I’ve even heard that in some places, there is a fee for entering the city.
I think, Venice is still the only city literally charging an entrance fee. They do that, because they got more tourists, than the city could handle. But I think what you have heard might be about tourist taxes. Many cities charge those per night. But you won’t notice it directly, it’s just that, if you’re staying in a hotel, they’ll automatically add it to the price of the room.
I second Prague. It’s beautiful and worth it whether you come for the history or the culture or the atmosphere.
Vilnius has a very nice old city centre, great food and very good beers. It’s pretty cheap and might fit in well with a round trip in the baltics. Haven’t been to Latvia or Estonia yet, but the people I know that have been, have been pretty positive about it.
Fr! The old town really has its own unique charm. It’s like a whole different world, full of those old - school vibes that you just can’t find anywhere else. So dope!
Only fees I’ve ever heard of were fees for violating clean air districts with a car that hasn’t paid the tax or didn’t qualify.
I’ve traveled all over Germany and never was charged a fee to enter a city.
Is there something called “Beherbergungsabgabe” or “Kulturförderabgabe” in Germany?
Potentially for citizens, or those living in country on a visa. But visiting I’ve never been asked to pay any taxes beyond buying things.
Albania. In particular southern Albania near Greece. Most places are good, but if you like the beach, Saranda. If you like history, Gjirokaster.
Czech Republic maybe, due to them having a different (and lower) currency? Prague is beautiful and Brno, while smaller, is quaint.
Ah prague, the place where scammers who do nothing but evolutionise from umbrellas to bus drivers
I’ve been to Prague 7 times and never scammed
I’ve been in Prague for 10 years and never came across any kind of scam.
Also, prices have gone up a lot in recent years, it’s not that cheap anymore.
Bummer. I’ll never forget going out in Prague with five people and failing to spend just $20 at bars. drinks were cheaper than food, and both were spectacular
Yeah, 10 years ago you could get a meal for €4. Now you pay double. Beer prices tripled. Not to mention supermarkets, rent etc.
Eastern Europe tends to be cheaper but you can travel on a budget in most places.
Never heard of fees to enter a city before apart from the ETIAS fee for some countries which is somewhat like the ESTA but cheaper I think.
The user named ProfessorOwl_PhD in the comment section said that some popular cities will levy fees. Personally, I think it’s absurd for a city to charge tourists a tourism tax. This is just my personal opinion. I’ll simply choose not to go there.
that’s the idea, to keep peole away or at least recoup some of the costs.
Overturism can and usually is a cost and a nuisance for a popular city, especially when there are just too many tourists. Usually the price is quite low (a few € per day, much less than you would spend on accomodation or food), and it’s limited to the most crowded spots in the most popular time of year, and it’s just enough to discourage a little number of people
In most places this is included in the accommodation’s bill and isn’t a lot of money.
Some cities have quite huge fees of you want to drive an old car with a dirty engine into the center. Some will even fine you for it.
I suggest getting a ticket for public transportation. There are tickets available for a day, week or month, covering cities, countries or even the whole of Europe.
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I think you are just someone who has been made silly by using AI and Google, and have you already lost the ability to communicate with normal people?
god forbid someone wants to hear from an actual human rather than bounce around the misinformed echo chamber that are modern search engines
Have you tried to use a search engine recently?
Last night I searched for average cost of food in Tuscany and the top site said it would be around $14,000 a day.
More AI will fix it /s
search engine results for travel are shit and doesnt give the perspective of what someone has experienced in these travels. People living in these regions often know what works the best and what is a blatant tourist trap.
You know me
Do you want those search engines to show results from Reddit or Lemmy?
Do you want me to watch the advertisements or those lousy media?
Tallinn Estonia is amazing and for some reason not mentioned yet
Hungary
Just avoid anything that isn’t Budapest x)
Here are some pictures:
Please, if you don’t have any experience traveling in Europe, don’t reply to my post. I don’t want to reply to any asshole who tells me to use Google to search. I think these people are born with a lack of ability to communicate with others.
Gonna be real, if your entire knowledge base is that you’ve heard that there are fees for entering cities then you really do need to do some googling. A lot of tourist destinations in europe charge tourism taxes in a variety of forms, and can because they are worth travelling to.
It also depends on what you consider to be cheap and worth travelling for. Eastern Europe is pretty cheap and great for WWII buffs or hikers, but not so good for people just looking to party. Amsterdam has plenty of food and culture and is cheaper than Stockholm, but still more expensive than somewhere like Lisbon.Maybe sort out your own communication before making snide comments about other people’s.
