Anonymous
Post 08/12/2016 20:17     Subject: Re:Christmas in Europe-Where to go
Op here- thanks for all the ideas. We are leaning towards 5 days in the uk right before Christmas and leaving on Boxing Day and then going to Normandy. or Greece. Still open to ideas though. We have already done , Portugal, southern Spain, Rome and Tuscany and Vienna around Christmas in past years.
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2016 09:21     Subject: Re:Christmas in Europe-Where to go
OP,

When are you going at Christmas? Will most of the trip be before or after Christmas? How long will you be there?


I LOVE the Christmas markets--but, if I recall correctly, they are not open after Christmas. I would consider Salzburg before Christmas and Rome after--unless you want to be there Christmas Day.
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2016 08:09     Subject: Christmas in Europe-Where to go
Only go to Scandinavia if you want to freeze in complete darkness and hang with the most depressed people on the planet..

I'd never consider it outside summer.
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2016 08:08     Subject: Christmas in Europe-Where to go
Is this even a question? Christmas markets in Bavaria!
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2016 19:10     Subject: Re:Christmas in Europe-Where to go
No to Sweden and Norway for sure. Dark, depressing.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2016 10:13     Subject: Christmas in Europe-Where to go
If you happen to be Catholic OP -- it's wonderful to go to Rome and go to the Vatican. Thousands of people from all over the world go. It's pretty magical.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2016 09:20     Subject: Re:Christmas in Europe-Where to go
Another "con" for Great Britain is Boxing Day--the day after Christmas. Christmas is a two day holiday and lots of places are likely to be closed.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2016 04:22     Subject: Christmas in Europe-Where to go
Anonymous wrote:Sweden and Norway are cold in the winter + little or no sun as you go north. Skiing places are a dime a dozen. My family favorite, Fulpmes in Austria. There's a smallish (by Austrian standards) hill in the town and there are buses to the Stubai Glacier, a big mountain.

Pros: reachable by Tram for Innesbruck, not expensive, lovely place.

Cons: no nightlife, nothing fancy.

Me: I'd go to Seville. Malaga is only 2 hours away by train. Weather is warmer, lots of festivity, very lively place. Many AirBnB rentals.


OPPS, I edited the above...or tried to
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2016 04:21     Subject: Christmas in Europe-Where to go
Sweden and Norway are cold in the winter + little or no sun as you go north. Skiing places are a dime a dozen. My family favorite, Fulpmes in Austria. There's a smallish (by Austrian standards) hill in the town and there are buses to the Stubai Glacier, a big mountain.

Pros: reachable by Tram for Innesbruck, not expensive, lovely place.

Cons: no nightlife, nothing fancy. Weather is warmer, lots of festivity, very lively place. Many AirBnB rentals.

Me: I'd go to Seville. Malaga is only 2 hours away by train.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2016 23:54     Subject: Re:Christmas in Europe-Where to go
Another vote for Austria. Innsbruck, Salzburg, Vienna. So much to see, and walking around in the Christmas markets really is wonderful.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2016 02:18     Subject: Re:Christmas in Europe-Where to go
Would go with Bavaria or Austria as well - Switzerland is pretty but much more expensive. Avoid England - less Christmas cheer there than the States - contrary to Dickens!
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2016 00:31     Subject: Christmas in Europe-Where to go
Prague or Belgium
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2016 23:20     Subject: Re:Christmas in Europe-Where to go
Norway with a stop over in Iceland. Drobak is a town outside of Oslo where Santa lives.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2016 22:51     Subject: Christmas in Europe-Where to go
Prague
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2016 22:47     Subject: Christmas in Europe-Where to go
Italy, Greece or Spain