Athens Among Top 10 City Break Destinations UK Travelers Want to Visit

Athens, Greece. Photo source: Unsplash.

Athens, Greece, is among the top city break destinations for UK travelers, according to a recent poll conducted by OnePoll.com for Jet2CityBreaks.

Some 2,000 survey respondents, ranked Athens sixth among the “Top 10 UK cities UK adults want to visit” list.

“A European city break in a destination you have not visited before allows you to scratch that wanderlust itch in just a few days. Our study found that the demand for city breaks is a strong as ever, and just looking at that top ten list of where people want to go really whets the appetite for adventure,” a Jet2Citybreaks’ spokesperson said.

According to the poll, Athens, Greece, comes after Venice and Florence in Italy; Reykjavik, Iceland; Barcelona, Spain; and Vienna, Austria.

Dubrovnik, Croatia, comes in seventh place and is followed by Paris, France; Prague, Czech Republic; and Budapest, Hungary.

Brits revealed as Free and Easy Travelers on City Breaks

The survey also revealed the most common city break traits among Brits, with the “backpack Brit”, the “try hard tourist”, and the “super scheduler” emerging as the top three types.

More specifically, OnePoll.com figures revealed that 13 per cent of Brits consider themselves to be free and easy travelers, meaning they wander around with nothing more than a pair of sunglasses when on holiday.

This is followed by those who are “true culture vultures” (16 percent), who soak up everything “real” around them when they travel.

Backpacker mural in Athens. Photo source: Flickr.

A spokesperson for Jet2Citybreaks underlined that, “there are always certain traits that people inherit when they go on a city break, depending on their personality type,” adding that “everyone travels differently, with some people wanting to plan every last detail of their trip while others are more spontaneous and will just go with the flow.”

The survey also found that:

• Just over four in 10 (42 percent) respondents believe accidentally getting lost is the best way to discover a new city.
• And while just 17 percent are more than happy to look like a tourist when they go away, 40 per cent reckon they can always spot other non-locals when they travel.
• The top thing that makes people look like a tourist is having a camera hanging around their neck (53 percent).
• This is followed by those who stop in the middle of the street to consult a map or their phone for directions (50 percent), or people who constantly take selfies (47 percent).
• Just under four in ten (38 percent) think another surefire way to spot a tourist is how long it takes them to count out currency while paying for things.
• And 35 percent believe that a person in shorts while the locals are in jumpers and trousers is also a big tourist giveaway.

Tourists in Athens.

“While most of us like to blend in with the locals when abroad, it is all too easy for us to look like tourists when we are exploring a new city – whether that is getting lost, not being familiar with the currency or taking too many selfies, but that is all part of the fun of a holiday,” said the tour operator’s spokesperson.

Jet2CityBreaks is a subsidiary of tour operator Jet2holidays specializing in shorter holidays to its city destinations.