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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel
Kalyeena Makortoff

UNBELIEVABLE: Hotel prices in europe jump before total solar eclipse - The Untold Story

Reykjavik from above
Tourists in Reykjavik have been shelling out £587 on average for a room, according to Lighthouse Intelligence. Photograph: Oliver Sved/Alamy

Hotel prices have surged in key European cities as hundreds of thousands of tourists flock to see the first total eclipse visible from the continent this century.

Iceland’s capital, Reykjavík, has seen one of the biggest jumps in hotel room prices, being one of the few accessible locations to see the full eclipse before evening on Wednesday.

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