FOR anyone travelling to Poland, you can ditch the classic Warsaw and Kraków for this even cheaper alternative.
Ryanair has started up a new winter route between Edinburgh and a city in Poland where you can get beers for £3 and coffee for as little as £2.18.
Ryanair has added a new winter route to its roster between Edinburgh and Rzeszow.
Rzeszow is a city in southeastern Poland and sits on both sides of the Wisłok River.
Flights between Edinburgh and Rzeszow operate twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays with one-way fares starting at £24.99.
It’s a quick journey too with the journey taking just under three hours.
There you can explore shops and cafes on the pretty Market Square, see the Rzeszów Multimedia Fountain, the Town Hall building and Zamek Lubomirskich castle.
And there’s even more lurking underground, one of its most popular attractions is the 396m-long route linking 25 old cellars beneath the central market square.
The circuit took 17 years to complete and restore, and the cellars date from the 14th to 18th centuries.
Brits can take a 45-minute guided tour with around three operating daily throughout the week.
It’s an affordable city, with the average cost of beers being £3 and a coffee around £2.18.
A meal for two at a mid-range restaurant averages at £31.17 – without drinks.
On average, restaurant prices in Rzeszow are 20.1 per cent lower than in Warsaw – which is also considered an affordable holiday destination for Brits.
During the winter months, Rzeszow will be lit up with Christmas markets where you can pick up specialities deer sausage, local honey, mulled wine, hot cider, and hot beer.
Flights will continue through to to the summer season where visitors can enjoy water activities at the Zwirownia lagoon or the Rosia open-air pools – which is essentially an enormous splash park.
With temperatures reaching highs of 25C in July and August, it’s a great time to relax at the riverside cafes.
Another Polish city to consider taking a break in is Poznan which is the country’s fifth largest city.
It’s another cheap spot with beer costing around £2.87 a pint for a local brew while coffee is less than £2.80.
Head to Dom Piwa to grab a beer – it is a cosy pub nestled on a cobbled street and serving craft beers on tap.
One of the beers you can get is the Penerskie, a local beer made from potatoes.
You can fly to Poznan from many airports in the UK; Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh and London Luton and Stansted.
Read more from one writer who went to Poland’s Wroclaw who discovered colourful market squares and hidden courtyards buzzing with cafes.
Plus, this European city is nicknamed the ‘jewel of the Baltics’.