What the papers say!

I know its not time for an update but this morning i read a report in The Mirror about prices of things abroad and where is best value for money, in this list they include Greece but where they were eating and drinking i don't know. Lets have a look at some of the prices:- Cup of Coffee £2.08 = €2.28 Bottle of Beer £2.42 = €2.66 Can of Coke £1.93 = €2.12 Family for 4 £48.42 = €53.26 There is a whole list of things which in total came to £63.33 same list in uk was £82.52 and Greece came out as the 4th cheapest place to holiday behind Spain, Portugal and Bulgaria but out of those top 4 Greece has alot more appeal with it's culture and places to visit. Now lets look at those prices Cup of coffee is about right but you can get one for under €2 it will all depend on which cafe you visit. Bottle of beer (doesn't say what size) but you can get a Pint bottle of beer from as little as £1.36 = €1.50 in a bar. Can of Coke is the joke i was buying coke last year for £1.09 = €1.20 and the family 4 meal was just mains with bottle of wine and 2 soft drinks now i know you can pick up a main for as little as £4.54 = €5, bottle of wine for £7.27 = €8 and 2 soft drinks £3.63 = €4 so the total can be £29.09 = €32. So from these figures it actually takes the total price of list in line with Spain which is the cheapest destination to visit. These figures were obviously taken from Athens as the islands aren't open to tourists yet and as we all know Athens is more expensive anyway so this is an unfair judgement of prices for Greece. Also i went to Lanzarote in Feb and the prices were way higher than what the paper was saying they were charged, so again you can't go by these figures. There we go just a little pre-holiday chat and will update properley after the weekend.