2 day europe break next week christmas market

[kdrpink]

hi gang!!got a few days off work next week ryanair got a few bargains..any advice best places for snow and a bit of cold weather, christmas market..??hows berln,frankfurt,sweden..etc...any replies would be great..for one person..fantastic site

[dannydingbat]

Been to Berlin - the biggest Christmas market is at Spandau, easy and cheap to get to on the train and the station is next to a shopping mall with a great C and A style clothes shop and some very cheap supermarkets (wine 50p a bottle).

Also been to Hamburg which I thought was better and more cosy with a superb Christmas market. Either of these will be great.

[Buenchico]

I've been browsing the Ryanair website to try to find a destination where you can get two full days away. (i.e. where there's an early morning flight outbound and a late evening one one coming back).

One possibility would seem to be Krakow. If you can get to Stansted earlier enough, the 0610 flight on Wednesday is �29.99. (Arrives Krakow 0935). On Thursday, the return flight at 2140 costs just �0.01. (Arrives Stansted 2310). That would give you two complete days to explore the city.

Krakow Christmas Market takes place this week and next week. Source:
http://www.krakow.pl/en/kalendarium/?MODE=kali m&TYPE=show&IM_ID=1926
(Click the 'Tourism' tab for loads of information about this beautiful and historic city).

Accommodation in Krakow is cheap. For example The Wiliam Apartments have a single room available for �14.72. The Trzy Kafki Plis and Cracovia Guest Houses both charge �16.56. These were found here:
http://www.hostelworld.com

Unfortunately, you're unlikely to find any snow. The forecast is for rain showers:
http://uk.weather.com/weather/local/PLXX0012?x =18&y=10

Chris

[Buenchico]

PS: I think you'll have to miss out on the snow. I've just checked the weather forecast for all of Ryanair's most northerly destinations. It's 'rain showers' everywhere next week.

Chris

[kdrpink]

many thanks chris....i`m browsing now...

[Tanglefert]

If u go to Krakow (great place) fly easy jet from luton...ryan air charge u for everything and they have awful seats