French & Belgian Christmas Markets: Bruges & Lille
4days from
£299*per person
Overview
What better way to get into the Christmas spirit than a short hop across the Channel to stock up on some original gifts? Enjoy the exquisite sight of medieval buildings illuminated by twinkling festive lights and the wonderful traditional stalls that entice visitors with their delicious specialities and colourful crafts.
Itinerary
- We take the ferry to Calais before travelling to the lovely Belgian town of Ypres. The charming cobbled streets lined with pretty Flemish-style buildings belie the town’s past as the scene of some of the most intense battles of the First World War. Almost completely destroyed, the town was faithfully rebuilt including the striking medieval Cloth Hall. Here we have some free time to find a local restaurant for dinner before we continue to our hotel.
- Today we spend a couple of hours in Belgium’s premier seaside resort of Ostend, before heading to the beautiful medieval city of Bruges, famous for its picturesque canals. Held in the city’s main market square, the Christmas Market is full of stalls selling a tempting array of hand-made Christmas decorations and gifts as well as tasty local produce and warming mulled wine. Enjoy dinner in Bruges before we return to the hotel.
- Our first destination today is the charming town of Arras where the Christmas Market is held in the magnificent setting of the Grand Place. Against the soft silhouettes of the rounded Baroque townhouses, over 100 artisans sell traditional crafts and gifts from their wooden chalets, transforming the whole square into a magical winter wonderland. Late afternoon we journey to Lille, sure to be crowned with huge festive garlands. Sample the spice bread or enjoy other regional specialities from the festive food stalls for dinner before we rejoin the coach to head back to our hotel.
- This morning we check out of the hotel, stopping at on the coast at Dunkirk before we head back to Calais for our return ferry home.
What's Included
Holiday Highlights
- Excursions to Ostend, Bruges Christmas Markets, Arras Christmas Markets & Lille
- En-route visits to Ypres & Boulogne-sur-Mer
Our Price Includes
- Return coach travel and ferry crossings
- Three nights' three-star bed-and-breakfast accommodation at a selected hotel in France/Belgium
- Excursions to Ostend, Bruges Christmas Markets, Arras Christmas Markets & Lille
- En-route visits to Ypres & Boulogne-sur-Mer
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Accommodation
A well-appointed 3-star hotel -
We’ll stay at a well-appointed 3-star hotel such as the Acacias in Tourcoing or the Horizon in Ath. All the comfortable rooms are en suite and other facilities include a bar and restaurant.
Hotel accessibility information
Your hotel will be confirmed approximately 3 weeks before departure, therefore we cannot guarantee that the hotel will havtherefore we cannot guarantee that the hotel will have a lift and/or ground floor rooms and may be unsuitable for those with limited mobility.
Other Information
Single room supplement £120pp.
Please note: tour itineraries, hotel entertainment and use of leisure facilities will be subject to government guidelines.
Please note: the itinerary order is subject to change and guided tours are subject to availability.
