Travel "where low cost lead us" it has become a whole new way to experience destinations and to discover cities such as Skopje, Bremen or repeat Bastia or cities that have much to offer as London . This year, the low cost airlines encourage us to discover Manchester or Basel, a few days away Mediterranean islands like Malta or Corsica , enjoy a gourmet treat in Lyo n or Birmingham, flee north to ski the slopes of Oslo or going out by the Bologna university.
1. Leeds (UK)
For some time, Leeds is one of the biggest stars of European budget airlines: it is a hub in the country and from there fly many Britons to our shores. The Spaniards did not inspire us too, but we will attract much more the idea of a weekend escape to this British city if you count is in the region of Yorkshire, the landscapes that inspired Wuthering Heights.
Leeds is the third largest city in England and a favorite for the British to live, ahead of London. Shopping, and especially the food are two of its main attractions.
In Spain Jet2 has flights from nine Spanish cities (Alicante, Barcelona, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Palma, Malaga, Menorca, Murcia and Tenerife), for less than 90 € roundtrip.
2. Manchester (UK)
© Mike Kniec
We are still in the heart of England, with another destination to discover leveraging cheap flights. Manchester is a perfect city for lovers of British music (it is the city of Morrisey, Oasis or New Order, for example). The student life and moves up Oxford Road, Deansgate, the bohemian Northern Quarter and the gay area of Canal Street. But if we are interested in art, you should go directly to The Lowry, a gallery which houses the largest collection in the world of this popular British artist of the twentieth century. If science is preferred, the Museum of Science and Industry is perfect and innovative. And while we discover places: Baths Chorlton-on-Medlock, opened in 1906 as "water palace" they are a surprising visit to the Victorian world.
Ryanair flies from Madrid for € 50 return.
3. London (United Kingdom)
Fortunately, London remains among the preferences of all low-cost airlines because there is always loyal clientele waiting to escape to the British capital at every opportunity, always with new cultural, musical and culinary proposals to surprise. With cheap tickets can even pose a short break just to go to the West End theater, for an afternoon of shopping or to visit an exhibition. You can go again and again and always find something.
The novelty is Norwegian , who for some time now fly directly from Madrid to Gatwick, with free wifi and board only 80 € roundtrip.
4. Birmingham (UK)
The chapter of the cheapest British breaks closes with Birmingham , the English curry capital, the city of Cadbury chocolates, and also of Tolkien and his Hobbit. This traditional industrial heart of the country's capital is the scene of the amazing futuristic projects such as warehouses or Seldfridges giant aquarium designed by Norman Foster.
Art lovers have the opportunity to visit the museum as a classic of Arts of the City or watch collections such as the Barber Institute, while foodies travelers have an essential event in the Balti Triangle, mecca of Indo fusion cuisine British: an area where more than 50 restaurants that will make us travel with the imagination and palate are concentrated.
In 2016 Iberia Express will begin operating a line from Madrid por78 € roundtrip.
5. Pisa (Italy)
In Italy there are a couple of cities you can fly for less than it would cost a good meal in Spain. Pisa is one of them, a perfect city break to contemplate the famous Tower or visit places of Umbria and Tuscany such as San Gimignano, Vinci, Lucca and Siena.
In Pisa University it remains at the center of lively bars and cafe life, but its landmark tower in the Piazza del Miracoli, continues to hold the pictures of tourists. To see the true face of the city, away from the crowded medieval monuments of the Piazza, we must approach the banks of the Arno: splendid palaces painted in myriad shades border the embankment along the river to the south. One also beautiful and different photo.
€ 40 round trip, Ryanair flies from Madrid.
6. Turin (Italy)
The other city that low-cost airlines put a stone's throw is Turin, a surprise at the foot of the Alps, with an elegant urbanism that binds to the artistic avant-garde in art museums such as the Lingotto, the former headquarters of Fiat Renzo Piano became a museum. But there is more: here is the second best Egyptian museum in the world, an original film museum in the formidable Mole Antonelliana, Renaissance and Baroque palaces everywhere, the best chocolate, the nearby lakes of the Alps, the wine country the Langue .... Ryanair flies from Barcelona for 35 €.
