The Insider's Guide to Budget Travel

5 Alternative Christmas Markets

We love Christmas Markets – they’re perfect for a cheap festive getaway, and make Christmas shopping much more fun! A survey by the Post Office recently found that the best Christmas shopping in Europe was in former Eastern Bloc countries, with cheap Christmas gifts in cities like Prague, Budapest, Warsaw and Krakow. And we think the [...]

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Columbia Road Market

HostelBloggers recently recommended the East End Thrift Store down in Stepney Green, but it’s really just one in a series of exciting retail possibilities. When it comes to cheap shopping in London, East is very much where it’s at! Every Sunday between 8am and 2pm, Columbia Road (an otherwise unremarkable street in Hackney) is transformed into [...]

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Second-hand Shops in Granada

Shopping in Granada is a mixed bag: there are the pleasingly bogus Moroccan tables, throws and ashtrays on Calle Caldereria; then there are the big name high street stores and the shoe shops with their dazzlingly colorful wares that line the streets around Plaza Bib-Rambla. But it’s also a big university town, and the presence of [...]

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