100 city guides ยท 3-day budget travel itineraries
3-day city guides for budget travellers โ free attractions, cheap eats and low-cost adventures.
Free Taj views, โน40 street thalis, and the marble tombs nobody charges you to seeโฆ
Free mosques, Soviet-era memorials, sculpture parks and canteen plov for the price of a coffee back โฆ
Free riverside parks, 200-tenge bus rides, Green Bazaar samsa and skyline views that cost nothing atโฆ
The world's richest small nation has no income tax, no alcohol tax and โ for travellers โ almost no โฆ
Free parks under flyovers, century-old market kitchens and highland lookouts that cost less than a cโฆ
Century-old tiffin counters, โน10 museums, Asia's biggest flower market and scrub forest you can climโฆ
Car-free islands, wholesale alleys and glass stupas on a เธฟ600-a-day budget, moved by public ferry anโฆ
Park gates under ยฅ15, a ยฅ3 subway that reaches everything, and the city's best hours โ dawn and duskโฆ
Domes, mud-brick citadel walls and mulberry-shaded pools cost nothing โ pay only for tea, tandoor brโฆ
Free cliff trails and skywalks, โฉ1,000 bridges, market meals under โฉ6,000 and Korea's best night vieโฆ
Free colonial churches, hillside temples, dried-fish markets and โฑ8 jeepney rides across the oldest โฆ
Free temples, teahouse benches under bamboo, night markets and river viewpoints โ three days in Chenโฆ
Free gardens, โน5 monuments, wholesale markets and estuary sunsets across a city where a full day outโฆ
Lanna temples with no entry fee, 40โ60เธฟ market plates, 30เธฟ songthaew hops and a waterfall you climb โฆ
Free-entry shrines, ยฅ100 conveyor sushi, factory tours that pay you in samples, and a coastline you โฆ
Turtle shrines, wholesale bazaars and Bay of Bengal sunsets on well under 1,500 BDT a day.โฆ
Stair-climbing alleys, ยฅ8 noodle bowls, a free national museum and graffiti hills โ a mountain megacโฆ
Free seafront sunsets, donation-only kovils, 250-rupee kottu and coastal trains that cost less than โฆ
Free pagodas, 25,000โซ banh mi, public buses and clifftop viewpoints that never charge an entrance feโฆ
Free colonial-era streets, no-ticket gallery lanes and hikeable ridges โ three days in Korea's thirdโฆ
No-ticket summits, five-day street markets, a 1930s school museum that costs nothing, and Korea's chโฆ
Free coastal boardwalks, ยฅ1 vintage tram rides, ยฅ10 dumpling lunches and the fish markets where locaโฆ
Unticketed stepwells and Mughal ruins, โน60 momo plates, free community kitchens and export-surplus mโฆ
Free morning temple ceremonies, four-floor markets, Rp 10,000 nasi campur plates and Rp 4,400 city bโฆ
Free monuments, wholesale-market breakfasts, second-hand book lanes and lake walks across the world'โฆ
Eight free-to-walk Union Jack bazaars, PKR 100 museum tickets, PKR 20 rickshaw hops and PKR 250 nihaโฆ
Free shrines, a 1912 market lunch, half-price bento and hilltop sunsets across Kyushu's cheapest bigโฆ
Unfenced volcanic hills, a free provincial museum, ยฅ2 metro rides and merchant-quarter street food uโฆ
Free fort mosques and rock temples, LKR 400 rice-and-curry plates, third-class coastal trains and a โฆ
Free memorial museums, โฉ3,000 noodle bowls at Daein Market, and a 1,187m mountain that costs nothingโฆ
West Lake charges nothing, buses cost ยฅ2, and a bowl of pian'er chuan runs ยฅ15 โ Hangzhou is China'sโฆ
Colonial bridges, guild-street shrines, market food alleys and a rooftop coffee view โ almost all ofโฆ