7. Bologna (Italy)
© Tiberius Frascari
The last of the great escapes to Italy at low cost is Bologna, a city that for something called "La Grassa" (Fat). Many classics of Italian cuisine come from this city: tortellini stuffed with meat, mortadella or the characteristic tagiatelle al ragù (Bolognese, that say). It purchased at the Quadrangle, full deli, take a trip to Modena, known for its world famous balsamic vinegar, or Parma, Parmigianino Reggiano cheese city. Beyond gastronomy, Bologna ahead in the still lifes of Morandi, Renaissance palaces, San Petronio, the world's fifth largest basilica, and above all University student march with all the imaginable.
With Vueling you can fly for 60 € round trip from Madrid and Barcelona.
8. Oslo
To take away the idea that travel to Norway is expensive, one need only rates the flights of the airline Norwegian from Madrid, Barcelona and Malaga to Oslo, or Ryanair from Alicante. Oslo is within walking distance for less 100 euros. At these prices, the Norwegian capital has become an attractive town for a weekend getaway with many prestigious museums and art galleries, and more recently, with a brand new opera house, white as a glacier. And this is only the beginning of the transformation being experienced by the city and is becoming one of the liveliest in Scandinavia. An irresistible detail for skiers: in Oslo metro goes directly to the tracks and you will see how people come up with your skis wagons, like going to work. Essential: visit its maritime museums, the Munch Museum and the bohemian neighborhood of Grünerløkka.
With Norwegian will fly directly from Madrid, Barcelona and Malaga for less than € 100 round trip, and with Ryanair from Alicante from 40 € roundtrip.
9. Valletta ( Malta )
Malta's capital city has become famous in recent years for serving as the backdrop for the first season of Game of Thrones, in fact this is a minor detail compared to the ancient attractions of an impressive and surprising strength. The history of the Knights Hospitaller (the Order of Malta) permeates this impregnable fortress where no shortage baroque, neoclassical and even modern buildings. The small size of the capital and facilitate harmonious design grid explore on foot. The houses are distinguished by their wooden balconies and verandas, and the steep hills make the streets turn to climb stairs to the top.
Malta is full of film locations, from historic cities like tiny walled Mdina, to the blue shores with beautiful rock formations. The island is the real heart of the Mediterranean, with influences from all cultures and in it find a little of everything: prehistoric temples, fósicles dotted with cliffs, hidden coves, places for diving and especially a surprisingly intense history.
Ryanair will fly this summer from Madrid from 70 € roundtrip.
10. Bastia (Corsica, France)
© Fr Maxim Massalitin
Without leaving the Mediterranean, it is time to meet other islands such as Corsica, where Vueling begin flying from Barcelona next summer. Bastia has all the character you would expect from an old Mediterranean port. No sensual style architectural appeal Ajaccio or Bonifacio, the other spots on the island, but it is the very picture of modern Corsica. We can walk the Vieux Port, or upload to your citadel XV-XVII century, and out towards the north to explore the remote and wild Cap Corse, dodging its winding coastal roads that lead to fishing villages and hills from which to contemplate a rugged coastline.
The island of Corsica is part of France for more than two centuries but maintains its own customs, cuisine, language and even character of its people. His landscapes are a perfect combination of beautiful beaches with beautiful mountains, like a miniature continent.
Since June 2016 Vueling will fly from Barcelona to Bastia, and you can already book tickets from 90 € return.
11. Lyon (France)
There is another French destination within reach of any pocket to get away, which in this case should be basically cuisine. This is Lyon , known as a temple to the most capricious gourmets to enjoy traveling in their traditional bouchons (small bistros) or innovative restaurants. But Lyon is also a city of museums: Film, religious art, the Guignol or the Gallo-Roman civilization, with a very interesting cultural landscape and an old town with narrow streets and medieval and Renaissance buildings to discover. Especially worth visiting its Roman past, its tempting to buy in markets, take a culinary tribute to one of his typical bouchons, visit its old workshops of silk or discover curiosities like the hidden underground labyrinth of traboules: 315 secret passageways that communicate 230 streets of Old Lyon, some from Roman times.
