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Christmas & New Year 2007 Bruge Celebrate in style (at wonderful hotels across the Channel)
Our Christmas breaks are based on a minimum 3-night stay, while New Year breaks are based on a 2-night stay. Stays at country auberges include dinner and breakfast (including a celebratory meal), and a return Channel crossing with P&O Ferries between Dover and Calais. Breaks to Honfleur, Lille, Bruges and Arras include bed & breakfast, a celebratory meal, and a return P&O Ferries crossing Dover to Calais. We also give prices for travel by Eurostar (and onward rail in the case of Bruges) to Lille and Bruges.
Christmas & New Year in Bruges
To mark the occasion, we include a lengthy celebratory meal at our favourite restaurants. At Christmas, savour refined Flemish cuisine in the Bistro de Pompe, whose owners we have worked with for many years. For New Year only we offer the handsome, wood-panelled Verdi where the evening promises a lengthy, gastronomic feast followed by dancing until very late. You can also choose to enjoy your Christmas or New Year celebration at the atmospheric and elegant Kardinaalshof, add £66 per person for Christmas and £48 per person for New Year.
Hotel PrisenhofStylish, family-run 4-star Relais du Silence in a tranquil location close to the sights. Prices & travel
Hotel AragonA handsome 4-star hotel close to the Markt and all the main sights. Prices & travel
Oud Huis de PeellaertOne of the city's most atmospheric 4-star hotels, with elegant public rooms and beautiful bedrooms. A real treat. Prices & travel
Christmas & New Year in FranceHostellerie des Tourelles, PicardyAlways a popular choice for festive breaks, this friendly hotel celebrates Christmas with a special candlelit meal. Prices & travel
Le Petit Coq aux Champs, NormandyChoose this fine 4-star hotel for intimate celebrations in a romantic setting. Prices & travel
Auberge du Val au Cesne, NormandySavour refined Norman dishes in an intimate, romantic setting. Prices & travel
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Relaxed celebrations at this stylish hideaway in the countryside close to Honfleur
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With its half-timbered houses, cobbled streets and ancient ramparts, Montreuil is full of atmosphere.
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New Year in Honfleur, Normandy
Hotel des Loges & du Cheval Blanc, NormandyHonfleur at new year has a special magic. We offer two excellent hotels and you celebrate with a superb New Year dinner at the friendly, Michelin-acclaimed Entre Terre et Mer. Enjoy a lengthy gastronomic celebration and lively atmosphere at this favourite restaurant! (The other night of your stay is on a bed and breakfast basis).
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A l'Huitriere is Lille's best restaurant, recognised by a Michelin star. To reach the handsome dining rooms, you pass through the famous fish shop - you wont eat fresher fish and seafood than here. We reserve the best tables for you for the New Year gastronomic extravaganza. (The other night of your stay is on a bed and breakfast basis.)
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Arras is one of northern France's most interesting towns, with a rich history and excellent shops, cafes and restaurants. With its marvellous location in the valued cellars of a 17th-century house on the magnificant Grand Place, La Faisanderie is the town's most acclaimed restaurant, and Le Reveillon here is a gastronomic feast of many courses. Stay just across the square at the 2-star Hotel des Trois Luppars, with cosy, comfortable rooms in a historic building. (The other night of your stay is on a bed and breakfast basis.)
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New Year is a lively event in the atmospheric old port of Garachico on the island's quiet north-west coast. With a week at the Quinta Roja, a high-quality hotel run by the affable Paloma, enjoy some great walking and sightseeing (hire car included) and celebrate with a special New Year's Eve meal before joining villagers in the square for fireworks and dancing that often lasts until daybreak!
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With four nights at the luxurious 5-star Quinta do Monte, perched high above Madeira's capital, Funchal, you see in the New Year in style with a six-course gourmet dinner accompanied by live classical music. You are then transferred to a prime location for a bird's-eye view of Funchal's fireworks, accompanied by champagne and then dancing into the early hours. We also include a hire car as well as walking notes to help you explore Madeira's famous levada paths.
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Enjoy 4 nights at the welcoming La Mejorana, sampling first-rate hospitality from your hosts, Andres and Ana. Boasting enviable views over the village and the Sierra beyond, this delightfully renovated town house is an excellent base from which to explore the area on foot and from where to see in the New Year. Celebrate the last day of the year in a very Spanish way with a fine 4-course dinner (included) at the local restaurant, before continuing into the village square for champagne and traditional festivities.
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Celebrate in style at La Herriza, an atmospheric country estate immersed deep in the beautiful hills of the Sierra de Alcornocales Natural Park, where you stay in one of the tastefully decorated cottages. Just an hour from Malaga Airport, this fabulous spot is within easy reach of the famous Andalucian white towns of Ronda, Arcos de la Frontera and Grazalema, and we provide many suggestions for sightseeing and walking routes. Your four-night stay includes a sumptuous gala dinner on 31 December, as well as a special New Year's Day brunch and a hire car to allow you to explore the local area.
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Our four-night, 4-star New Year specials at the Hotel Valldemossa in the tranquil north-west corner of the island are a luxurious treat, with the emphasis squarely on indulgence. We include a hire car and walking notes so that you can explore the mountains and coast during the day (unwind afterwards in the spa and indoor pool), but the highlight is New Year's Eve, when you are treated to a gastronomic gala dinner, something you will remember for years.
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We feature a wide and varied range of high-quality hotels in our Skiing and Much More programme, with festive holidays in the snowy mountains a speciality. What could be more magical than Christmas or New Year in Finland, Norway, Austria, Italy, France or Switzerland? Here are just three of our favourite hotels, or, see our full selection.
The 4-star Wiesenhof is, deservedly, one of our most popular hotels, and earns consistently high praise for the charming hospitality of English-speaking hosts Hansi and Alexandra Entner, who create a convivial atmosphere in which families with children of all ages are warmly welcomed and well catered for. Our Christmas break includes traditional Austrian gala dinners and festive activities for all the family. New Year includes a celebratory dinner and fireworks in the village at midnight.
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The 3-star Hotel Victoria is a place where you can truly enjoy the magic of winter. There are many activities to try - skiing, winter walking, snow-shoeing, curling and ice-skating, to name but a few - but the hotel's best feature is the warm hospitality of hosts Casi and Mimi. Our Christmas breaks include a horse-drawn sleigh ride, a torchlit stroll, a fondue evening with musical entertainment, a gala dinner on Christmas Eve, and free entry to the village ice rink. Father Christmas will also pay a visit, bearing gifts for the children.
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To truly get into the Christmas spirit, head to the handsome Swiss city of Lucerne and experience the unique - and very romantic - atmosphere. Pretty decorations hang from the historic buildings, many of the boutiques - particularly toy shops - mount themed window displays and a daily Christmas market is held in addition to the normal weekly food and craft markets. You stay in the Old Town at the atmospheric 4-star Romantik Hotel Wilden Mann, where you are treated on one night to a sumptuous four-course dinner. Part of Lucerne's charm is its splendid location by the lake of the same name, and we include tickets for a wonderful journey by boat, cog railway and cable car into the surrounding mountains for spectacular winter views.
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Celebrating Christmas or New Year abroad in the comfort of one of our welcoming, family-run auberges helps to make the occassion extra special. Christmas is generally relaxed, the focus of the celebrations being a special meal, usually on Christmas Eve. For New Year, you can choose between lively celebrations or more intimate affairs, with both usually featuring lengthy gastronomic feasts. 
Bruges is a beautiful city in any season, but takes on a particularly magical atmosphere during the festive season. Hotels Prisenhof, Aragon and Oud Huis de Peellaert are open for both Christmas and New Year.