Create your own festive break

You're pretty much guaranteed a white Christmas in Budapest. Warm up in the thermal baths, making sure you don't leave your towel too far from the water's edge. Visit Vorosmarty Square for a Christmas market surrounded by grand architecture, go on a Danube River cruise, with massive chunks of ice passing you by, or visit the Nutcracker Ballet.

Innsbruck

Already an idyllic location, Christmas turns Innsbruck into a snow-globe-esque fairyland with candyfloss architecture set before a backdrop of niveous mountains. Dig into Kiachln, doughnuts laced with sauerkraut which you'll find at the Old Town Christmas Market. In fact, there's a total of 6 Christmas markets selling handcrafted Austrian trinkets, as well as a 14m Christmas tree.

__Barcelona __

Spending Christmas in Catalonia? Look out for 'fira', meaning market. The biggest is Fira de Santa Llúcia, a Christmas Market that's over 200 years old. Sitting underneath the Gothic Cathedral, it's incredibly atmospheric. There's the Food Artisans Market in the Gothic quarter, selling local produce including cheeses and Catalonian honey.

Edinburgh

The Scottish capital knows how to do Christmas. The General Register House will be displaying a giant advent calendar with images of Edinburgh at Christmas across the centuries. The Christmas Markets of George Street and Scott's Monument are well worth a wander, especially while warming your hands round a steaming hot toddy. Head to George Street at night, too, for the Street of Light.

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