Somewhere pretty for Christmas (1 Viewer)

[Julie And Rod]

We have 2 weeks off work over Christmas/New year, and would like to travel into Europe. Can anyone recommend either a tour (max 2hrs driving per day) or somewhere to head for. Would preferably like some pretty Christmassy places, or places with anything interesting going on. Never been abroad in MH, or travelled in extreme weather, so be gentle with us.

 

[busby]

Valkenburg,,on the German Dutch border,,,medieval town with xmas market in the underground salt mine,,,stunning,,BUSBY,,,

 

[jockaneezer]

We stayed at Camping Vinkenhof, about a half hour walk from Valkenberg in the summer, nice site and the next door restaurant was superb.

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[orridge]

Alsace, most towns around that part of the Rhine have Christmas markets going into the New Year. Strasbourg, Colmar, Baden Baden all pretty to visit and plenty of stellplatze open.

 

[magicsurfbus]

We briefly passed through the area around Bodensee (Lake Konstanz) then drove up through the Black Forest (Schwarzwald) a few weeks ago and were impressed enough to want to return next year for a longer stay. It's on the German/Swiss/Austrian border.

If you're visiting the Eastern side of France, Dijon has a certain something about it. If you go to Strasbourg be sure to wander into the Petite France district.

One thing to watch in countries with Christmassy mountain scenery is that winter tyres may be compulsory in certain months.

 

[Julie And Rod]

Does anyone know if we would need winter tyres for Alsace?

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[busby]

Does anyone know if we would need winter tyres for Alsace?

Snow chains would suffice i would imagine,,,BUSBY,,

 

[orridge]

Unlikely as it's not that mountainous and the main routes would be cleared fairly quickly, we had winter tyres last Christmas and carried snow socks but did not need them at all.

 

[orridge]

This is the itinerary we used last Christmas down to Alsace, pretty easy driving.

Saturday December 26th - Groombridge to Han Sur Less
Overnight Han Sur Lesse - Han-sur-Lesse welcome you

Sunday December 27th - Han Sur Less to Baden-Baden
Visit Grotto Hans sur Lesse
Baden-Baden Christmas Market

Monday December 28th - Baden-Baden, Overnight Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden Christmas Market

Tuesday December 29th - Baden-Colmar via Gertwiller
Obernai
House of Gingerbread in Gertwiller
Chateau Haut-Koenigsbourg


Wednesday December 30th - Colmar
Visit Colmar

Thursday December 31st - Colmar
Day Trip to Basel

Friday January 1st - Colmar to Strasbourg, Overnight Kehl
Visit Strasbourg

Saturday January 2nd - Kehl to Han Sur Less/Namur/Luxembourg

Sunday January 3rd - Han Sur Less/Namur/Luxembourg to Gravelines/Wissant

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[Baldeagle7470]

Koln is very pretty at Xmas,shops beautifully decorated,lovely Xmas markt,Chocolate museum on the river and a Senf(mustard) museum with frankfurters to try the many mustards with!!
I love it there plus lots of beer and wine kellars!!
Enjoy!!Whatever you do.

 

[adonisito]

We're spending Christmas at Obernai in Alsace on the site. Quite Christmasy there, a decent market etc. We'll have a quick trip into Germany before we get there on the 23rd December. As for chains, we took those last year plus snow socks, never had to use them.