EasyJet flies from Madrid from 50 € roundtrip.
12. Geneva (Switzerland)
© Patrick Nouhailler
We take a small jump to Switzerland to travel to Geneva, a city with a reputation for expensive but with flights from Spain from 35 €. Once there we will have to change the chip to move one of the most expensive cities in Europe, but also the most elegant, clean and cosmopolitan. Workers living here 200 international organizations and it shows in the atmosphere of the city and its many banks, luxury jewelers and designer shops. But there are also attractive to all budgets: stroll along the lake and put under his Jet de l'Eau (supplier), stroll through the old town, sit at one of the bars with terraces that when you put good time to lakeside, discover the Jardin Anglais, visit the Cathedral of St. Pierre or discover museums such as the Barbier-Mueller, the Contemporary Art Museum or the watchmaker Patek Phillipe. The bohemian side of Geneva is in Carouge, with narrow streets full of bars, boutiques and artists' studios, or in the alternative Pâquis. And do not forget that Geneva is also the gateway to the Alps, another good reason to fly here.
EasyJet flies daily from Madrid to Geneva from 35 €.
13. Basel (Switzerland)
Geneva is the alternative to Basel , EasyJet destinations, this time in the north. Basel is the closest thing to a seaport in Switzerland: the Rhine is navigable for quite large boats from this point to its mouth. But above all, Basel is a cultural city with many museums, art galleries, avant-garde buildings and charming old town. Here it is for example the Fondation Neyeler, one of the most important art collections in Switzerland and in the town and surrounding buildings are seven Pritzker architecture prize. If we looked to the German border can, for example, see the dazzling Vitra Design Museum, designed by Frank Gehry and surrounded by a group of buildings of avant-garde architects. It is reached by bus from the center of Basel in 25 minutes.
From Basel you can also visit the country's main Roman ruins, Augusta Raurica, and a group of medieval castles and villas dotted around the countryside of Aargau.
From Madrid you can fly to Basel with easyJet from 54 € roundtrip.
14 Bremen (Germany)
© Andreas Dantz
And from central Europe, you can jump to Germany and particularly in the north. There is the famous Bremen tales and once there, one will realize that the city really looks like a fairy. It is a perfect place to enjoy good food and drink, to stroll leisurely along its narrow old streets and to meet the most sociable and open country relaxed German city. The center of everything is in the neighborhoods of Old Town (Marka, Böttcherstrasse, Schmoor and Schlacte), the latter with many bars and restaurants. Of course, there are museums, breweries to visit (here's Beck), art galleries and, if traveling in February ... A festival of samba! Since 1986, Bremen has become a carnival samba tribute to the more than 10 000 people come out to dance in the streets, in the event of its kind in Europe's largest. If we can not resist temptation and encourage us to travel in November and December, we find the typical German Christmas market near the town hall and the cathedral.
Flights with Ryanair or Vueling cost from 80 € roundtrip.
15 Skopje (Republic of Macedonia)
The proposed low cost more exotic is the Republic of Macedonia, and although it has never thought about making a trip to this remote part of the Balkans, the price is really tempting. There an amazing country and almost unknown, a mixture of Balkan and Mediterranean culture with stunning ancient towns, villages with slate roofs, cafes roadside, lakes, watermelon stalls along the road and discover fantastic landscapes. In summer it is perfect for hiking, mountain biking or discovering deep canyons and medieval monasteries in remote mountains. In winter ski resorts like Mavrovo and many fiestas in the villages.
Skopje, the capital, is a historical, cozy, lively and Balkan city to the core, with a fascinating mix of Sephardic traces, Ottoman buildings and Orthodox churches. fever is in full construction and constantly changing, but still retains wonders of Ottoman and Byzantine past, like the stone bridge of the fifteenth century, the old Turkish bazaar or the rich church of Sveti Spas.
