CHRISTMAS MARKETS
Lawrence Peachey head of sales, DERTOUR “Our brochure ‘Winter In the City – Christmas
Markets & Festive Breaks 2011’ features 13 countries. There aren’t really any barriers to selling the markets, they present a fantastic selling opportunity for travel agents. Our agents' portal has a wide range of options (
www.dertour.
co.uk/travel_agents).”
Xmas Markets Tourist Boards:
www.germany.travel, www.holland.
com/uk/,
www.visitsweden.com www.visitdenmark.com, www.
visitfinland.com,
www.visitnorway. com/uk,
www.visitestonia.com www.poland.travel,
www.austria.info/ uk,
www.slovenia.info.
www.christmasmarkets.com is an online directory of markets, with dates and locations listed by country. •
FACTFILE cont'd.
Where To Book It The River Cruise Line
0844 544 7580
www.sellingrivercruises.com The Christmas Market Extravaganza deal, taking in France, Netherlands, and Belgium and – new for this year – Germany, is priced from £269pp for four nights.
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The tour takes in Christmas markets in Lille, Bruges, Maastricht and Aachen, with optional excursions to Altenburg in the Velvet Caves of the Netherlands. Departures are available throughout November and December 2011. The price is based on two sharing an en-suite cabin on full board basis and coach/ferry travel in the UK from a wide range of UK joining points.
Christmas in Basel. A heavenly gift.
In Christmastime, Basel develops a charm of its own. Anyone who takes a stroll through the festively illuminated city centre will be enchanted by the lovingly decorated houses and the delightful displays in the shop windows. In the heart of the historic Old Town lies the beautiful Christmas market. Here, traders and craftspeople offer their goods at around 150 brightly lit stands. Travel agencies and tour operators can rely on our professional help in planning and arranging visits to the Christmas city of Basel for groups or individuals. We are looking forward to hearing from you.
Basel Tourism Incoming Services Aeschenvorstadt 36, CH-4010 Basel, Phone +41 (0)61 268 68 58, Fax +41 (0)61 268 68 70,
incoming@basel.com,
www.basel.com
My Christmas Markets... by Anna Maria Espsäter
“There’s nothing like an off-the-beaten-track, rural Christmas market, I thought as I waded through the copious amounts of snow outside Gunnarskog’s Homestead Museum in Värmland, western Sweden. This area has become more easily accessible from the
UK and less pricey, thanks to
Norwegian.no flying into Oslo just across the border. I’d found a little gem of a Christmas market, held inside a cluster of old buildings. Before long I was busily checking out the colourful handicrafts on display, as well as homemade delicacies from cakes and breads, to jams and of course mulled wine. The latter could be sampled in situ, but this being Sweden it was alcohol-free. I barely noticed though, so well-spiced and warming did it feel. Perhaps now would be a good time for some post-shopping coffee and cake by the open fire in the grand old main building? “
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