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Christmas & New Year Breaks

Make Christmas Magical with a Festive Getaway

Christmas at home with ham and turkey on the table is magical. But that’s no reason you shouldn’t deviate from tradition and make your Christmas break extra special this year by booking one of our spectacular Christmas and New Year holidays?

Join us on a Christmas and New Year celebration with a difference. Whether your ideal break is visiting Santa in Lapland, sailing down the Danube on a Christmas river cruise or making the most of the warm weather as you spend Christmas, New Year or both in the Mediterranean, Newmarket Holidays has the perfect escape for you.

Leave the cold behind and soak up some winter warmth in Spain’s Costa Brava, or set off on a Christmas and New Year cruise to the balmy Canaries. Leave behind the stresses of the festive season and retreat to the peaceful shores of the Italian lakes.

Alternatively, embrace the cold of the festive season and admire the snowy landscapes of the Austrian Tyrol or take in the Alpine paradise of fairy-tale Bavaria. Gift your family with the perfect Christmas holiday and take a special journey beyond the Arctic Circle to Swedish Lapland, the home of Santa Claus.

Perhaps sail along some of Europe's most beautiful rivers as you discover Christmas markets and local festivities in some fascinating towns and cities.

Wherever you wish you celebrate the festive season, you'll be sure to find something perfect for you in our range Christmas or New Year holidays.

Christmas & New Year Breaks

Riga Christmas markets in Latvia
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  • 4 days from £493pp

    was £579pp

  • Dates Available

    December 2024

  • Duration

    4 days

  • Depart From

    1 airport

  • Excursions

    1 included

  • Meals

    3 included

Krakow, Poland
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  • 4 days from £727pp

    was £855pp

  • Dates Available

    November 2024 - December 2024

  • Duration

    4 days

  • Depart From

    7 airports

  • Excursions

    1 included

  • Meals

    3 included

Montreux, Lake Geneva
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  • 4 days from £693pp

    was £815pp

  • Dates Available

    December 2024

  • Duration

    4 days

  • Depart From

    4 airports

  • Excursions

    1 included

  • Meals

    6 included

Shutterstock 1569459592 Bratislava Christmas Market
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Danube Christmas Markets
Austria, Slovakia, Germany
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    5 days from £1,384pp

  • Dates Available

    December 2024

  • Duration

    5 days

  • Depart From

    4 airports

  • Excursions

    1 included

  • Meals

    11 included

  • Operator

    A-ROSA

Edinburgh Christmas Market
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  • 4 days from £501pp

    was £589pp

  • Dates Available

    November 2024 - December 2024

  • Duration

    4 days

  • Depart From

    7 airports

  • Excursions

    1 included

  • Meals

    3 included

Shot of Vienna's gothic city hall which has one tall clock tower and four smaller towers, two on each side, all with pointy turrets. The building is a gold colour and is in front of a bright blue night sky. In front, is a Christmas Market, showing strips of cabin-like stalls and a variety of lit up Christmas decorations, one in the forefront reading 'Merry Christmas' in Austrian. People can be seen, although blurry as they are moving around.
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  • 4 days from £739pp

    was £869pp

  • Dates Available

    November 2024 - December 2024

  • Duration

    4 days

  • Depart From

    6 airports

  • Excursions

    1 included

  • Meals

    3 included

High angle shot of Christmas market in the town square of Prague, showing a lit up gothic church with two towers and spiky turrets, a monument with a circular barrier around it in the centre of the square, next to a large lit up Christmas tree. White roofs of the stalls are all around the square surrounded by people.
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  • 4 days from £603pp

    was £709pp

  • Dates Available

    December 2024

  • Duration

    4 days

  • Depart From

    5 airports

  • Excursions

    1 included

  • Meals

    3 included

Santa holding a lantern and smiling, with a background of fairy lights
  • 1 day from £699pp

    was £749pp

  • Dates Available

    December 2024

  • Duration

    1 days

  • Depart From

    12 airports

  • Meals

    2 included

Stag in Scotland in the Highlands
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  • 5 days from £1,008pp

