Christmas and New Year
Christmas celebrations in Cornwall
As the saying goes ‘tis the season to be jolly’, but if spiralling costs and falling house prices have dented your Christmas cheer and left you feeling like your cracker has already been pulled, head to Cornwall to rekindle your festive sprit. As well as mountains of mince pies and mulled wine you’ll find traditional Christmas markets, yuletide events and a warm welcome. Cornwall has everything for the perfect Christmas -there’s even room at the Inn!
Christmas weather in the Keys is far from frightful
As the cold, dark December days herald the true start of the festive season, leave the rain and wind behind and escape to the magical islands of the Florida Keys & Key West. Filled with glorious sunshine and bustling with exciting festivals and parades, the Keys offer events sure to keep everyone entertained well into 2009.
Christmas shopping doesn’t have to be a chore
To offer guests a special experience before Christmas, be it focusing on shopping or other winter fun activities, Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts has created quite a number of excellent packages in outstanding destinations worldwide. All packages can be easily booked through the hotel chain’s webpage on swissotel.com and are subject to availability.
McFly to switch on Regent Street’s Christmas lights
Regent Street, London W1 has announced its world famous Christmas lights will be switched on by heartthrob pop band McFly from a main stage based at the junction of New Burlington Street and Regent Street, London W1, on Thursday 6 November from 6pm onwards.
Christmas in Cornwall need not break the bank
Whether you fancy spending the festive season at the lovely Porth Veor Manor Hotel where your every whim will be catered for, or chilling out in the four star self catering Beachcomber's Apartments a stone's throw away from Watergate Bay (Christmas lunch at Jamie Oliver's Fifteen Restaurant, anyone?), or getting cosy in one of the brand new Green Acres Cottages where you can hire your own outdoor hot tub for the day, Breaks in Cornwall can help you arrange the merriest Christmas for your friends and family.
Celebrate seasonal Christmas cheer in Pennsylvania
Christmas needn’t be a dreaded affair with the current gloom of the UK credit crunch. Pennsylvania (PA) offers some great value travel packages and joyful events, guaranteed to provide some festive cheer and kick start the merry season!
Top 10 winter days out in the heart of Kent
As winter approaches there is still plenty to do at many of the attractions around the Heart of Kent so wrap up warm and have some winter fun by visiting some of the suggestions below.
Bury St Edmunds hosts fifth annual Christmas market
Between Friday 28 November and Sunday 30 November, the historic centre of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk will be transformed into a Victorian style Christmas market with colourful stalls selling local produce and crafts as well as traders from around the UK and mainland Europe, traditional fairground rides and on-stage entertainment.
Put the excitement back into Christmas
Fancy waking up on Christmas Day to sunrise over the Grand Canyon, or enjoying a celebration like no other on New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas? This Christmas could pass like any other in a flurry of presents, food and family get-togethers, or it could be spent on the adventure of a lifetime with tour operators TrekAmerica and Footloose.
Cape Town set for a stylish New Year
New Year is all about making those hard-to-keep resolutions, renewed hope and optimism, plus of course some good old-fashioned partying followed by hangover cures - the latter of which may be particularly well suited to chic, trendy and warm Cape Town.
Make it a historic Christmas in a Tuscan hill village
Swop the commercialism and stress of Christmas at home for the timeless appeal of a Tuscan hill village. One of the loveliest is Casole d’Elsa, near Siena, with its narrow main street, two village squares, ancient castle, delightful grocery shop and unpretentious little trattoria.
Give the gift of golf this Christmas
If the golfer in your life already has more socks and woolly clubhead covers than seems healthy, fear not as Your Golf Travel.com has the perfect thing to put in their stocking.
New Year – The perfect time for a new you!
If you worry the excesses of Christmas may be all too easy to see, make a new years resolution to yourself: a new, chic and refreshed you! You’ve tottered your way through endless Christmas parties, taking full advantage of all the delicious canapés and cocktails and then the main event arrives and you worked tirelessly to ensure everyone has a great time. Come the New Year it is easy to feel run down and lacklustre.
Things to do before you die: Christmas at Ardanaiseig
Set in the midst of snow-capped Scottish mountains, Ardanaiseig, a 19th century baronial manor, offers the ultimate warm welcome on the dark winter nights. From afternoon tea in front of the roaring log fire to a gourmet five-course meal using locally foraged mushrooms and the highest quality Scottish food, Ardanaiseig offers a four-day Christmas experience like no other.
Escape to Tunisia this Christmas and New Year
You can enjoy the delights of Tunisia this Christmas and New Year with Small Families, the UK’s leading operator for single parent holidays. Although the smallest country in North Africa, Tunisia offers plenty to see and do, all set against a background of palms, jasmine bushes and orange trees.