Pick up locations for this tour are: Abergele, Acocks Green, Aldershot, Alfreton, Altrincham, Amesbury Countess Services (A303), Ampthill, Andover, Anlaby, Ashford, Ashton-under-Lyne, Aylesbury, Banbury, Banstead, Barnsley, Basildon, Basingstoke, Bath, Bebington, Bedford, Beverley, Bexhill, Bicester, Biggleswade, Billingham, Birkenhead, Birmingham, Bishop Auckland, Bishops Stortford Birchanger Green Services (M11), Blackburn, Blackpool, Bletchley, Bodmin, Bognor Regis, Bolton, Boston, Bourne, Bournemouth, Bradford, Braintree, Bridgwater, Bridlington, Brighouse, Brighton, Bristol, Bristol Cribbs Causeway, Broadstairs, Bromley, Burgess Hill, Burnley, Burton-upon-Trent, Bury, Bury St Edmunds, Camberley, Cambridge, Cannock, Canterbury, Canvey Island, Castleford, Chatham, Chatteris, Chelmsford, Cheltenham, Cheshunt, Chester, Chester-le-Street, Chesterfield, Chichester, Chieveley Services (M4), Chippenham, Christchurch, Clacket Lane Services (M25), Clacton-on-Sea, Cleveleys, Coalville, Colchester, Colwyn Bay, Connahs Quay, Corby, Cottingham, Coventry, Crawley, Crewe, Croydon, Darlington, Dartford, Daventry, Derby, Dewsbury, Didcot, Diss, Doncaster, Dorchester, Downham Market, Driffield, Droitwich, Dudley, Dunstable, Durham, Eastbourne, Eastleigh, Ellesmere Port, Elloughton, Enfield, Epsom, Evesham, Exeter Services (M5), Fareham, Farnham, Faversham, Felixstowe, Ferrybridge Services (M62), Fleet Services (M3), Flint, Folkestone, Folkestone Stop 24 Services (M20), Gateshead, Gillingham, Gloucester, Goole, Gordano Services (M5), Gorleston, Grantham, Gravesend, Grays, Great Yarmouth, Grimsby, Guildford, Hailsham, Halesowen, Halifax, Harlow, Harrogate, Hartlepool, Hastings, Hatfield (Herts.), Havant, Haywards Heath, Hemel Hempstead, Hereford, Herne Bay, Hertford, Hessle, Heworth, High Wycombe, Hinckley, Holbeach, Hopwood Park Services (M42), Horsham, Hove, Hucknall, Huddersfield, Hull, Hunstanton, Huntingdon, Hythe (Kent), Ipswich, Keighley, Kempston, Kettering, Keynsham, Kidderminster, Kidsgrove, Kings Lynn, Kingswood, Knutsford Services (M6), Leamington Spa, Ledbury, Leeds, Leek, Leicester, Leicester (Fosse Park), Leicester Forest East Services (M1), Leigh, Leighton Buzzard, Leominster, Letchworth, Lewes, Lewisham, Leyland, Lincoln, Littlehampton, Liverpool, Llandudno, Llandudno Junction, Long Eaton, Loughborough, Louth, Lowestoft, Luton, Mablethorpe, Maidenhead, Maidstone, Maidstone Services (M20), Malton, Malvern, Manchester, Mansfield, March, Margate, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Mold, Newark, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newhaven, Newmarket, Newton Abbot, North Shields, Northallerton, Northampton, Northop, Northwich, Norwich, Nottingham, Oldham, Oswestry, Oxford, Oxford Peartree Services (A34), Oxford Services (M40), Pershore, Peterborough, Peterborough Services [A1(M)], Peterlee, Plymouth, Polegate, Pontefract, Poole, Portchester, Portsmouth, Prestatyn, Preston, Ramsgate, Rayleigh, Reading, Redditch, Redhill, Rhyl, Rochdale, Rochester, Romford, Ross-on-Wye, Rotherham, Rugby, Salisbury, Sandy, Scarborough, Scunthorpe, Seaford, Selby, Sevenoaks, Sheffield, Shoreham-by-Sea, Shrewsbury, Skegness, Skipton, Solihull, South Benfleet, South Shields, Southampton, Southend, Southport, Spalding, St Albans, St Austell, St Helens, Stafford, Staines, Stamford, Stanford-le-Hope, Stevenage, Stockport, Stockton-on-Tees, Stoke-on-Trent, Stratford-upon-Avon, Stroud, Sudbury, Sunderland, Sutton, Sutton Coldfield, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Swadlincote, Swindon, Tamworth, Taunton, Telford, Tewkesbury, Thame, Thetford, Thirsk, Thurrock Services (M25), Tilbury, Tiverton Sampford Peverell Services (M5), Tonbridge, Torquay, Tunbridge Wells, Uxbridge, Wakefield, Wallsend, Walsall, Wareham, Warrington, Warwick, Washington, Waterlooville, Watford, Wellingborough, Wellington (Shrops.), Welwyn Garden City, Weston-super-Mare, Weymouth, Whitby, Whitley Bay, Whitstable, Widnes, Wigan, Winchester, Wisbech, Witney, Woking, Wokingham, Wolverhampton, Woodall Services (M1), Woolley Edge Services (M1), Worcester, Worthing, Wrexham, Yate, Yeovil, York
Please note: tour itineraries, hotel entertainment and use of leisure facilities will be subject to government guidelines.
Please note: the itinerary order is subject to change and guided tours are subject to availability.
