Xmas market time ideas please.

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OK I know about Brugge gravelines so I am ok for that info thanks. My wife and I are taking our 22 year old grandaughter across the water to s/ome xmas markets and i am after some suggestions with good aires or campsites close. to be honest campsites may be better as i can use the sites showers while the ladies do there thing in the van. Does Ghent have a Xmas market is it any good ? we are going for 4 to 5 days nights 1st week of December by tunnel any help ideas greatly appreciated Thanks Paul
 
I’d suggest booking in advance as it was full when we went

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Ghent has a big xmas market, far better than Brugge in my opinion. I think Brugge is very over rated. Ypres has a nice little market with ice rink. Arras also has a decent size market.
Another very big one is Lille. Ypres and Arras have aires but not sure about campsites though, you'd have to google any near your market, as I would think most are closed for winter.
 
Another vote for Valkenburg although it wasn't full when we were there a couple of years ago
 
Amiens has a large market and the cathedral light show is absolutely amazing

sadly I don’t know if an aire or campsite, we did it using a hotel pre Lola days

would love to go back with MH

might just follow you out there Paul, ready for a break
 
Thanks people train and campsite booked think we may do Ghent also

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We went to the Bath Christmas market about 6 years ago.

I am still suffering from the mental torture of it. Thousands of people swarming around a load of old tat.

I hope the foreign markets are a better experience.
 
DavidG58 said:
€42 a night and fully booked, is it really that good?

asking for a friend, now retired it is above my normal budget ?
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Havnt a clue I paid £98 quid for 2 nights 3 people with electric and taxes standard pitch
 
Chris said:
We went to the Bath Christmas market about 6 years ago.

I am still suffering from the mental torture of it. Thousands of people swarming around a load of old tat.

I hope the foreign markets are a better experience.
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Same tat but priced in euros.

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Chris said:
We went to the Bath Christmas market about 6 years ago.

I am still suffering from the mental torture of it. Thousands of people swarming around a load of old tat.

I hope the foreign markets are a better experience.
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Did you go into the Roman baths ? That’s meant to b a magical experience on the open air rooftop steam pool
 
Chris said:
We went to the Bath Christmas market about 6 years ago.

I am still suffering from the mental torture of it. Thousands of people swarming around a load of old tat.

I hope the foreign markets are a better experience.
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We went Bath I think it was 6 years, same opinion a bit tat.

Been to one in Berlin although things were fairly expensive they were all German made no Chinese junk. The Gulgwine & Brockworst were cheap.
 
could you not park further away and drive in for the evening, then out again back to a parking spot? try park4night etc
 
I got dragged around a Xmas market once and that was enough, never again but each to their own.
 
We're going away for a break and to treat our grandaughter. I'm not fussed on Xmas or market tat. But I expect the atmosphere will be good and it's somewhere different. Ok the campsites not cheap but it's bang in the middle of everything. I am still a wage slave so time is at a premium I don't need to be looking here looking there to save a couple of pence. It's all part of my valuable time of work which I don't get enuff. So it's money well spent drive in handbrake on plug in and a few days worry free.

When and if I get the time and spare cash to travel more and for longer. I will embrace the FLT lifestyle.
 

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