White Christmas in Europe

Creating magical memories to last a lifetime

Choose one of our  White Christmas Tours and then extend, shorten or modify the tour to your heart's content.

We have tours for families and romantics, non-skiers and skiers, tours where you visit many traditional Christmas markets, which can even be combined with a Danube river cruise, and a tour for those who want to extend their Christmas holiday and waltz into the New Year in Vienna.

White Christmas Tour for Families

Vienna | Salzburg | Austrian Alps | Munich

Christmas is a special family time so why not make it all the more memorable by experiencing the magic of a traditional European Christmas. Stroll together among the stalls of the famous Christmas markets in Vienna and Salzburg, visit fairytale castles and snow covered fortresses, have fun in the snow or walk together to mid-night mass on Christmas Eve to a chapel in an Austrian village.

Families travelling with younger children might prefer to stay in family rooms or apartments in our selected hotels.                                                                                                                  Click here for more details.

White Christmas Tour for Romantics

Prague | Vienna | Hallstatt | Salzburg | Austrian Alps | Munich

Start your White Christmas holiday in romantic Prague. Visit the baroque palace Schönbrunn in Vienna. Arrive by boat at your picturesque lake-side hotel in Hallstatt, a World Cultural Heritage site. Then spend your Christmas days in the Austrian mountain village of Bad Hofgastein which has lots of attractions on offer for skiers and non-skiers.                         From Munich visit mad King Ludwig's fariytale castle Neuschwanstein or take a trip on Germany's 'Romantic Road' to medieval Rothenburg.                                                             Click here for more details.

Christmas Markets Tour

Prague | Berlin | Dresden | Nürnberg | Munich | Salzburg | Vienna

Stroll among the stalls of the Prague Christmas market on the Old Town Square, enjoy the Christmas Lights Tour in Berlin, visit picturesque lake-side village markets in the Austrian Lake district and medieval or modern Christmas markets. Browse for local and traditional handicrafts, Bohemian lace and crystal, printed textiles and pottery from Lusatia, gingerbread from Pulsnitz, filigree lace from Plauen, Advent stars or blown glass tree decorations from Lauscha. Visit the magnificent baroque Palace Schönbrunn in Vienna and listen to the choirs singing traditional Austrian Christmas carols in front of the huge Christmas tree at the Christmas market in front of the palace.                                                                               Click here for more details

White Christmas and New Year Tour

Munich | Austrian Alps | Salzburg | Hallstatt | Vienna | Budapest

In Munich your first visit to a Christmas market can be either the atmospheric and colorful market at the Marienplatz or the little known 'hidden gem' medieval market at the Odeonsplatz. Experience the magic of the Austrian Alps during a horse-drawn sleigh ride into a picturesque valley or a flame-torch hike to a rustic cabin.                                                       From Vienna take an excursion to grand Budapest before waltzing into the New Year on the square in front of the cathedral in Vienna.                                                                                   Click here for more details.

White Christmas Tour for Skiers and Snowboarders

Zermatt | St. Moritz | Klosters-Davos

Ski in all three of Switzerland's famous ski resorts and experience a traditional European Christmas. Fullfill your dream of skiing on untouched powder snow at 4200m. Take the Glacier Express, a spectacular rail journey, from Zermatt to glamorous St. Moritz.

The extreme altitude of these resorts guarantees you excellent skiing conditions even prior to Christmas. Some of the best skiing in the world together with festive Christmas activities, a horse-drawn sleigh ride through a white winter wonderland and Christmas Eve celebrations under the open sky will be a once in a lifetime holiday that you will always treasure.          Click here for more details.

Christmas Markets Tour and Danube River Cruise

Land Tour:      Prague | Berlin | Dresden | Nürnberg | Munich                                        River Cruise:  Passau | Melk | Vienna | Bratislava | Budapest

Tailor Made Travelling has teamed up with Viking River Cruises to create the ultimate Christmas holiday in Europe. Enjoy the magic of wintry Prague and the best of the German Christmas markets. Stay in the historic hearts of the cities, soak up the Advent ambience and stroll among the stalls of atmospheric Christmas markets and visit the historic sites.

Then board your luxury ship and cruise down the fabled Danube, past the Abbey of Melk, the picturesque Wachau region and right into Vienna and Budapest.                                        Click here for more details.