Non-eurozone countries recommended to tourists
Destination Trends : 9 May 2008Now that the strengthening of the euro is having an effect on people's holiday habits, the Guardian has come up with a list of short-haul destinations that are outside the eurozone.
Rather than visiting the regular haunts in France, Spain and Greece, Britons could check out Poland's cheap hotels on the Baltic coast before the ex-communist country enters the single currency.
Over in Turkey, "large stretches" of the south coast are easy on the wallet and offer "obscenely blue waters" and "startling" scenery, according to the newspaper.
Other alternatives include the Albanian Riviera and even rural Iceland, which has seen the strength of its currency fall in recent months, meaning it is now a good time for British tourists to make a visit.
Reykjavik, for example, has an "amazing concentration" of bars, music venues, galleries and boutiques, while the north of the island boasts "superb" views of ice-topped mountains and "tranquil" lakes.
Last month, the Post Office released a tourist destinations index that indicated that holidaymakers could make their money go further in Turkey and Egypt than western Europe.
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