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Looking to leave London’s weather and steep drinks prices behind your next getaway? Malta has been crowned the best holiday destination for boozing on a budget this autumn.
TravelSupermarket calculated the cost of a week-long stay at a three-star hotel, paired with seven beers and seven glasses of sparkling wine to curate a list of affordable overseas watering holes.
Mediterranean archipelago Malta took the top spot with a week and 14 alcoholic beverages for £502pp on average, followed by Dalaman and Antalya in Turkey with total costs of £528 and £538 respectively.
However, beer tourists will be best served at Egyptian beach bars – £1.43 a bottle – closely trailed by Antalya (£2.08).
For fans of fizz, Spain’s Costa del Sol and Costa Dorada were found to be the most affordable areas for budget glasses of prosecco at just £3.01. Paphos in Cyprus came second for cheap bubbles with sparkling wine at £3.87 per glass.
Outside of Europe, the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic ranked 10th, with travellers paying £573pp for a week away wetting your palette.
As for the most expensive holiday destination for drinking, a week in Larnaca, Cyprus with all the trimmings, could set travellers back £1,157pp.
Elsewhere, big drinking habits in Dubai would cost around £1,029, while sinking pints during a week in Gran Canaria was the priciest spot in Europe at £689pp.
Chelsea Dickenson, known as the ‘Cheap Holiday Expert’ online, said: “When TravelSupermarket revealed their study on the cheapest places to find prosecco, I was over the moon! In the last few years, we’ve really seen prices go up in many destinations, and so it was a great reminder that there are still plenty of bargains out there so that we can really treat ourselves when we’re on our next holiday.
“With the results under my belt, I headed off to Tarragona in Costa Dorada to see just how easy it was to find sparkling wine for £3.01, and I was delighted to discover it was so, so easy. Literally, the first bar that I walked past had Cava for just £2.96, and there was a lot of choice for places offering a glass of fizz for a similar price. The cheapest price I found was just £2.10 a glass, and the best bit? The measures are massive everywhere. Honestly, I think it’s at least a glass and a half versus what we get served in the UK.”
The cheapest holiday destinations for pints and prosecco
- Malta – £2.15 bottle of beer | £5.59 glass of prosecco
- Dalaman – £2.81 bottle of beer | £6.56 glass of prosecco
- Antalya – £2.08 bottle of beer | £11.71 glass of prosecco
- Costa Dorada – £3.01 bottle of beer | £3.01 glass of prosecco
- Algarve – £4.30 bottle of beer | £5.16 glass of prosecco
- Bourgas – £3.01 bottle of beer | £5.63 glass of prosecco
- Egypt – £1.43 bottle of beer | £13.35 glass of prosecco
- Lanzarote – £2.58bottle of beer | £4.26 glass of prosecco
- Crete – £3.44 bottle of beer | £6.02 glass of prosecco
- Dominican Republic – £1.98 bottle of beer | £5.94 glass of prosecco
- Fuerteventura – £2.71 bottle of beer | £4.30 glass of prosecco
- Mallorca – £2.58 bottle of beer | £4.30 glass of prosecco
- Costa del Sol – £2.58 bottle of beer | £3.01 glass of prosecco
- Corfu – £4.30 bottle of beer | £6.02 glass of prosecco
- Tenerife – £2.58 bottle of beer | £5.16 glass of prosecco
- Costa Blanca – £2.58 bottle of beer | £4.73 glass of prosecco
- Paphos – £2.58 bottle of beer | £3.87 glass of prosecco
- Gran Canaria – £3.01 bottle of beer | £5.59 glass of prosecco
- Cancun – £3.99 bottle of beer | £7.97 glass of prosecco
- Dubai – £9.62 bottle of beer | £11.71 glass of prosecco
- Larnaca – £2.58 bottle of beer | £5.16 glass of prosecco
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Source: Independent
