Christmas and New Year
5 places to escape Christmas
Looking for a different way to celebrate Christmas this year? Escape the holiday madness and leave behind a cooler climate by packing your bags for a healthy and warm getaway.
Escape for a family adventure this Christmas
Families Worldwide has a wide choice of trips to choose from this Christmas for families that would rather seek tigers in India or go dog sledding in Slovakia rather than watch re-runs of the Jungle Book or Lady and the Tramp!
Natural History Museum Ice Rink tickets on sale now
The first opportunity to skate in London this festive season Opens 2 November 2012.
Top US Christmas shopping cities
Tour America Direct is tipping Philadelphia, Atlanta, Vegas and Washington as its top value-for-money shopping destinations in the run up to Christmas.
Christmas escape to the Pyrenees
L’Ancienne Poste, a six-bedroomed ski lodge in the village of Avajan in the heart of the French Pyrenees, is available to hire in its entirety by a family or group of friends this Christmas.
Turkey Tagine & Christmas at the Kasbah (Angour)
It is still September yet, depressingly, the supermarkets are already loading up their shelves with Christmas paraphernalia.
Sailors, shanties and Christmas in Cornwall
Cornwall cottage company Looe and Polperro Holidays goes the extra mile with its properties at Christmas to ensure that its guests have a memorable Yuletide.
Enjoy a classic Scottish Hogmanay at the Roxburghe Hotel
As the home of Hogmanay, Scotland is the perfect place to ring in the New Year. With its roaring fires, country house charm and the best in Scottish food and drink, the Roxburghe Hotel, Kelso is the ideal location for a houseparty style Hogmanay celebration this year.
Twixtmas in the New Forest
Cottage Lodge, a 5-star, eco boutique B&B in Brockenhurst in the New Forest, has created a special ‘Twixtmas’ break on the weekend between Christmas and New Year (28 – 31 December).
Christmas Shopping Break at five star Blythswood Square
We all dread the Christmas shop ... the busy high streets and fights over the latest must have gift! But with the Glasgow shopping scene ranked only second to London, why not enjoy the city's designer stores and vintage vixen boutiques, whilst staying at the luxury 5* Blythswood Square?
SalzburgerLand Christmas Markets 2012
Christmas in Austria is always magical and nowhere more so than in Salzburg and the surrounding SalzburgerLand villages.
From summer to Santa
Esprit Santa’s Lapland has released details of its winter programme of snowy, festive holidays to visit Santa in Lapland’s frozen north this December, with a new inclusive Igloo Fantasia experience, including new elf shows, an exhibition of ice sculptures and reindeer feeding added to its already comprehensive offer.
Ho ho ho and a hotel for Christmas fun for everyone
‘Tis the season to be jolly with a Christmas break in the Lake District at the Castle Inn Hotel at Bassenthwaite. Families, couples, social butterflies and business guests are catered for all under one roof creating a fun vibe this Christmas at the hotel.
Hotel launches whodunit with a Christmas treat for good detectives
The Lake District’s Lindeth Howe Country House Hotel in Bowness-on-Windermere has long been a perfect venue for a whole house hire and murder mystery event, as well as a Christmas party and dining celebration, so this year it’s decided to combine the two in a whodunit style competition.
New York bargain Christmas shopping breaks
Due to the many silver screen portrayals, the city’s famous department stores, shopping avenues and iconic festivities, the lead up to Christmas is historically the most expensive time to visit New York.