Swiss hotels most expensive in Europe

Switzerland’s cities are still the most expensive places to stay in Europe according to the Hotels.com Hotel Price Index 2010. Although hotel prices fell by about 10 percent last year, visitors had to fork out 200 francs on average for a night in a Swiss hotel.

That’s more than the UK, Sweden, Denmark and Norway and almost twice as much as a night in a hotel in the main cities in the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary. Geneva was the fifth most expensive city worldwide, with an average room rate of about CHF 230. Zurich rounded out the top 10 at CHF 190 per night. Monte Carlo was the world’s most expensive hotel destination city, with travellers paying an average of about 275 francs a night to stay there.