Bulgaria.


If you don't want to go that far, Portugal is still somewhat reasonable, but will be very hot in summer. And overrun with tourists.

Anonymous wrote:Bucharest is a hellhole - Transylvania is amazing, though. Sibiu, Sighisoara, Brasov, Cluj....

I've been there a lot for work. While Iwouldn't exactly recomend it as a travel destination, I have been to actual hellholes (Kabul, Port au Prince. Lagos). Bucharest is not one.

Anonymous wrote:Spain is more affordable than most of Western Europe and might be a good bet. We did an affordable trip there with kids. Eastern Europe is probably cheapest but flights might offset that. Friend is going to Bulgaria which she says is beautiful and cheap. In terms of cities, Budapest is very inexpensive.

Spain in the summer is so hot!

Anonymous wrote:Spain is more affordable than most of Western Europe and might be a good bet. We did an affordable trip there with kids. Eastern Europe is probably cheapest but flights might offset that. Friend is going to Bulgaria which she says is beautiful and cheap. In terms of cities, Budapest is very inexpensive.

I am planning a Spain trip and the hotels and restaurants in the big cities are pretty expensive. But I looked at some small cities like Burgos that also have amazing stuff to see and was shocked how cheap the hotels are. So I think you could do a cheap trip focusing on the smaller cities —- places like Avila Burgos, Cuenca, Reinosa, Salamanca, etc. but the biggest expense is usually air so I’d start with where you can fly to cheaply and then go from there.

Bucharest is a hellhole - Transylvania is amazing, though. Sibiu, Sighisoara, Brasov, Cluj....

Central or Eastern Europe. Krakow and Bucharest are both lovely in summer.

Spain is more affordable than most of Western Europe and might be a good bet. We did an affordable trip there with kids. Eastern Europe is probably cheapest but flights might offset that. Friend is going to Bulgaria which she says is beautiful and cheap. In terms of cities, Budapest is very inexpensive.

Anonymous wrote:Primarily in terms of hotel and food costs?

You're going to want to factor in flights

Stay home.

Maybe look at towns

Budapest is lovely and inexpensive

Kiew

Do you just care about cost or are you also looking for a good experience?

Google is your friend. Eastern Europe is cheaper.

Primarily in terms of hotel and food costs?