Furious customer slams Venice cafe over £38 coffee bill

While Venice and Rome can be eye-wateringly expensive if you visit the wrong ice cream or coffee shop, those cities aren’t actually the priciest overall for tourists.

According to a report released by Hoppa in January this year – which compares what your meals, drinks, accommodation, taxis and entertainment will set you back on average to produce a ‘cost for a night’ figure – that ‘accolade’ goes to New York.

The study ranked 100 destinations on what they’ll set you back for an average night’s stay, with New York coming with a price tag of £346.05 ($469), almost £300 ($406) more than the cheapest, Kiev, which costs just £64.79 ($86).

While Venice and Rome can be eye-wateringly expensive if you visit the wrong ice cream or coffee shop, those cities aren’t actually the priciest overall for tourists 

Venice came fourth, with a night costing £304.01. London came in at number nine. The study found an average night in the British capital will cost £265.60. 

Hoppa compared the price of cocktails, beers and coffees, too. The latter weigh in at over £4 at the ten most expensive destinations, with a decent cuppa setting you back nearly £6 in Caracas, Venezuela, on average. There’s nowhere on the list where you can get a coffee for less than £1, whereas last year you could pick up one in Kiev for 94p.

Pint-wise, if you want to drink more for less, Siam Reap takes the cheapest spot, with beers at only £2.30 while a pint will cost nearly £7 in Norway. Cheap cocktail lovers should book breaks to Havana in Cuba or Maramis in Turkey, where concoctions will mostly come in at under £3, more than five times cheaper than cocktails in Doha, Qatar.

Bottles of wine can be found for under a fiver in Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa as well as Benidorm in Spain and Bucharest in Romania. 



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