Tour Description

Munich’s Christmas Market will draw you into the season before Salzburg carries that Christmas feeling into the Alps. Here, Glühwein warms your hands while the scent of roasted nuts, spice and sweet pastries draws you through the market beside snow-capped spires. Your Local Specialist connects the city’s music-filled streets with Mozart’s story before a traditional dining experience at Swarovski Crystal World, where sparkling installations play with light and colour. In Freiburg, medieval cobbles are underfoot as you pass steep-roofed houses and painted shutters. Further west in Strasbourg, France’s oldest Christmas market welcomes you with the sweet scent of cinnamon drifting along streets lined with half-timbered façades.

Priced From:

$ 5286pp ^*

From: 2027-11-24

To: 2027-12-10

Start Location: Munich, Germany

End Location: Zurich, Switzerland

Trip Type: Christmas Markets

Tour Advisors

Beccy Hayes

Travel Specialist

Tiffany McCrea-Lennon

Managing Director

Russell Mein

Travel Specialist

Caitlin Lennon

Travel Coordinator

Gaylyn Murdoch

Administration Manager

Holly Skene

Travel Co-ordinator

Kim Thomas

Broker

Itinerary

Munich at Christmas: Marienplatz and Beyond

Day 1

Duration: 1

Accommodation: Munich Marriott

On your arrival in Germany you meet your Travel Director, who will introduce the streets and squares that shape Munich. The route leads you towards Marienplatz, where the Town Hall rises above the square, with the Glockenspiel set high in its facade. Around you, the Christkindlmarkt brings Christmas into full colour, with music in the air and warm lights glowing across the market. Later, you join your Travel Director and fellow guests for a dinner with wine.

Discover Munich: The Bavarian Capital

Day 2

Duration: 1

Accommodation: Munich Marriott

You decide how the day unfolds. You might join a Local Specialist for a food walking tour through the city centre, following the scent of baked pretzels, roasted meats and sweet market treats. Or you can visit the Residenz, moving through its museum and Treasury where polished rooms, detailed craftsmanship and centuries of royal life lay in front of you. Later, you may choose today’s Optional Experience to explore the royal palaces of the Bavarian Alps, where ornate façades and palace towers stand against the mountain landscape.

Chiemsee To Salzburg: Mozart And Markets

Day 3

Duration: 1

Accommodation: AC, Innsbruck, Hotel Grauer Bär, Innsbruck

Your journey continues past Lake Chiemsee, often called the Bavarian Sea, on your way to Salzburg. Your Local Specialist guides you through the baroque Old Town to Getreidegasse and the house where Mozart was born. Inside, you can hear the bright, delicate notes of Mozart’s original pianoforte fill the room during a rare musical performance. Afterwards, you may choose to explore the city’s Christmas markets, browsing handcrafted decorations and festive treats before continuing to Swarovski Crystal World.

Ride Through The Old Town of Innsbruck

Day 4

Duration: 1

Accommodation: AC, Innsbruck, Hotel Grauer Bär, Innsbruck

The clip of hooves against Innsbruck's streets fills the morning as your horse-drawn carriage ride weaves through the Old Town. Later, the buzz of the Christmas Market gathers below the Golden Roof, framed by medieval façades. Here, the square draws everything close: the glow from the stalls, the sound of market voices and the gilded tiles catching the light above you.

Lindau, Bodensee And The Black Forest

Day 5

Duration: 1

On your return to Germany, you pass through the Arlberg tunnel, Austria’s longest road tunnel, before arriving at Lindau. On this small island town, old streets carry you down to the harbour, where lake air, moored boats and stone quays give Lindau its easy waterside rhythm. Continuing along the shoreline, you may catch sight of snow-dusted peaks across the water, with mist sometimes softening the far shore.

Follow Freiburg’s Cobbled Christmas Streets

Day 6

Duration: 1

Accommodation: Hotel Stadt Lörrach, Loerrach.

