The Europe Unlocked Blog
14 guides to city breaks, multi-city trips and Christmas markets from airports in the UK and Ireland, written from our own searches and the real trips and prices they found.
Two cities or more in one trip: how they work, how to book the flights and what to watch for.
Fly on to a second city instead of going home in between. How multi-city breaks work, what booking each flight yourself means, and real trips like Paris and Milan for £44.
· 13 min read
How to book a multi-city trip on Europe's low-cost airlines. Three ways to find the flights, and real trips like Valencia and Milan for £43.
· 15 min read
What an open-jaw trip is, why it rarely costs more on low-cost airlines, and how to find one. Out of Glasgow Prestwick and home to Glasgow, or out of Manchester and home to Liverpool, from £27.
· 15 min read
Is it safe to book separate flights? For a city break with nights in each city, it can work well. The main risk, what your rights cover, and how to keep it low.
· 10 min read
Skyscanner's multi-city search is great when you know your cities and dates. What it's good at, where it falls short, how Google Flights compares, and when Europe Unlocked finds the trip for you.
· 10 min read
Where to go, how long to stay and what it costs from your airport.
Bucharest, Tirana, Riga and seven more: what a weekend for two costs once you're there, from the hotel to a coffee, a beer and dinner, and the cheapest return flights from UK airports.
· 16 min read
Paris from £26, and Barcelona, Málaga and Tenerife from £27: 79 of Europe's cheapest city breaks from the UK and Ireland, cheapest first, and the cheapest from your airport.
· 15 min read
Winter city breaks from the UK and Ireland: Lapland from £34, Reykjavík from £36, Tromsø from £50, and snowy Oslo, Stockholm, Kraków and the Alps, with the cheapest trip to each.
· 18 min read
Two to four days covers most city breaks in Europe. How long to spend in 40 cities, from Rome and Prague to Seville and Dublin, and the cheapest trip we found that fits: four nights in Paris from £26.
· 16 min read
Cheap return flights under £50 from 23 UK and Ireland airports this winter: 570 trips to 150 destinations, from £26, airport by airport, and two cities for under £50.
· 26 min read
Where's warm in Europe in winter: the Canary Islands at 21 to 23°C by day, then Madeira, Cyprus, southern Spain and the Algarve. Average temperatures from national weather services, and flights from £28.
· 9 min read
Europe's best Christmas markets, and the cheapest flights to them from the UK and Ireland.
See two Christmas markets in one trip of four nights or fewer, from 19 airports in the UK and Ireland, from £43 in flights. Every trip has a night in both cities while their markets are open.
· 17 min read
Christmas market breaks for 2026 from the 23 UK and Irish airports we search, airport by airport: the cheapest market from each, its opening hours and how to get there. Flights from £27.
· 27 min read
18 of Europe's best Christmas markets, from Cologne, Nuremberg and Vienna to Prague, Kraków and Copenhagen: their history, what to eat, opening hours and how to get there. Flights from the UK and Ireland from £27.
· 19 min read
