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INCLUDING NEW Spain & Portugal and Alpine Tours!
Tour Departures | December 2018 – February 2019
Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Image taken by Albatross traveller J. Allen
2 Cover image | Zermatt, Switzerland
The original
and the best!
You will just love Europe at Christmas time. From the festivities Europeans
do so well, and with such nostalgia, to the Christmas Markets full of laughter,
smiles, the pink cheeks and twinkling eyes. You will love the soaring mountains,
the cable car rides, and the white dusted forest pathways. Have the chance to
experience making snow angels, playing in the snow, enjoying the moments with
a group of new found friends. All of which inspires me to design our Festive Tours
the way we do.
And that is precisely why our Christmas and Festive tours are so different!
There is something here for everyone. With 29 unique tour programmes you
can easily find a tour that perfectly suits you.
Last year we launched our innovative Winter Wonderland programme.
Departing in late January, the tours perfectly suit people who cannot get away
at Christmas but still want to experience the magic of the European Winter
Wonderland. Following that success, this year we are launching two incredible
new tours. One, ‘An Alpine Christmas Adventure’, assembles all the best sights
and highlights into one ‘ultimate’ tour. The other, ‘Spain, Portugal & the
Three Kings Festival’ focuses on Spain’s iconic Christmas street parade and
Three Kings celebration. Since this occurs in early January, you could even enjoy
one of our ‘traditional’ Christmas Tours and then jump on this programme,
enjoy New Year followed by a second ‘Spanish Christmas’! What fun!
23 years ago we were the first to offer Festive European Christmas tours.
We were the original, and I’m incredibly proud that we are still, easily the best!
Euan Landsborough
‘The Mo’, Managing Director & Tour Designer
What’s New
An Alpine Christmas Spain, Portugal & the
Adventure Three Kings Festival
17 days 18 days