Russian architecture you can stare at for free, flour-and-cabbage food halls, and a frozen river thaโฆ
Survivor shrines that charge nothing, ยฅ110 shops, half-price supermarket bento and a free hike up Mtโฆ
Saigon on 400,000โซ a day: alley kitchens, free-entry pagodas, the backpacker district of Phแบกm Ngลฉ Lรฃโฆ
Cook out on jungle ridges, eat cha chaan teng breakfasts, ride the Star Ferry and sleep in Yau Ma Teโฆ
Free tombs, โน40 Irani chai-and-Osmania breakfasts, โน10 metro hops and rock hills that cost nothing bโฆ
Mural alleys, century-old markets and Yellow Sea beaches on about โฉ30,000 a day, all reached on a Seโฆ
Ticket-free hill paths, Sunday-bazaar bargains, PKR 400 pulao plates and the cave shrines nobody chaโฆ
Ticket-free temples and viewpoints, sub-โน150 street feasts and museums under โน100 across the Pink Ciโฆ
Colonial museums that charge nothing, a 147-hectare zoo for the price of a bus ticket, and street plโฆ
Free lava coastline, โฉ1,200 city buses, โฉ6,000 market noodles and Korea's cheapest national park โ Jโฆ
Hilltop tombs that cost nothing, wholesale bazaars, 15-AFN naan and shared-taxi trips to a mountain โฆ
Wild macaque trails, a free 1939 city hall museum, sugar-mill parkland and night markets where dinneโฆ
Colonial landmarks with no ticket, PKR 250 nihari plates, wholesale bazaars and a boat to Manora forโฆ
Unticketed bahal courtyards, wholesale markets and NPR 30 local buses โ three days in the valley on โฆ
Free shrines, a ยฅ0 waterfall ravine behind the bullet train station, arcade lunches under ยฅ700 and sโฆ
Free colonial mansions, โน6 river ferries, โน25 coffee house refills and pavement kebabs under โน100 acโฆ
Free national museums, RM2.50 hawker breakfasts, dorm beds under RM40 and a metro that crosses the wโฆ
Temple grounds that never charge, standing-bar noodles under ยฅ600, riverside sunsets and a 4-yen-perโฆ
Mughal tombs for the price of a chai, wholesale bazaars, island boat rides and a metro that crosses โฆ
Free jungle waterfalls, RM2 street breakfasts, RM6 island ferries and duty-free chocolate โ Langkawiโฆ
Pilgrim circuits that cost nothing, ยฅ3 yak skewers and monastery hikes reached on the city busโฆ
Free gateways and riverfronts, โน15 chai counters, โน20 museums and โน10 metro rides across the old Awaโฆ
Free museums, MOP 8 buses, casino shuttle hacks and hidden village lanes where a full meal costs lesโฆ
Rock-cut Pandya caves, โน1 canteen idlis, jasmine wholesale markets and hilltop sunsets โ three days โฆ
Coral-stone shrines, MVR 25 hedhikaa plates, MVR 10 public ferries and public beaches โ a capital yoโฆ
Donation-box monasteries, market food halls and public boats โ three days in the last royal capital โฆ
Free churches, โฑ13 jeepney rides, โฑ60 lugaw bowls and sunset over Manila Bay that costs absolutely nโฆ
Donation-only temples, colonial squares that cost nothing, wet markets and night hawker streets wherโฆ
Free colonial architecture walks, โน15 vada pav, dorm beds in Colaba and a 7-rupee local train ride tโฆ
Free museums, a wholesale fish market breakfast, retro arcades and observation decks that cost less โฆ
Gusuku ruins that charge nothing, wholesale fish-market lunches, discounted depachika bento and a ยฅ8โฆ
Free museums, ยฅ8 old-friend noodles, wet markets and subtropical parks that never charge admission.โฆ
Free temple replicas, Pyinmana market curry shops, 500-kyat pickup taxis and reservoir viewpoints noโฆ
Free coastal paths, railway lunchboxes under NT$100 and open-air hot spring pools, all reachable on โฆ
