There's always at least one massive Christmas tree decorated to the hilt ... That’s the joy of European Christmas market tours. Offered by a number of land-based and river cruise tour companies ...

European Christmas markets are straight out of a holiday movie. Twinkling lights, towering trees and brightly colored ornaments dot little lanes where artisans sell their goods from peaked-roof ...

Jasper Kroese/Eleven Media/Visit Zuid-Limburg Valkenburg, in the southern Netherlands, has much of the usual European Christmas charms to entice visitors: lights, trees, stalls and gluhwein galore.

Europe's Christmas celebrations boast magical, cozy experiences, and travel expert Rick Steves recommends visiting these countries during the holiday season.

Award-worthy Christmas trees surrounding the Cathedral at Roncalliplatz ... in some of these other holiday gems in Western Europe. The medieval old town square in Bruges has little to offer ...

Europe’s Christmas markets boast a lineage ... It centers around a magnificent 45-foot-high Swarovski crystal Christmas tree and offers delightful puppet shows, engaging story times, and a ...

Below, the best Christmas markets in Europe to visit in 2024—and where ... where you’ll find hand-carved and painted figurines and Christmas tree ornaments. At the Christmas market at Plaza ...

Lucky for us, the most beautiful Christmas market in Europe is right here in the UK ... the Edinburgh Christmas market include a Christmas Tree Maze which opens on November 23, a ferris wheel ...

Not everyone is buying 20-metre trees, but it wasn't long ago that this variety was so highly sought after in Europe that the then-head of Denmark's Christmas tree growers' association called it ...

Valkenburg, in the southern Netherlands, has much of the usual European Christmas charms to entice visitors: lights, trees, ...

A grocery store in Padua, Italy, was recently selling two-metre (6½-foot) Nordmann fir trees for 15 euros ($22 Cdn). (John Last/CBC) While concrete data on Europe's Christmas tree markets can be ...