Last days to organize a Christmas break abroad and discover the great European capitals that under the holidays are more charming than ever. Whether for a shopping weekend or for a real holiday, just a last-minute flight to find yourself in a few hours immersed in an unexpected atmosphere.
As for the hotel, despite being high season and going all the way to the most popular cities, you can still find some good opportunity for departures before Christmas. On the Accor Hotels website, for example, there is a special promotion dedicated to European capital, with still discreet availability and rates for all budgets, since the group brings together different hotel chains, from low-cost to luxury.
You like the idea, but don’t you know which destination to choose? Here then some point, also this very last-minute, on where to go and what to see.
Starting from London, also this year’s destination in the wish list of Italian tourists for late year trips. The point from which to start to fully breathe the festive atmosphere is undoubtedly Trafalgar Square, where it troneggia il traditional, giant Christmas tree.
Hyde Park is also worth a stop, one of the favorite Christmas venues of the British capital, which is full of attractions, including the largest ice rink in the city. For shopping, to go safe bets on Covent Garden stalls, which never disappoint, like the luxurious and shiny windows of Oxford and Regent Street.
Sparkling atmospheres also in the Dutch capital, where until 19 January you will be enchanted byAmsterdam Light Festival, an event focused on the play of lights and water that will make the houseboats and bridges shine on the Amstel River, but also includes an itinerary of luminous art scattered at various points of the city, to be admired also on board romantic night cruises of canals.
On the contrary, it is the sign of tradition Christmas in Copenhagen, which celebrates the winter season with the warm and intimate atmosphere they call here hygienic. For the Danes the Christmas holidays are the most anticipated of the year, not only for the rich traditions that are handed down from one generation to another, but also because they consider Copenhagen Christmas cityWhen Greenland, Santa Claus, is part of Denmark.
The whole city is surrounded by the magic of the holidays, from the Rådhuspladsen (the Town Hall Square) to the Tivoli, up to Nyhavn, the picturesque area of the canals invaded by colorful sailing boats, which in these weeks is pervaded by the Christmas atmosphere of the market with souvenir stalls, delicious delicacies and ♪, the typical Christmas drink of the Nordic countries.