Free National Treasure shrines, hilltop viewpoints that cost nothing, arcade lunch sets under ยฅ800 aโฆ
Ancient shrines that charge nothing, retro alleys full of ยฅ500 lunches, and the observation decks loโฆ
Seventh-century temples with no ticket booth, market-stall momos, riverside walks and cliff shrines โฆ
Hilltop Buddhas, fishing-pier parks and warehouse night markets on under 700 THB a dayโฆ
Free pagodas, 4,000-riel street bowls, walkable riverside gems and $0.50 shared tuk-tuk hops across โฆ
Free capes and hill parks, 50-baht hawker plates, container night markets and 30-baht songthaew rideโฆ
Free Spanish ruins, PHP 60 market plates, Vietnamese refugee noodles and no-entry-fee viewpoints acrโฆ
Free-entry mosques and wetlands, RM 3 civil-servant nasi lemak and 92 hectares of gardens, all on RMโฆ
Free hill parks, five-won trams, won-priced markets and the cheapest cold-noodle bowl in Korea.โฆ
Free national shrines, university lagoons, โฑ30 silog plates and Maginhawa street food โ three days iโฆ
Ungated Timurid ruins, wholesale bazaars, hilltop shrine views and 30,000-som monuments across the oโฆ
Free brewery gardens, university-run museums, subway day passes and standing-bar seafood โ Hokkaido'โฆ
Free castle ruins, ยฅ100 park entries, discount-hour supermarket sushi and a ยฅ630 all-day bus pass acโฆ
Free mural villages, fortress-wall viewpoints, brass-coin market lunches and a riverside bike ride tโฆ
Free museums, wet markets, concession lanes and a river crossing that costs less than a bus ticketโฆ
Free factory museums, ยฅ2 bus rides into the hills, and night markets where almost nothing costs moreโฆ
Free skyline viewpoints, urban-village kitchens, a 943m mountain and a Ming fortress โ all on metro โฆ
Free riverside pagodas, working local markets, dollar street food and a sunset hill โ Siem Reap withโฆ
Hawker plates under S$5, free-entry gardens and reservoirs, and public-housing neighbourhoods where โฆ
Free Tapi promenades, India's cheapest big-city street food, a 200-year-old bakery lane and a โน25 buโฆ
Free national galleries, 1917 market noodles under NT$70, ten-kilometre free bus rides and a tidal bโฆ
Free riverside parks, NT$20 EasyCard hops, night-market bowls under NT$100 and volcanic hot springs โฆ
Free monuments, bargain bazaars and sub-30,000 so'm meals across Uzbekistan's marble capital.โฆ
Free hilltop lhakhangs, the Nu 30 farmers' market, walk-up viewpoints and momo counters where lunch โฆ
Free monasteries, no-ticket lake parks, a passport-only national museum and night lanes where dinnerโฆ
Free 200m observatories, ยฅ250 menchi-katsu and old-town shotengai markets where Tokyoites actually sโฆ
Soviet hilltop memorials, ger-shaped temples with no ticket booth, and market canteens where a full โฆ
Free spirit shrines, a UXO museum that charges nothing, three working local markets and a 15,000-kipโฆ
Free state museums, ยฅ5 breakfast alleys, ยฅ1.50 Yangtze ferries and hilltop viewpoints that never selโฆ
Free seaside boardwalks, ยฅ1 ferries, a free-entry Buddhist temple lunch and hilltop viewpoints that โฆ
Free Tang gardens, ยฅ6 hand-pulled biang biang noodles, ยฅ2 metro rides and pagoda light shows that coโฆ
Free temple platforms, 1,500-kyat mohinga breakfasts, a 3-hour railway loop for pocket change and thโฆ
Free kampung murals, Rp 3.000 Trans Jogja rides, angkringan nasi kucing and a volcano viewpoint thatโฆ
Free bluff-top mansions, a no-charge zoo, wholesale-market breakfasts and the ยฅ100 walkway under theโฆ