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Want to have a stag weekend you and your mates will never forget, but don’t want to break the bank? The best stag weekends offer exciting nightlife, hot women, and insanely fun adventure activities to fill your days. Luckily, you don’t have to spend a fortune to get all these things and more on your stag weekend. Make it one to remember and save some money for all the alcohol you’ll need to deal with your new in-laws.

Tallinn, Estonia

Tallinn is tops for an affordable stag weekend. With many budget carriers flying to Estonia’s capital, it’s easy to get there without spending loads of money. Tallinn has a well-preserved medieval Old Town that makes it easy to stumble from the pub to a nightclub, and from a casino to a lap dance venue and back again. If you’re not too hungover during the day, take the lads out for a few games of paintball, or have a little off-road adventure with go-karts. Whatever you decide to do, it’s hard to go wrong in Tallinn.

Krakow, Poland

Krakow offers loads to do and see at a cost that’s cheap. Krakow is known as a university town, so you know to expect lots of beautiful, gorgeous girls when you get there. Krakow also has pubs, bars, and restaurants galore, with cheap beer and plenty of hot underground clubs. The city also has plenty of lap dance venues and strip clubs for the perfect stag party time. Krakow offers a number of activities sure to suit any group, including shooting guns, whitewater rafting, going 4x4ing off-road, and so much more. If you’ve got the time and feel like walking off your hangover, Krakow has a great historic city centre, perfect for taking some sober pictures of you and your mates that you can actually show to your family when you return home.

Budapest, Hungary

Hungary’s capital is becoming a hot destination for the best stag weekends. It’s easy to see why, with loads of adventure activities to choose from, combined with cheap pints, gentlemen’s clubs, beer gardens, and a thriving club scene. Budapest also offers a unique experience in the form of its thermal springs and outdoor spas. Sounds girly, but the Bacchanalian Bath offered is anything but. Imagine relaxing in a hot bath with you and your mates while you drink cold beers and get massages from a professional female masseuse, all the while watching scantily clad beauties performing just for you.

Riga, Latvia

The word is out – Riga is one great place for a stag do. The Latvian capital offers hot nightlife and hotter women. It’s a great value destination that offers staggers loads of things to do without the crowds or high prices of many popular stag weekend locations. Riga has plenty of activities to work off that hangover, too, with quad biking, bobsleighing, zorbing, kayaking, and more on offer. Whether you decide to hit up the many clubs, drink the night away, go paintballing, or maybe all three, you and your mates are sure to have a memorable stag weekend in Riga.

Sofia, Bulgaria

Sofia is one of Europe’s best kept secrets, and it’s the perfect place to have a stag weekend. Unlike many cities that are popular with staggers, few people have been to Sofia, which gives you and your mates bragging rights when you regale them with stories of your wild stag weekend there. Sofia is the land of gorgeous women, cheap pints and food, and great nightlife. The city also offers loads of activities for the adventurous, with the usual quad biking, paintballing, pistol shooting, and go-karting on offer. It’s the ideal budget getaway for a stag weekend.

Blake Sanders is a writer at leisure site Redseven Leisure. He specializes in writing articles about the best stag weekends and bachelor party adventures.

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