Imagine gliding across the snow-laden Alps on the magnificent Glacier Express train and then staying high in the mountains, being pampered and perfumed in a glorious Swiss Spa hotel. Or sipping steaming goulash in an 800-year-old Coaching Inn deep in the heart of the snow-covered mountains of Austria.
You may be tempted to think of Europe as a summer holiday destination, but more and more people from Australia are now travelling to Europe during the magical winter season. There is a myriad of amazing sights to explore.
An organised tour is a convenient option that ensures visiting the best places during a seven-day or usual two-week holiday.
Popular Christmas destinations to include are an 800-year-old Coaching Inn deep in the heart of the snow-covered mountains of Austria or for a German Fairytale Christmas, the village beneath the spectacular Neuschwanstein Fairytale Castle.
For a Medieval Bohemian Christmas, spend a few days in a beautifully restored, romantic hotel dating back 500 years located in the heart of the medieval town of Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic.
Usually, tours start with stays in the more major cities, but then, as Christmas approaches, they escape to the forest-covered mountains, medieval castles and smaller, nostalgic first class hotels for four or five nights to capture that essential European winter magic.