Pick up locations for this tour are: Abergele, Acocks Green, Aldershot, Alfreton, Altrincham, Amesbury Countess Services (A303), Ampthill, Andover, Anlaby, Ashford, Ashton-under-Lyne, Aylesbury, Banbury, Banstead, Barnsley, Basildon, Basingstoke, Bath, Bebington, Bedford, Beverley, Bexhill, Bicester, Biggleswade, Billingham, Birkenhead, Birmingham, Bishop Auckland, Bishops Stortford Birchanger Green Services (M11), Blackburn, Blackpool, Bletchley, Bodmin, Bognor Regis, Bolton, Boston, Bourne, Bournemouth, Bradford, Braintree, Bridgwater, Bridlington, Brighouse, Brighton, Bristol, Bristol Cribbs Causeway, Broadstairs, Bromley, Burgess Hill, Burnley, Burton-upon-Trent, Bury, Bury St Edmunds, Camberley, Cambridge, Cannock, Canterbury, Canvey Island, Castleford, Chatham, Chatteris, Chelmsford, Cheltenham, Cheshunt, Chester, Chester-le-Street, Chesterfield, Chichester, Chieveley Services (M4), Chippenham, Christchurch, Clacket Lane Services (M25), Clacton-on-Sea, Cleveleys, Coalville, Colchester, Colwyn Bay, Connahs Quay, Corby, Cottingham, Coventry, Crawley, Crewe, Croydon, Darlington, Dartford, Daventry, Derby, Dewsbury, Didcot, Diss, Doncaster, Dorchester, Downham Market, Driffield, Droitwich, Dudley, Dunstable, Durham, Eastbourne, Eastleigh, Ellesmere Port, Elloughton, Enfield, Epsom, Evesham, Exeter Services (M5), Fareham, Farnham, Faversham, Felixstowe, Ferrybridge Services (M62), Fleet Services (M3), Flint, Folkestone, Folkestone Stop 24 Services (M20), Gateshead, Gillingham, Gloucester, Goole, Gordano Services (M5), Gorleston, Grantham, Gravesend, Grays, Great Yarmouth, Grimsby, Guildford, Hailsham, Halesowen, Halifax, Harlow, Harrogate, Hartlepool, Hastings, Hatfield (Herts.), Havant, Haywards Heath, Hemel Hempstead, Hereford, Herne Bay, Hertford, Hessle, Heworth, High Wycombe, Hinckley, Holbeach, Hopwood Park Services (M42), Horsham, Hove, Hucknall, Huddersfield, Hull, Hunstanton, Huntingdon, Hythe (Kent), Ipswich, Keighley, Kempston, Kettering, Keynsham, Kidderminster, Kidsgrove, Kings Lynn, Kingswood, Knutsford Services (M6), Leamington Spa, Ledbury, Leeds, Leek, Leicester, Leicester (Fosse Park), Leicester Forest East Services (M1), Leigh, Leighton Buzzard, Leominster, Letchworth, Lewes, Lewisham, Leyland, Lincoln, Littlehampton, Liverpool, Llandudno, Llandudno Junction, Long Eaton, Loughborough, Louth, Lowestoft, Luton, Mablethorpe, Maidenhead, Maidstone, Maidstone Services (M20), Malton, Malvern, Manchester, Mansfield, March, Margate, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Mold, Newark, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newhaven, Newmarket, Newton Abbot, North Shields, Northallerton, Northampton, Northop, Northwich, Norwich, Nottingham, Oldham, Oswestry, Oxford, Oxford Peartree Services (A34), Oxford Services (M40), Pershore, Peterborough, Peterborough Services [A1(M)], Peterlee, Plymouth, Polegate, Pontefract, Poole, Portchester, Portsmouth, Prestatyn, Preston, Ramsgate, Rayleigh, Reading, Redditch, Redhill, Rhyl, Rochdale, Rochester, Romford, Ross-on-Wye, Rotherham, Rugby, Salisbury, Sandy, Scarborough, Scunthorpe, Seaford, Selby, Sevenoaks, Sheffield, Shoreham-by-Sea, Shrewsbury, Skegness, Skipton, Solihull, South Benfleet, South Shields, Southampton, Southend, Southport, Spalding, St Albans, St Austell, St Helens, Stafford, Staines, Stamford, Stanford-le-Hope, Stevenage, Stockport, Stockton-on-Tees, Stoke-on-Trent, Stratford-upon-Avon, Stroud, Sudbury, Sunderland, Sutton, Sutton Coldfield, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Swadlincote, Swindon, Tamworth, Taunton, Telford, Tewkesbury, Thame, Thetford, Thirsk, Thurrock Services (M25), Tilbury, Tiverton Sampford Peverell Services (M5), Tonbridge, Torquay, Tunbridge Wells, Uxbridge, Wakefield, Wallsend, Walsall, Wareham, Warrington, Warwick, Washington, Waterlooville, Watford, Wellingborough, Wellington (Shrops.), Welwyn Garden City, Weston-super-Mare, Weymouth, Whitby, Whitley Bay, Whitstable, Widnes, Wigan, Winchester, Wisbech, Witney, Woking, Wokingham, Wolverhampton, Woodall Services (M1), Woolley Edge Services (M1), Worcester, Worthing, Wrexham, Yate, Yeovil, York
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