REVEALED: The cheapest and most expensive cities in Europe for airport transfers
| 20th August 2019
There is a lot to consider when planning your perfect city getaway: the accommodation, sightseeing, activities and more.
But what remains vital to the smooth-running of a holiday, which many of us seem to overlook, is the airport transfer. Travelling to your hotel in an unknown city can be daunting, not to mention expensive.
Analysing data provided by Taxi-Calculator, the average price to travel from the city centre to the main airport (or vice versa) for 14 European capital cities has been calculated.
Taking into consideration price per mile, base fares, and distance, the cheapest and most expensive cities for transfers are revealed.
Which cities are the cheapest?
For the cheapest airport transfer, results show that Lisbon is the place to be – for a 3.4-mile journey from the city’s airport to centre will cost travellers a mere £5.25.
In second place is Ankara – Turkey’s capital will set you back only £11.98 for a 16.5-mile journey.
The remaining top countries for cheap travel are Madrid (£16.74), Berlin (£18.20), Prague (£19.30), Vienna (£21.49) and Athens (£23.96).
Which cities are the most expensive?
Amsterdam tops the table as the most expensive capital city to reach from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol at a cost of £47.13 for a 12.9-mile journey.
The next most expensive city is, less surprisingly, London at £45.87 for 15.9 miles – to or from London Heathrow.
In third place is Stockholm. The city’s low fares of £1.65 per mile (and £3.82 base fee) are unfortunately cancelled out by the distance required to reach its airport, Stockholm Arlanda Airport (25 miles) – as such, the overall total becomes £45.97.
Finally, the remaining expensive cities are: Bern (£39.56), Paris (£38.72), Rome (£32.48) and Brussels (£24.36).
Airport transfers company Taxi2Airport.com investigated the most travel friendly cities in Europe.