In Freiburg, a lively university city, Christmas is woven through the old quarter’s streets. From the medieval Münster, cobbles lead you past timbered stalls, where warm lights and Black Forest treats bring the market to life.

Alsace’s Borderlands: Rhine To Strasbourg

Day 7

Duration: 1

Accommodation: Hotel Stadt Lörrach, Loerrach.

You travel through the Black Forest before crossing the Rhine into Alsace, with the blue-grey ridges of the Vosges Mountains stretching across the distance in one of France and Germany’s great borderlands. In Strasbourg, the City at the Crossroads, Alsace’s layered identity sits in the details: half-timbered façades, steep roofs and old streets shaped by both French and German traditions. At France’s oldest Christmas market, you can stroll past shopfronts and the warm fragrance of a gingerbread bakery'. Later, you return to Germany for dinner at a local restaurant, with regional specialities and wine.

Toast Your Journey In Zurich

Day 8

Duration: 1

Accommodation: Hyatt Regency Zürich Airport

Your journey continues south to Zurich, where a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience brings you closer to the city and the people shaping it. At the Old Town Christmas Markets, you can walk between festive stalls as the aromas of raclette and spiced wine drift through the streets. Later, gather with your fellow travellers for dinner with wine at a restaurant with its own microbrewery, where conversation and clinking glasses bring your Yuletide journey to a fitting close.

Depart Switzerland

Day 9

Duration: 1

Say farewell to Switzerland and the people you’ve shared the journey with. Your final hotel is located at the airport, just a short walk from the terminal.

Dates & prices

Start Date: 2027-11-24

End Date: 2027-12-02

twin

Child Price: 4865

Adult Price: 5385

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Adult Price: 5286

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Adult Price: 6452

Start Date: 2027-11-26

End Date: 2027-12-04

twin

Child Price: 4865

Adult Price: 5385

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Adult Price: 5385

triple

Child Price: 4766

Adult Price: 5286

single

Child Price:

Adult Price: 6452

Start Date: 2027-11-28

End Date: 2027-12-06

twin

Child Price: 4898

Adult Price: 5418

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Child Price:

Adult Price: 5418

triple

Child Price: 4799

Adult Price: 5319

single

Child Price:

Adult Price: 6485

Start Date: 2027-11-30

End Date: 2027-12-08

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Child Price: 6795

Adult Price: 7315

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Adult Price: 7216

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Start Date: 2027-12-01

End Date: 2027-12-09

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Adult Price: 6155

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Adult Price: 6056

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Start Date: 2027-12-02

End Date: 2027-12-10

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Adult Price: 5995

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Adult Price: 5896

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Start Date: 2027-12-03

End Date: 2027-12-11

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Adult Price: 5786

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Start Date: 2027-12-04

End Date: 2027-12-12

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Adult Price: 6925

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Adult Price: 6850

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Start Date: 2027-12-06

End Date: 2027-12-14

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Child Price: 4898

Adult Price: 5418

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Adult Price: 5418

triple

Child Price: 4799

Adult Price: 5319

single

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Adult Price: 6485

Start Date: 2027-12-07

End Date: 2027-12-15

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Child Price: 4898

Adult Price: 5418

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Child Price:

Adult Price: 5418

triple

Child Price: 4799

Adult Price: 5319

single

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Adult Price: 6485

Start Date: 2027-12-09

End Date: 2027-12-17

twin

Child Price: 4898

Adult Price: 5418

twinShare

Child Price:

Adult Price: 5418

triple

Child Price: 4799

Adult Price: 5319

single

Child Price:

Adult Price: 6485

Start Date: 2027-12-10

End Date: 2027-12-18

twin

Child Price: 4898

Adult Price: 5418

twinShare

Child Price:

Adult Price: 5418

triple

Child Price: 4799

Adult Price: 5319

single

Child Price:

Adult Price: 6485

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