Just like the reason why there is a charge for using the toilet is that the toilet is worth using.
No, toilets have charges because shitting and pissing are necessary human bodily functions but doing it in public is illegal, so they have a monopoly on where you can piss or shit and can make you jump through basically whatever hoops they want in order to access their facilities. Nobody needs to go to Venice, Edinburgh, or Barcelona, but millions do every year because of the history and culture they can only access there.
Low price compared to what currency? That’s the key question.
One can live a day with around 150 euros per person.
That’s a low price level??? I’m an over paid US traveler and dibs that way on the high side!
Sorry, I understand now. That’s a lot of money. I don’t find that low priced. And I live in a very country. Australia.
Where do you come from, out of interest? If you don’t mind.
And I live in a very country.
Very country! Many joy! So people!
china
Where? España
Deutschland?
Portugal, Bosnia and other get non-EU Balkan countries are good. You’ll still find people backpacking there. Most of western Europe is too expensive for that.
Jugendherbergen (Youth Hostels) are everywhere in Germany, making travel affordable even in expensive cities especially if you’re under 28 and/or don’t mind sharing a room.
The same might apply in other countries, I wouldn’t know. Except in France where I know it’s not the case because they are sadly underfunded.
I rarely hear people around me say that they have traveled to Germany. Maybe it’s because Germany is not as popular as Italy and France in terms of reputation. In my stereotypes, it seems that Germany doesn’t have anything else attractive except its industry.
Germany has tons of awesome old castles, nice inner cities and some cute villages with old architecture. If you like pork then you will also like German food.
Some places I can recommend are Heidelberg, Freiburg, Dinkelsbühl. Berlin has loads of history and techno if you’re into that.
If you like nature, you can do lovely bike tours along rivers, along the Lahn, Rhein, Danube, etc. Alternatively go for a hike in the black forest, the Odenwald, Saxon Switzerland or the Alps
Don’t just go anywhere though, some cities were bombed to shit in WW2 and then badly rebuilt.
I hope that Germany can preserve its traditional industrial system just as it preserves those traditional and ancient castles. It should not engage in the so-called new energy vehicles. Tesla is just rubbish.
On second thought, maybe stay in china.
jokes aside what made you say that? :D Tesla is indeed rubbish but electric vehicles are still better than those that burn fossil fuels. Most electric cars in Europe are made in Europe or Asia, and are not Tesla’s.
Where I want to go is my freedom. It’s not up to you to tell me that I should stay in China.I’m not targeting Tesla specifically. I’m saying that all new energy electric vehicles are industrial waste.
I was joking. Again, what makes you say that?
Industry is irrelevant for tourism. No, Germany absolutely has beautiful towns and landscapes, although it’s not like the countries you mentioned where almost every place in a popular region meets that definition. That’s where travel blogs and guides come in handy to find the places worth visiting.
Of course, I like Germany very much. My car is a German Mercedes-Benz, and my coffee grinder is a German Comandante. Many of my things are from Germany. However, I have never been to Germany.
150€ will net you a stay in most countries in the EU except scandinavia and too big cities.
For 150€ a day, Budapest, Warsaw, Split, Prague, Vilnius, Salamanca, etc.
Be mindful of where you rent, make sure to have travellers insurance, don’t get scammed for BS reasons (like peeps trying to make you believe you need to pay high money to use the autobahn in Czechia). Be mindful of pickpockets anywhere southwest of Paris and enjoy the food and locals.
Be mindful of pickpockets especially in Paris!
When you travel through France by train, you often have to get off at one train station in Paris, and take the Metro to another train station to continue.
This funnels a constant fresh supply of disoriented tourists onto specific Metro routes.
When you’re in one of those Metros, there will be groups of professional pickpockets on board.
And if they can’t pickpocket you, they aren’t above shoving, crowding and yelling at you to take your focus off your wallet.All of this is true. I neglected to mention that because I didn’t think you could survive with 150€ a day in Paris as a tourist
It’s prohibited to sell highway vignettes for more than what the state charges on the official website (which is not a lot) but the scammers in border regions obviously found ways around that by charging huge service fees for an automated process (other than typing a licence plate) or using a ridiculous € conversion rate, and marking their shack more prominently than the official vending machines found on all highways close to border crossings. Not a great first impression for visitors!
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