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European White Christmas & New Year Tours
Are you dreaming of a European White Christmas?
Imagine spending Christmas deep in the heart of the snow covered mountains of Austria, Germany's Bavaria or Switzerland with romantic castles. Enjoy sleigh rides and festive Christmas markets in cobble stoned medieval villages with clusters of wooden stalls selling mulled wine, ginger biscuits and hand crafted decorations. Or perhaps, joining London's New Year festivities and the spectacular fireworks display over the River Thames?
Our Christmas 2012 brochure will be available from early March. To request your copy please contact us.
You will love our Christmas tours because...
- Our tours are designed to specifically to suit the travel needs of Australians and New Zealanders.
- You can relax and enjoy a more SENSIBLE touring pace staying 3, 4, 5 or even 7 nights in one location over Christmas.
- These are festive Christmas tours – not summer tours “run over winter”. We always take particular care to include special events and activities in each itinerary that will bring alive the nostalgia and joy of the Festive Season.
- Take pleasure with our Christmas hotels as they have been selected for their style and ambience to complement the festive occasion – from a 500 year old Alpine Gasthof, a Romantic Italian Castle or maybe an 800 year old Coaching Inn. Their locations are superb – perhaps 50 metres from old Rothenburg market square or the charming village below Neuschwanstein Fairytale Castle.
- Our tours are genuinely inclusive - all of your sightseeing, special dinners and entrances are already included in our tour price. There are no later charged extras or expensive optional excursions lists. Even your end of tour tips for the tour manager, driver and local guides are included.
- You can book any Albatross tour
swith confidence as all of our tours are guaranteed to depart with as few as only 7 passengers.
Christmas and New Year Tours 2011
Our European White Christmas and New Year tours all capture the very essence and joy of a traditional European White Christmas. Select from our 17 unique festive tours.
New Year in an Italian Castle - 7 Days
Imagine celebrating New Year's Eve in a glorious Italian Castle set in the charming foothills of the Italian Dolomites. Now add Innsbruck, Cortina d’Ampezzo,romantic Venice plus elegant, stylish Milan.
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Swiss Christmas Break - 8 Days
Stay in a delightful old wooden chalet style hotel in the beautiful Bernese Oberland. Includes train excursions to Luzern, Bern and to Lake Geneva. Note this is a non-escorted group stay.
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Austrian Christmas Break - 8 Days
A festive Christmas staying seven nights in a charming chalet style hotel in the enchanting Austrian Alps. Includes the Salzburg Christmas Markets, Silent Night Chapel, Linderhof Palace plus more!
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Austrian White Christmas Saalfelden - 10 Days
Spend Christmas in the beautiful Austrian Alps with visits to Vienna, Salzburg Christmas Markets, Rattenberg, Melk Monastery, Innsbruck plus more!
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German Christmas Break - 8 Days
Stay in the heart of the Black Forest near the lovely town of Triberg. Includes visits to Heidelberg, Stuttgart, Lake Titisee, Alsace Wine Road, Strasbourg, Colmar, Hohenzollern Castle plus more!
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Christmas in the Slovenian Alps - 11 Days
Spend Christmas on the shores of magnificent Lake Bled. Includes Innsbruck, Neuschwanstein Castle, Kranjska Gora, Ljubljana, Lake Bohinj, a stay in a dreamy Italian Castle plus more!
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Christmas in a Swiss Spa Resort - 11 Days
Spend Christmas in first class Spa Hotel in the snow clad Swiss Alps. Add to this the Austrian Lakes District, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Zermatt, Luzern plus the famous Glacier Express.
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Christmas in the Austrian Tyrol - 10 Days
Experience Christmas in heart of a Tyrolean village in the snow covered Stubai Valley, Austria. Includes Salzburg and Innsbruck, fairytale castles of Bavaria, Swarovski Crystal World plus more!
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A Medieval Bohemian Christmas - 12 Days
Spend Christmas in the absolute heart of medieval Cesky Krumlov in a beautiful 500 year old beautifully restored romantic hotel with visits to Rothenburg, Nurnberg, Prague, Vienna, Melk Monastery plus more!
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German Fairytale Christmas - 10 Days
A festive Christmas near Ludwig's 'Fairytale Castle' in the Bavarian Alps with visits to Rothenburg, Bamberg, Nurnberg, Munich, The Romantic Road plus more!
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Austrian White Christmas - 10 Days
Christmas in the enchanting Austrian Alps with visits to Vienna, Salzburg Christmas Markets, Rattenberg, Melk Monastery, Innsbruck plus more!
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Christmas in an Italian Castle - 11 Days
Imagine Christmas in a glorious Italian Castle! Now add the Austrian Lakes District, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Venice, Milan plus more!
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Swiss New Year Break - 8 Days
Stay in a delightful old wooden chalet style hotel in the beautiful Bernese Oberland. Includes train excursions to Luzern, Bern and to Lake Geneva. Note this is a non-escorted group stay.
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New Year in Bavaria Fussen - 7 Days
Experience New Year's Eve in the mountains of Bavaria with visits to Fussen, Oberammergau, Rothenburg, Nurnberg plus more!
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New Year in Paris - 7 Days
Join the New Year celebrations in Paris! Includes Luzern, Burgundy, ANZAC memorials in the Somme and Flanders, London plus more!
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New Year in London - 7 Days
Imagine joining a very special seven day escorted New Year tour that combines the wonderful sights of two of Europe’s greatest cities – London and Paris.
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New Year in Bavaria Hohenschwangau - 7
Experience New Year's Eve in the mountains of Bavaria with visits to Oberammergau, Rothenburg, Nurnberg plus more!
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