UK pound against the Euro, how expensive is Spain?

After having shocked us all by falling to near parity in value with the euro, the pound is now maintaining a stronger position and is likely to regain more of its value in the year ahead. Quite understandably, though, many travellers from the UK have been wondering about whether Spain is now an expensive place to have a holiday. We believe that, whilst not as cheap as it was a few years ago, a holiday to Spain is still an economically viable option.

Where we are based in the Alpujarras, in the province of Granada, a three course meal including a drink (alcoholic or otherwise) can still be found for about €8-10 in virtually every village or town. A pizza large enough to feed two people costs €9. A glass of wine or beer costs €1.50 and this usually includes free tapas. A coffee costs €1.2. A loaf of bread (the French stick variety) costs about €0.60, fresh chicken breasts cost €4.20 per kg, and a litre of fresh milk is €0.80. There is a wide selection of perfectly acceptable wine available for about €3 a bottle, a litre bottle of gin is about €10 and a can of beer from a supermarket can cost as little as €0.35. A 10 kg bag of freshly picked oranges ready for juicing costs just €4. Petrol now costs a little less than it does in the UK. Accommodation is still comparatively cheap, as is car hire, and even in high season you can find excellent quality self catering holiday lets at Cortijo Opazo for €375 euros for two people for a week (€345 per week in low season).

And of course there has always been so much more to Spain than just a cheap sunny holiday destination.

So, we hope that tourists from the UK will still choose Spain as a favourite holiday destination since it reamins a remarkable country with so many surprising delights to offer.