The price of fuel may be at a record high, but the success of low-cost airlines means it’s quite easy to track down great weekend and city break offers at any time of the year.
The likes of Ryanair and Easyjet sometimes come in for criticism for their policies, like charging for every bag and for in-flight meals. But it’s hard to argue with the prices that you can get if you do your research online.
On any given day, you are likely to see offers of under £10 for flights from the likes of Bristol or Stansted to a variety of European destinations.
That means you can arrange weekend breaks in Denmark, Spain, Germany and France very cheaply. For example, within those countries, Ryanair flies to Aarhus, Seville, Bremen and Limoges respectively.
Some of the destinations the budget airlines offer are well worth a visit.
Bremen, for example, might not be in everybody’s top five list of German towns they’ve always wanted to visit but it is a delightful place to spend a weekend.
While some of Germany’s leading cities had many of their historic buildings destroyed during World War II, Bremen escaped relatively unscathed.
That means visitors can explore the Altstadt (old town) near the Weser River famous for its Schnoor quarter.
The Schnoor was the base for the Hanseatic city of Bremen, and parts of the wall and a tower date back to around 1200. Some of the houses were built in the 15th century, and a number of them have recently been turned into delightful crafts and souvenir shops.
Elsewhere in Bremen, the impressive 13th century Cathedral St Petri boasts sculptures of Moses and David, Peter and Paul and Charlemagne. The oldest church is the Liebfrauenkirche (our lady’s church) which was built in the 11th century.
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