    was £1,119pp

  • Dates Available

    December 2024

  • Duration

    5 days

  • Depart From

    8 airports

  • Excursions

    2 included

  • Meals

    9 included

Lake Bled At Winter
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  • 6 days from £1,683pp

    was £1,869pp

  • Dates Available

    December 2024

  • Duration

    6 days

  • Depart From

    1 airport

  • Excursions

    1 included

  • Meals

    11 included

View of the Peak District at winter, with snowy mountains and the sun creeping over the edge of the land
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  • 6 days from £798pp

    was £840pp

  • Dates Available

    December 2024

  • Duration

    6 days

  • Tour only

    Make your own way

  • Excursions

    4 included

  • Meals

    11 included

Andre Rieu MECC 20221218 0791
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  • 4 days from £809pp

  • Dates Available

    December 2024

  • Duration

    4 days

  • Depart From

    1 station

  • Excursions

    2 included

  • Meals

    3 included

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  • 4 days from £839pp

  • Dates Available

    December 2024

  • Duration

    4 days

  • Depart From

    17 airports

  • Excursions

    2 included

  • Meals

    3 included

A square in Budapest at Christmas, in the front, a 'Budapest' sign, with a Christmas tree with lights and red baubles behind. Behind this, lit up decorations with hanging baubles, strung across the square.
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  • 5 days from £1,025pp

    was £1,205pp

  • Dates Available

    December 2024

  • Duration

    5 days

  • Depart From

    5 airports

  • Excursions

    2 included

  • Meals

    7 included

The Triton Fountain, Malta
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  • 8 days from £1,435pp

    was £1,688pp

  • Dates Available

    December 2024

  • Duration

    8 days

  • Depart From

    1 airport

  • Excursions

    2 included

  • Meals

    14 included

Sunset Over Kantara Castle In Northern Cyprus
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  • 8 days from £1,832pp

    was £2,155pp

  • Dates Available

    December 2024

  • Duration

    8 days

  • Depart From

    1 airport

  • Excursions

    3 included

  • Meals

    20 included

Christmas Malaga, Spain
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  • 6 days from £1,033pp

    was £1,215pp

  • Dates Available

    December 2024

  • Duration

    6 days

  • Depart From

    8 airports

  • Excursions

    2 included

  • Meals

    11 included

Dolomites in the snow in St Magdalena, Italy
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  • 6 days from £1,147pp

    was £1,349pp

  • Dates Available

    December 2024

  • Duration

    6 days

  • Depart From

    1 airport

  • Excursions

    3 included

  • Meals

    11 included

View of a wide road with shops and tall buildings either side. Tables and chairs are laid out in the road and bicycles are parked up on the right side. There is a clock tower which is taller than the rest of the buildings with a turquoise turret on the left, and snowy mountains can be seen at the end of the road, in front of light blue evening sky
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  • 6 days from £1,656pp

    was £1,839pp

  • Dates Available

    December 2024

  • Duration

    6 days

  • Depart From

    3 airports

  • Excursions

    2 included

  • Meals

    11 included

Two people looking out over a fjord in the snow
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  • 6 days from £1,560pp

    was £1,835pp

  • Dates Available

    December 2024

  • Duration

    6 days

  • Depart From

    1 airport

  • Excursions

    3 included

  • Meals

    10 included

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Staff stories The Newmarket Holidays team heads to icy Lapland

Staff stories: The Newmarket Holidays team heads to icy Lapland

Find out what our team got up to miles above the Arctic Circle, with husky rides, meatball lunches, and Santa visits.

Must-try traditional food and drink at Europe's Christmas markets

Must-try traditional food and drink at Europe's Christmas markets

From sugary rolled dough to bitters from the 18th century - you are sure to feast like royalty this festive season.

Staff stories where in the world we spent Christmas and New Years

Staff stories: where in the world we spent Christmas and New Years

From fairytale winters to sunny South African landscapes, here's where we spent the festive period.

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