WizzAir flies from Barcelona, from 40 € roundtrip. carnival 2016
1. Leeds (UK)
For some time, Leeds is one of the biggest stars of European budget airlines: it is a hub in the country and from there fly many Britons to our shores. The Spaniards did not inspire us too, but we will attract much more the idea of a weekend escape to this British city if you count is in the region of Yorkshire, the landscapes that inspired Wuthering Heights.
Leeds is the third largest city in England and a favorite for the British to live, ahead of London. Shopping, and especially the food are two of its main attractions.
In Spain Jet2 has flights from nine Spanish cities (Alicante, Barcelona, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Palma, Malaga, Menorca, Murcia and Tenerife), for less than 90 € roundtrip.
2. Manchester (UK)
© Mike Kniec We are still in the heart of England, with another destination to discover leveraging cheap flights. Manchester is a perfect city for lovers of British music (it is the city of Morrisey, Oasis or New Order, for example). The student life and moves up Oxford Road, Deansgate, the bohemian Northern Quarter and the gay area of Canal Street. But if we are interested in art, you should go directly to The Lowry, a gallery which houses the largest collection in the world of this popular British artist of the twentieth century. If science is preferred, the Museum of Science and Industry is perfect and innovative. And while we discover places: Baths Chorlton-on-Medlock, opened in 1906 as "water palace" they are a surprising visit to the Victorian world.
Ryanair flies from Madrid for € 50 return.
3. London (United Kingdom)
Fortunately, London remains among the preferences of all low-cost airlines because there is always loyal clientele waiting to escape to the British capital at every opportunity, always with new cultural, musical and culinary proposals to surprise. With cheap tickets can even pose a short break just to go to the West End theater, for an afternoon of shopping or to visit an exhibition. You can go again and again and always find something.
The novelty is Norwegian , who for some time now fly directly from Madrid to Gatwick, with free wifi and board only 80 € roundtrip.
4. Birmingham (UK)
The chapter of the cheapest British breaks closes with Birmingham , the English curry capital, the city of Cadbury chocolates, and also of Tolkien and his Hobbit. This traditional industrial heart of the country's capital is the scene of the amazing futuristic projects such as warehouses or Seldfridges giant aquarium designed by Norman Foster.
Art lovers have the opportunity to visit the museum as a classic of Arts of the City or watch collections such as the Barber Institute, while foodies travelers have an essential event in the Balti Triangle, mecca of Indo fusion cuisine British: an area where more than 50 restaurants that will make us travel with the imagination and palate are concentrated.
In 2016 Iberia Express will begin operating a line from Madrid por78 € roundtrip.
5. Pisa (Italy)
In Italy there are a couple of cities you can fly for less than it would cost a good meal in Spain. Pisa is one of them, a perfect city break to contemplate the famous Tower or visit places of Umbria and Tuscany such as San Gimignano, Vinci, Lucca and Siena.
In Pisa University it remains at the center of lively bars and cafe life, but its landmark tower in the Piazza del Miracoli, continues to hold the pictures of tourists. To see the true face of the city, away from the crowded medieval monuments of the Piazza, we must approach the banks of the Arno: splendid palaces painted in myriad shades border the embankment along the river to the south. One also beautiful and different photo.
€ 40 round trip, Ryanair flies from Madrid.
6. Turin (Italy)
The other city that low-cost airlines put a stone's throw is Turin, a surprise at the foot of the Alps, with an elegant urbanism that binds to the artistic avant-garde in art museums such as the Lingotto, the former headquarters of Fiat Renzo Piano became a museum. But there is more: here is the second best Egyptian museum in the world, an original film museum in the formidable Mole Antonelliana, Renaissance and Baroque palaces everywhere, the best chocolate, the nearby lakes of the Alps, the wine country the Langue .... Ryanair flies from Barcelona for 35 €.