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Choosing the perfect
Festive tour
All of our Festive Tours have been specially designed to bring alive
the nostalgia, joy and romance of the European Festive Season.
We offer 29 unique Christmas, New Year and Winter Wonderland tours. You could
be wandering through Christmas markets, visiting beautiful churches, experiencing
a cable car ride to a mountain peak or discovering a beautiful European village.
So, relax, have a good read and select the holiday that’s perfect for you!
Our tours can easily be combined
Using the tour calendar on the opposite page, you can easily combine a range
of Albatross tours right through December, January and into February. You may
need to stay an extra night or two, or transfer to another destination to combine
the tours, just ask us how. Contact us or your travel agent for details.
Grindelwald
Image taken by Albatross traveller D. Hewitt
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Tour
Pre-Christmas Tours
Days Tour Page
Calendar
What a great way to do your 10 Days German & Austrian Christmas Markets 22
Christmas shopping! Visit fabulous 11 Days Paris, Lyon & the French Alps 26
DEC
Christmas Markets, enjoy exciting
12 Days Bohemian Christmas Markets 30
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activities, thrilling mountain
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experiences and be home or with
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friends and family for Christmas Day!
4 —
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Christmas Holidays
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Relax and settle into one specially 8 Days Austrian Lakes Christmas Holiday 34 10 —
selected ‘Christmas hotel’ for 7 nights 8 Days German Christmas Holiday 36 11 —
and use this as your ‘base’ for the 12 —
8 Days Austrian Christmas Holiday 38
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included excursions and activities.
8 Days Swiss Christmas Holiday 40 14 —
Our Christmas Holidays are popular
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tours for family and friends.
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Christmas Tours
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Our market leading Christmas Tours 10 Days German Fairytale Christmas 42 20 —
are perfect for anyone looking for the 10 Days German White Christmas 46 21 —
complete European Christmas experience! 22 —
10 Days Bavarian Fairytale Christmas 50
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Start in grand European historical cities,
10 Days Austrian White Christmas 54 24 —
then escape to the towns and villages
10 Days Christmas in the Austrian Tyrol 58 25 —
and snow-clad mountains to celebrate
26 —
Christmas the European way! Enjoy 3 to 11 Days Christmas in a French Alpine Village 62
27 —
6-night stays in nostalgic, charming hotels 11 Days Christmas in an Italian Castle 66 28 —
and explore local picturesque scenery, 11 Days Christmas in the Slovenian Alps 70 29 —
plus essential Christmas Markets, ancient 30 —
11 Days A Swiss Christmas in Grindelwald 74
monasteries and Fairytale castles. Perfect! 31 —
11 Days A Swiss Christmas in Zermatt 78
JAN
12 Days A Medieval Bohemian Christmas 82 1 —
16 Days Bohemia & Christmas in the Tyrol 86 2 —
3 —
17 Days An Alpine Christmas Adventure NEW 90
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New Year Tours 15 —
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Imagine watching the fireworks in Berlin, 6 Days New Year in Berlin 94
29 —
enjoying a grand celebration in an Italian 7 Days New Year in an Italian Castle 96 30 —
Castle or simply spending time in the 7 Days New Year with the Sound of Music 98 31 —
mountains. Our New Year Tours can be FEB
8 Days Swiss New Year Holiday 100
enjoyed either as ‘stand-alone’ tours or 1 —
seamlessly added to most of our Festive 9 Days New Year in a Venetian Villa & Tuscany 102 2 —
Christmas Tours and Holidays. 18 Days Spain, Portugal & the 3 —
Three Kings Festival NEW 104 4 —
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Winter Wonderland Tours 7 —
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Would you like to be home over 9 Days An Italian Winter Wonderland 108
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Christmas but also want to capture the 11 Days A French & Swiss Winter Wonderland 112 11 —
magic of the glorious European Winter 12 Days An Austrian & Swiss Winter Wonderland 116 12 —
Wonderland? Then these tours are 13 —
for you! Departing in late January and 14 —
February – when the snow is deeper and 15 —
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the mountains and valleys are alive.
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Experience so much
more with Albatross
There is a magical Winter Wonderland out there waiting for
you, filled with exciting ‘bucket list’ experiences, amazing
adventures, and bursting with heart-warming festivities –
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…so many amazing experiences, and they are always included!
Why our Festive tours
are so popular
Discover a different style of touring, one that offers you genuine, in depth
European experiences, wonderfully enjoyable and fulfilling holidays.
Specially for you Longer stays
Unique tour itineraries designed to suit the travel Enjoy leisurely and sensibly paced itineraries
needs of Australians and New Zealanders seeking that include 2, 3, 4 and even 7 night stays in each
genuinely authentic European travel experiences. captivating city or region.
Designed for the season Genuinely inclusive
There is a difference! These are not summer tours We guarantee there are no ‘optional’ activity
or winter tours but special Christmas, New Year and costs – even your ‘end of tour’ tips are included.
Winter Wonderland Tours. Check out the outstanding value inclusions in
each of our tour itineraries.

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We capture
the magic
Festive experiences, mountain
adventures, nostalgic Christmas
Markets, beautiful locations,
fun in the snow – all tried
and tested!
Authentic experiences ‘My Time’ Guaranteed
Packed with fabulous local dining, high quality Your days are easier. With our sensible and leisurely
excursions, activities and unique experiences – pace, we guarantee you ‘My Time’ so you can relax
and they are all included! and truly enjoy the festive wonderland you have
travelled so far to see.
Unique accommodation Experience you can trust
Stay in hand selected, character style With well over 20 years of experience in
accommodation in superb locations. In a historic successfully creating and operating market leading
mansion, centuries old castle or a beautiful alpine European tours, you know you are in safe hands.
chalet style hotel.
Come share our love of Europe

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Longer stays
Enjoy holidaying with new found friends
Image taken by Albatross traveller G. Foster
Wander through Christmas Markets
Image taken by Albatross traveller J. Allen
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