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Where to find the best Christmas market tours for 2023 and 2024. Guided tour online travel agency TourRadar lists hundreds of Christmas market tours from tour companies including Trafalgar, Travel ...
Vienna is one of our favourite Christmas markets in Europe (Getty Images/iStockphoto) ... Opening dates. From 22 November 2024 to 5 January 2025, opening at 10am and closing at 10pm most days ...
Christmas Market, Angers, Pays de la Loire [17] Five Christmas Markets – Colmar, Alsace [18] Christmas Market, Lyon [19] Christmas Market, Metz [20] Christmas Market of the Alpes/Marché de Noël des montagnes, Grenoble [21]
Dating back to 1786, Fira de Santa Llucia has grown from a one-day event to commemorate the feast day of Santa Llucia, which falls on December 13, to a three-week fair.
Most Christmas markets open in late November and last through December, closing between Christmas Day and New Year's Day, with a few staying open for New Year's. [23] The largest Christmas market and one of the most well known is the Vienna Christmas World on Rathausplatz, near the Rathaus, Vienna's historic city hall. The market draws 3 ...
Magdeburg's Christmas market dates back to a late medieval sales fair, which gave the people of Magdeburg the opportunity to stock up on food before winter. [3] In the middle of the 20th century, it became a pre-Christmas custom. In the beginning, it took place in the area of the Alter Markt (Old Market).
From warm mulled wines and decadent sweets to snow-covered mountains, these are the best Christmas markets in Europe to visit during the holidays.
Strasbourg has been holding Christkindelsmärik around its cathedral since 1570, making it one of the oldest Christmas markets in Europe. [1] The name "Christkindelsmärik" is of Alsatian origin, a low Alemannic German dialect which was the mainly spoken language in the Alsace until the 20th century.