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Turkey’s Incekum BeachCredit: Getty 2<\/p>\n Marmaris in Turkey narrowly beat Bulgaria\u2019s Sunny Beach resort to emerge as cheapest destinationCredit: Getty<\/p>\n Post Office<\/a> Travel Money partnered with tour operator Tui<\/a>, which sent its reps to discover the real cost of various holiday essentials in 16 traditional Mediterranean favourites for its 17th annual Family Holiday Report.<\/p>\n The basket of ten holiday items included lunch and evening meals for adults and kids, plus a range of soft and alcoholic drinks, suncream and insect repellent.<\/p>\n But it\u2019s not great news for travellers as prices have risen in 13 of the 16 destinations in the past year.<\/p>\n Marmaris in Turkey<\/a> narrowly beat Bulgaria\u2019s Sunny Beach resort to emerge as cheapest.<\/p>\n At \u00a3128.99, Marmaris had risen 10.3\u2002per cent since July 2024, while prices in the Bulgarian resort were up 17.2 per cent year on year to \u00a3129.47.<\/p>\n Prices in the two were nearly ten per cent lower than their closest Eurozone competitor. And although Turkey<\/a> took the top spot, there was a warning from Laura Plunkett, Post Office Head of Travel Money.<\/p>\n She said: \u201cThe collapse of the lira makes Turkish resorts like Marmaris a natural choice for families.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, visitors should be aware that while sterling is worth a third more than last July, local prices have increased dramatically because of the currency\u2019s collapse.<\/p>\n \u201cThankfully, once the positive exchange rate is applied to those local prices, British visitors will only have to pay around ten per cent more than a year ago and this increase is much lower than in many other destinations.\u201d<\/p>\n Prices increased almost across the board, with Majorca\u2019s rising most. There, the basket came to \u00a3201.67 – up 21.4 per cent on last year.<\/p>\n My holiday at TUI Magic Life Beldibi <\/p>\n Prices have risen 15.5 per cent in the Algarve but at \u00a3143.56, Portugal\u2019s sunshine coast remains the cheapest in the Eurozone and third placed overall.<\/p>\n However, there is now less than \u00a31 between the Algarve and fourth-placed Paphos. At \u00a3144.44, prices in the Cypriot resort have fallen by 1.2 per cent since last summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n The other two destinations to record price drops were Lanzarote and Crete.<\/p>\n Lanzarote has moved up the table into fifth place from seventh last year because of a 2.1 per cent fall in costs to \u00a3151.61.<\/p>\n There has been a more marked reduction of 7.8 per cent in Crete (\u00a3166.07), which rises to seventh place from 15th a year ago.<\/p>\n![\"Aerial](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/major-black-sea-resort-northeastern-1008973393.jpg\")
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