If you find you’ll be spending the holidays a little closer to home than you might have liked, don’t worry! Holiday beauty can be found in plenty of places –… Read more
Christmas Markets 2024 Christmas Market season is here at last! Get ready to soak in the scent of cinnamon as it drifts through cozy cobblestone alleys and fairy-lighted historic old… Read more
The well preserved and picturesque medieval town of Tübingen definitely merits a visit!
For a town of only 160,000 people, Salzburg is a cultural star. A UNESCO world heritage city, this Austrian gem offers music, festivals, art, beer, food, history, architecture and so… Read more
Vienna at Christmas time is indeed cold and not a place where children under maybe 10 years of age are going to last for very long without complaining. Still, it… Read more
Eltville hosts a very magical Christmas Market only one weekend each year with a castle backdrop and picturesque cobblestone streets. So mark your calendar for 2016!
Considered one of the top five cities in Germany to visit, Heidelberg attracts millions each year with its history, art and scenic beauty. Take a stroll through the city or along the river. What are you waiting for?!
The GREATest BRITAIN Road Trip, my favorite destinations in England, Wales and Scotland: read part 1 about Bruges, Dover and Stonehenge here. Less than an hour’s drive from Stonehenge lies… Read more
Check out Switzerland’s international hub, Basel. This city is a great way to start or end your Swiss adventure.
Known as both the City of Light and the City of Love, Paris is one of the most romantic cities in the world. Paris at Christmas, decked out in its holiday finery, makes it even more beautiful than usual. Here are a few places to visit while you’re in Paris before or during the holidays.
Christmas is knocking on your door! So grab your holiday shopping list and head to a German Christmas Market! Because there are so many wonderful markets to see in Germany, here are eight tips to help you out!
Be dazzled now until Jan. 3 at the Prague Christmas Market! Going to this market is an elegant and charming way to celebrate the Holiday Season.
Warm lights, musical sounds and scrumptious cuisine of the Wiesbaden Christmas Market will leave you seeing twinkling holiday stars!
Nestled between the Wiesbaden Kurhaus and Kurpark, ESWE Eizeit (ice rink) is the perfect place to go skating in the city!
For an extra dose of holiday cheer, you owe it to yourself to make the drive to Bad Münster and enjoy this truly charming market before it’s too late.
From now until December 23, get lost for hours under the spectacular lights of the Mainz Christmas Market.
Mark your 2016 calendar for the Idstein Christmas Market. Attending this festive event would feel like a mini-vacation or walking onto a movie set.
In the already romantic old town of Rüdesheim am Rhein, the Christmas Market gives this town the final touches of becoming a real-life fairy tale village.
The charming and remarkable town of Idstein makes a wonderful day trip, which includes viewing sites from the top of Witch Tower (Hexenturm).
Christmas is knocking on your door! So grab your holiday shopping list and head to a German Christmas Market! Because there are so many wonderful markets to see in Germany, here are eight tips to help you out!
Head to Prague, Czech Republic this holiday season for an enchanting experience. Families can enjoy the festivities at a Christmas Market, see the changing of the guards at the Prague Castle, have a medieval feast and more!
Venture off track for adventures and misadventures in Obernai, Rosheim and Soufflenheim. These beautiful towns in the heart of Alsace have so much to offer.
Mark your 2016 calendar for the Idstein Christmas Market. Attending this festive event would feel like a mini-vacation or walking onto a movie set.
Be dazzled now until Jan. 3 at the Prague Christmas Market! Going to this market is an elegant and charming way to celebrate the Holiday Season.
Nestled between the Wiesbaden Kurhaus and Kurpark, ESWE Eizeit (ice rink) is the perfect place to go skating in the city!
Eltville hosts a very magical Christmas Market only one weekend each year with a castle backdrop and picturesque cobblestone streets. So mark your calendar for 2016!
For an extra dose of holiday cheer, you owe it to yourself to make the drive to Bad Münster and enjoy this truly charming market before it’s too late.
From now until December 23, get lost for hours under the spectacular lights of the Mainz Christmas Market.
Warm lights, musical sounds and scrumptious cuisine of the Wiesbaden Christmas Market will leave you seeing twinkling holiday stars!
In the already romantic old town of Rüdesheim am Rhein, the Christmas Market gives this town the final touches of becoming a real-life fairy tale village.
Head to Prague, Czech Republic this holiday season for an enchanting experience. Families can enjoy the festivities at a Christmas Market, see the changing of the guards at the Prague Castle, have a medieval feast and more!
In Germany, “Christkindlmarkt” or Christmas market accompanies the four weeks of Advent. Here’s my top 20.
There are few places to match the feeling one gets when visiting a German Christmas market for the first time.
Bavarian Munich to the small traditional town of Goslar up to the north and over to the east, the following five markets are my favorite in Germany.
In the heart of the Old Town of Würzburg one of Germany’s most picturesque and enchanting Christmas Markets attracts thousands of visitors every year.
Braunschweig (Brunswick) is the second largest city in Lower Saxony, a city with an impressive, lively cultural scene and attractive shopping opportunities.
On the 3rd weekend of Advent Tübingen invites you to its colourful and distinctive christmas market in the old town. It begins on Friday and Saturday at 9 a.m. and… Read more
The tradition of Christmas markets goes back centuries, both in Europe and in America. However, if an American ever gets the chance to explore European Christmas markets, especially in Germany, count yourself blessed.
The internationally celebrated spa and festival city of Baden Baden will have a very special atmosphere in the period from 25 November until 30 December 2013 with its Christkindelsmarkt.
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