7. Bologna (Italy)
© Tiberius Frascari The last of the great escapes to Italy at low cost is Bologna, a city that for something called "La Grassa" (Fat). Many classics of Italian cuisine come from this city: tortellini stuffed with meat, mortadella or the characteristic tagiatelle al ragù (Bolognese, that say). It purchased at the Quadrangle, full deli, take a trip to Modena, known for its world famous balsamic vinegar, or Parma, Parmigianino Reggiano cheese city. Beyond gastronomy, Bologna ahead in the still lifes of Morandi, Renaissance palaces, San Petronio, the world's fifth largest basilica, and above all University student march with all the imaginable.
With Vueling you can fly for 60 € round trip from Madrid and Barcelona.
8. Oslo
To take away the idea that travel to Norway is expensive, one need only rates the flights of the airline Norwegian from Madrid, Barcelona and Malaga to Oslo, or Ryanair from Alicante. Oslo is within walking distance for less 100 euros. At these prices, the Norwegian capital has become an attractive town for a weekend getaway with many prestigious museums and art galleries, and more recently, with a brand new opera house, white as a glacier. And this is only the beginning of the transformation being experienced by the city and is becoming one of the liveliest in Scandinavia. An irresistible detail for skiers: in Oslo metro goes directly to the tracks and you will see how people come up with your skis wagons, like going to work. Essential: visit its maritime museums, the Munch Museum and the bohemian neighborhood of Grünerløkka.
With Norwegian will fly directly from Madrid, Barcelona and Malaga for less than € 100 round trip, and with Ryanair from Alicante from 40 € roundtrip.
9. Valletta ( Malta )
Malta's capital city has become famous in recent years for serving as the backdrop for the first season of Game of Thrones, in fact this is a minor detail compared to the ancient attractions of an impressive and surprising strength. The history of the Knights Hospitaller (the Order of Malta) permeates this impregnable fortress where no shortage baroque, neoclassical and even modern buildings. The small size of the capital and facilitate harmonious design grid explore on foot. The houses are distinguished by their wooden balconies and verandas, and the steep hills make the streets turn to climb stairs to the top.
Malta is full of film locations, from historic cities like tiny walled Mdina, to the blue shores with beautiful rock formations. The island is the real heart of the Mediterranean, with influences from all cultures and in it find a little of everything: prehistoric temples, fósicles dotted with cliffs, hidden coves, places for diving and especially a surprisingly intense history.
Ryanair will fly this summer from Madrid from 70 € roundtrip.
10. Bastia (Corsica, France)
© Fr Maxim Massalitin Without leaving the Mediterranean, it is time to meet other islands such as Corsica, where Vueling begin flying from Barcelona next summer. Bastia has all the character you would expect from an old Mediterranean port. No sensual style architectural appeal Ajaccio or Bonifacio, the other spots on the island, but it is the very picture of modern Corsica. We can walk the Vieux Port, or upload to your citadel XV-XVII century, and out towards the north to explore the remote and wild Cap Corse, dodging its winding coastal roads that lead to fishing villages and hills from which to contemplate a rugged coastline.
The island of Corsica is part of France for more than two centuries but maintains its own customs, cuisine, language and even character of its people. His landscapes are a perfect combination of beautiful beaches with beautiful mountains, like a miniature continent.
Since June 2016 Vueling will fly from Barcelona to Bastia, and you can already book tickets from 90 € return.
11. Lyon (France)
There is another French destination within reach of any pocket to get away, which in this case should be basically cuisine. This is Lyon , known as a temple to the most capricious gourmets to enjoy traveling in their traditional bouchons (small bistros) or innovative restaurants. But Lyon is also a city of museums: Film, religious art, the Guignol or the Gallo-Roman civilization, with a very interesting cultural landscape and an old town with narrow streets and medieval and Renaissance buildings to discover. Especially worth visiting its Roman past, its tempting to buy in markets, take a culinary tribute to one of his typical bouchons, visit its old workshops of silk or discover curiosities like the hidden underground labyrinth of traboules: 315 secret passageways that communicate 230 streets of Old Lyon, some from Roman times.
