🇬🇧United Kingdom
Castles, free world-class museums, pubs older than most countries — and trains that string London's theatres, Edinburgh's crags and Bath's crescents into one easy loop.
Cities
A whole city built from the same honey-colored stone, wrapped around Roman baths that still steam. Small enough to walk end to end, grand enough to be a UNESCO site twice over — and 80 minutes from London by train.
A castle on a dead volcano, a medieval Old Town stacked ten storeys deep, and a hill in the middle of the city you can climb before breakfast. Compact, dramatic, and best in the rain-then-sun light Scotland does daily.
Two thousand years of city stacked on itself — Roman walls under glass towers, world-class museums that cost nothing, and a pub on every corner that's older than your country.
At a glance
How United Kingdom’s cities compare. Rough 2026 figures.
| City | Cheap meal | Mid-range hotel | Transit ride | Avg. monthly salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏴 Bath | $9–16 | $150–260 | $2.50 | ≈ $2,900 |
| 🏴 Edinburgh | $9–15 | $140–240 | $2.80 | ≈ $3,100 |
| 🇬🇧 London | $10–18 | $190–320 | $3.70 | ≈ $3,700 |
Head to head
Two cities side by side — costs, best months and what you'd do in each.