Kraków tops listing as Europe’s most stress-free metropolis break vacation spot

Looking for a fast escape that seems like a break? According to LateRooms’ new Easy Breaks Index, the very best stress-free metropolis to go to proper now could not even be in your radar.

The index in contrast 50 well-liked European cities by flight time, airport-transfer value and period, common resort costs, and the way vacationers rated every metropolis’s high attraction. 

The former capital of Poland is probably not the standard vacationer vacation spot – however with all of that thought-about, Kraków got here out on high.

According to LateRooms, Kraków wins as a result of it combines comfort and affordability with out the chaos that often comes with worldwide journey.

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The metropolis can be filled with historical past, with museums, historic city squares and “picturesque neighborhoods” that maintain outdated traditions and buildings alive. (iStock)

Once you land, the town’s small measurement makes arrival refreshingly simple. According to LateRooms, the airport prepare will get you to the middle of the town in simply 17 minutes, one of many quickest transfers in Europe. The stations join straight by footbridge, that means no costly taxis, lengthy traces or worrying navigation proper after you land.

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Once you’re there, Kraków is constructed for slowing down. The metropolis’s journey website boasts that the complete city heart, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is walkable and framed by the inexperienced ring of Planty Park.

The complete metropolis is walkable, based on Polish vacationer web sites. (iStock)

According to Poland’s nationwide tourism workplace, a lot of the main sights are inside a brief stroll of one another, making it certainly one of Europe’s most compact cultural facilities. That simplicity cuts out the psychological friction that usually sneaks into quick journeys with overstuffed itineraries from making an attempt to do every thing in a short while.

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And it’s not simply the convenience of all of it: based on Harvard Health, even a 20-minute stroll in a inexperienced house can considerably decrease cortisol, the physique’s most important stress hormone.

Another latest evaluation in PLOS One discovered that temporary breaks researchers name “micro-vacations” assist scale back fatigue and enhance temper.

Pierogies are a staple meals in Polish delicacies, and certainly one of many you could find when visiting Kraków. (iStock)

Kraków suits that method completely with little fuss, loads of greenery and easy accessibility.

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Even meals right here performs into the relaxed rhythm. According to National Geographic Traveler, Kraków’s café scene has loads of coffeehouses and eating places tucked into plazas and cellars and hearty, comfort-food traditions that invite you to linger. 

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And no must really feel responsible over meals, as a result of costs are decrease than even different “budget” locations, based on the town’s tourism website.

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“Even supposedly cheap locations like Berlin or Lisbon are more expensive than Kraków, with restaurants roughly a third cheaper in the Polish city,” it says.

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According to LateRooms, all of that is precisely what their index was designed to measure: which cities present “effortless escapes.”