent
As a result, Limassol (£94) has moved up to ninth place from 16th last year to join Paphos (7th, £84) in the Holiday Costs Barometer top 10.
Altogether, 14 of the resorts surveyed – over three-quarters of the 18 resorts which also featured in the report a year ago – have seen prices fall.
While sterling is currently stronger year-on-year against the euro and other European currencies, the main factor governing the barometer price falls is competitive pricing in restaurants, bars and shops, which has led to lower resort prices.
In Spain, Brits will see prices vary significantly.
Torremolinos (fourth) on the Costa del Sol is by far the cheapest of five resorts surveyed by the Post Office this year.
At £66, barometer prices have fallen 8.7 per cent on 2018 levels and are just half of those in Ibiza (19th, £132), the highest-priced Spanish destination.
Nick Boden, head of Post Office Travel Money, said: 'There are significant variations between the prices we found in resorts this year so it will really pay dividends to do some holiday homework before booking to avoid busting the budget'
Despite recording a 4.7 per cent fall in barometer costs, Sorrento (£143) remains the most expensive of 20 destinations
In the Costa Blanca, Benidorm (£78, new for 2019) is fifth cheapest overall.
However, rising prices in neighbouring Alicante (10th, £95) has made it 22 per cent more expensive than Benidorm.
In the Balearic Islands Majorca (£97) has moved up to 11th place on the back of an 11 per cent fall in costs and is 26 per cent cheaper than Ibiza.
There are also big cost variations between the three Greek resorts surveyed.
Crete, sixth in the table, is cheapest at £81 for the tourist staples, while tourists visiting either Halkidiki (£101, 13th) on the Greek mainland or Corfu (£104, 14th) can expect to pay over 25 per cent more.
In Croatia, falling prices mean that Porec (£98, 12th) is now a cheaper option than Zadar (£106, 15th).
This is because prices have fallen 8.6 per cent in the Istrian Peninsula since last year, while they have risen marginally (0.7 per cent) further south in Zadar.
There has been a price fall of 16.2 per cent in the the Algarve, pictured, although holiday costs are 48 per cent higher than in Bulgaria at £57.45
Despite recording a 4.7 per cent fall in barometer costs, Sorrento (£143) remains the most expensive of 20 destinations.
Further east in southern Italy, Puglia (£112, 16th, new for 2019) is over 20 per cent cheaper and may offer UK visitors a more affordable holiday option.
Nick Boden, head of Post Office Travel Money, said: 'There are significant variations between the prices we found in resorts this year so it will really pay dividends to do some holiday homework before booking to avoid busting the budget.
'Compare the barometer prices for meals, drinks and other tourist staples to find a destination that will offer good value for money.'
While Victoria Bacon, Abta director of brand and business development, explained: 'Europe remains the number one overseas destination for British holidaymakers and this research highlights the amazing value on offer in so many of our holiday favourites.
'The relative weakness of sterling against the Euro has also meant that increasingly customers are looking for good value in other destinations and Abta members are reporting significant interest in travel to Bulgaria and Turkey. With the incredible prices in resort, revealed in this Post Office report, it's easy to see why.'
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