EasyJet flies from Madrid from 50 € roundtrip.
12. Geneva (Switzerland)
© Patrick Nouhailler We take a small jump to Switzerland to travel to Geneva, a city with a reputation for expensive but with flights from Spain from 35 €. Once there we will have to change the chip to move one of the most expensive cities in Europe, but also the most elegant, clean and cosmopolitan. Workers living here 200 international organizations and it shows in the atmosphere of the city and its many banks, luxury jewelers and designer shops. But there are also attractive to all budgets: stroll along the lake and put under his Jet de l'Eau (supplier), stroll through the old town, sit at one of the bars with terraces that when you put good time to lakeside, discover the Jardin Anglais, visit the Cathedral of St. Pierre or discover museums such as the Barbier-Mueller, the Contemporary Art Museum or the watchmaker Patek Phillipe. The bohemian side of Geneva is in Carouge, with narrow streets full of bars, boutiques and artists' studios, or in the alternative Pâquis. And do not forget that Geneva is also the gateway to the Alps, another good reason to fly here.
EasyJet flies daily from Madrid to Geneva from 35 €.
13. Basel (Switzerland)
Geneva is the alternative to Basel , EasyJet destinations, this time in the north. Basel is the closest thing to a seaport in Switzerland: the Rhine is navigable for quite large boats from this point to its mouth. But above all, Basel is a cultural city with many museums, art galleries, avant-garde buildings and charming old town. Here it is for example the Fondation Neyeler, one of the most important art collections in Switzerland and in the town and surrounding buildings are seven Pritzker architecture prize. If we looked to the German border can, for example, see the dazzling Vitra Design Museum, designed by Frank Gehry and surrounded by a group of buildings of avant-garde architects. It is reached by bus from the center of Basel in 25 minutes.
From Basel you can also visit the country's main Roman ruins, Augusta Raurica, and a group of medieval castles and villas dotted around the countryside of Aargau.
From Madrid you can fly to Basel with easyJet from 54 € roundtrip.
14 Bremen (Germany)
© Andreas Dantz And from central Europe, you can jump to Germany and particularly in the north. There is the famous Bremen tales and once there, one will realize that the city really looks like a fairy. It is a perfect place to enjoy good food and drink, to stroll leisurely along its narrow old streets and to meet the most sociable and open country relaxed German city. The center of everything is in the neighborhoods of Old Town (Marka, Böttcherstrasse, Schmoor and Schlacte), the latter with many bars and restaurants. Of course, there are museums, breweries to visit (here's Beck), art galleries and, if traveling in February ... A festival of samba! Since 1986, Bremen has become a carnival samba tribute to the more than 10 000 people come out to dance in the streets, in the event of its kind in Europe's largest. If we can not resist temptation and encourage us to travel in November and December, we find the typical German Christmas market near the town hall and the cathedral.
Flights with Ryanair or Vueling cost from 80 € roundtrip.
15 Skopje (Republic of Macedonia)
The proposed low cost more exotic is the Republic of Macedonia, and although it has never thought about making a trip to this remote part of the Balkans, the price is really tempting. There an amazing country and almost unknown, a mixture of Balkan and Mediterranean culture with stunning ancient towns, villages with slate roofs, cafes roadside, lakes, watermelon stalls along the road and discover fantastic landscapes. In summer it is perfect for hiking, mountain biking or discovering deep canyons and medieval monasteries in remote mountains. In winter ski resorts like Mavrovo and many fiestas in the villages.
Skopje, the capital, is a historical, cozy, lively and Balkan city to the core, with a fascinating mix of Sephardic traces, Ottoman buildings and Orthodox churches. fever is in full construction and constantly changing, but still retains wonders of Ottoman and Byzantine past, like the stone bridge of the fifteenth century, the old Turkish bazaar or the rich church of Sveti Spas.
WizzAir flies from Barcelona, from 40 € roundtrip. carnival 2016
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