Unexpected city tops list for stress-free getaways this year, according to new data

Looking for a speedy flight that feels similar a break? According to LateRooms’ caller Easy Breaks Index, the champion stress-free metropolis to sojourn close present whitethorn not adjacent beryllium connected your radar.

The scale compared 50 fashionable European cities by formation time, airport-transfer outgo and duration, mean edifice prices, and however travelers rated each city’s apical attraction. 

The erstwhile superior of Poland whitethorn not beryllium the emblematic tourer destination – but with each of that considered, Kraków came retired connected top.

According to LateRooms, Kraków wins due to the fact that it combines convenience and affordability without the chaos that usually comes with planetary travel.

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The metropolis is besides afloat of history, with museums, past municipality squares and "picturesque neighborhoods" that support aged traditions and buildings alive. (iStock)

Once you land, the city’s tiny size makes accomplishment refreshingly easy. According to LateRooms, the airdrome bid gets you to the halfway of the metropolis successful conscionable 17 minutes, 1 of the fastest transfers successful Europe. The stations link straight by footbridge, meaning nary costly taxis, agelong lines oregon stressful navigation close aft you land.

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Once you’re there, Kraków is built for slowing down. The city's question tract boasts that the full municipality center, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is walkable and framed by the greenish ringing of Planty Park.

The full metropolis is walkable, according to Polish tourer websites. (iStock)

According to Poland’s nationalist tourism office, astir of the large sights are wrong a abbreviated locomotion of each other, making it 1 of Europe’s astir compact taste centers. That simplicity cuts retired the intelligence friction that often sneaks into abbreviated trips with overstuffed itineraries from trying to bash everything successful a abbreviated time.

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And it’s not conscionable the easiness of it all: according to Harvard Health, adjacent a 20-minute stroll successful a greenish abstraction tin importantly little cortisol, the body’s main accent hormone.

Another caller reappraisal successful PLOS One recovered that little breaks researchers telephone "micro-vacations" assistance trim fatigue and amended mood.

Pierogies are a staple nutrient successful Polish cuisine, and 1 of galore you tin find erstwhile visiting Kraków. (iStock)

Kraków fits that look perfectly with small fuss, plentifulness of greenery and casual access.

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Even nutrient present plays into the relaxed rhythm. According to National Geographic Traveler, Kraków’s café country has plentifulness of coffeehouses and restaurants tucked into plazas and cellars and hearty, comfort-food traditions that invitation you to linger. 

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And nary request to consciousness blameworthy implicit meals, due to the fact that prices are little than adjacent different "budget" destinations, according to the city's tourism site.

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"Even supposedly inexpensive locations similar Berlin oregon Lisbon are much costly than Kraków, with restaurants astir a 3rd cheaper successful the Polish city," it says.

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According to LateRooms, each of this is precisely what their scale was designed to measure: which cities supply "effortless escapes."