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German Christmas Markets

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In-depth Cultural
Immerse yourself in rich history and local traditions
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Guided in English
Group Size 20 - 50
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Itinerary

  1. Day 1

    Frankfurt

    Meals
    Dinner (Light dinner and drinks with fellow travellers)
    Accommodation
    Hotel (Sheraton Offenbach)

    Included Activities

    • Guided orientation tour of Frankfurt's financial centre and medieval Römerplatz
    Landmarks
    Römerplatz
  2. Day 2

    Frankfurt - Rothenburg - Nuremberg

    Meals
    Breakfast
    Accommodation
    Hotel (Seminaris)

    Included Activities

    • Orientation walk through Rothenburg's medieval old town with Travel Director
    • Visit to Christkindlesmarkt in Nuremberg

    Optional Activities

    • Shopping at Reiterlesmarkt in Rothenburg
    • Tasting Schneeballen in Rothenburg
    Landmarks
    Rothenburg ob der Tauber
    Old Town Hall (Rothenburg)
    St. Sebald's Church
    Christkindlesmarkt
  3. Day 3

    Nuremberg - Erfurt - Weimar

    Meals
    Breakfast, Dinner (Dinner at your hotel in Weimar)
    Accommodation
    Hotel (Leonardo)

    Included Activities

    • Orientation walk through Erfurt's medieval Christmas market
    • Views of St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Severus Church in Erfurt
    • Walk across the Merchants' Bridge (Krämerbrücke)
    • Visit to Weimar

    Optional Activities

    • Ride on the market Ferris wheel in Erfurt
    • Visit to Eisenach Christmas Market at Wartburg Castle (Thursday and Friday departures only)
    Landmarks
    Erfurt Christmas Market
    St. Mary's Cathedral (Erfurt)
    St. Severus Church (Erfurt)
    Merchants' Bridge (Krämerbrücke)
    Wartburg Castle
    Eisenach Christmas Market
  4. Day 4

    Weimar - Leipzig - Dresden

    Meals
    Breakfast
    Accommodation
    Hotel (Bilderberg Bellevue Dresden)

    Included Activities

    • Orientation walk through Leipzig's Christmas market with Travel Director

    Optional Activities

    • Beautiful Prague By Night - private transport tour of Charles Bridge, Old Town, and panoramic city views with drinks and musician entertainment (€39.00)
    • The Buchenwald Memorial Site - guided visit to the memorial and museum of Buchenwald concentration camp (€28.00)
    Landmarks
    Leipzig Christmas Market
    Marktplatz (Leipzig)
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  5. Day 5

    Dresden

    Meals
    Breakfast, Dinner
    Accommodation
    Hotel (Bilderberg Bellevue Dresden)

    Included Activities

    • Visit Dresden's Striezelmarkt Christmas Market
    • View the Opera House and Zwinger Palace in Dresden

    Optional Activities

    • Scenic Vltava Cruise with Lunch (€51.00 per adult, minimum 20 guests required)
    Landmarks
    Striezelmarkt
    Zwinger Palace
    Dresden Opera House
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  6. Day 6

    Dresden - Berlin

    Meals
    Breakfast
    Accommodation
    Hotel (Catalonia Berlin Mitte), Hotel (Sheraton Grand Esplanade)

    Included Activities

    • Guided sightseeing tour of Berlin landmarks with Local Specialist
    • Visit to Brandenburg Gate
    • Visit to Unter den Linden
    • Visit to Reichstag
    • Visit to Tiergarten
    • Exploration of Kurfürstendamm shopping and entertainment district

    Optional Activities

    • Berlin by Twilight with Dinner - evening experience with German food, wine, beer, music and magical twilight drive through the city (€60.00)
    Landmarks
    Brandenburg Gate
    Unter den Linden
    Reichstag
    Tiergarten
    Kurfürstendamm
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  7. Day 7

    Berlin

    Meals
    Dinner (Traditional three-course German dinner at Raum Schwalbe café in Prenzlauer Berg with hosts Camilla and Elisa)
    Accommodation
    Hotel (Catalonia Berlin Mitte), Hotel (Sheraton Grand Esplanade)

    Included Activities

    • Be My Guest experience - traditional three-course German dinner at Raum Schwalbe café in Prenzlauer Berg with hosts Camilla and Elisa

    Optional Activities

    • Berlin's Secret Past Revealed - guided tour including Holocaust Memorial, Berlin Wall section, Checkpoint Charlie, and WWII/Cold War history (€32.00)
    • Historic Potsdam - trip to Potsdam with stops at Wannsee Villa (site of 1942 'Final Solution' conference) and Glienicke Bridge (Cold War spy swap site) (€44.00)
    Landmarks
    Holocaust Memorial
    Berlin Wall Memorial (Bernauer Strasse)
    Checkpoint Charlie
    Wannsee Villa
    Glienicke Bridge
    Raum Schwalbe
  8. Day 8

    Berlin

    Meals
    Breakfast
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  • German Christmas Markets reviewer 1
    May 6th, 2023
    5.0
    Efficient, independent and thorough
    Traveled in December 2022
    Reply from: Trafalgar
    Thank you for your review. We're delighted that our local team made such a positive impression, and we hope you'll join us for your next guided trip soon.
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  • German Christmas Markets reviewer 2
    December 10th, 2022
    3.0
    Tour guide and bus driver were excellent. Our tour guide was knowledgeable and well spoken. Christmas markets were...
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    Traveled in October 2022
    Reply from: Trafalgar
    Thank you for your review. We're delighted you had such a wonderful experience and look forward to travelling with you again in the future.
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  • German Christmas Markets reviewer 3
    December 26th, 2019
    5.0
    Enjoyed the many Christmas markets. By the end if the week I was exhausted with the markets, all were about the same,...
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    Traveled in December 2019
    Reply from: Trafalgar
    Thank you for sharing feedback about your time on the German Christmas Markets guided holiday, as this first-hand insight is very important to us here at Trafalgar. While we are pleased to read that you enjoyed your trip overall, it does, however, concern us to hear that you found the itinerary to be somewhat repetitive at times, and to that end, we have passed on your comments to our Product Development Team for their consideration going forward. Even so, we are without a doubt happy to have been given the opportunity to host you with Trafalgar and we hope to welcome you back to travel with us again soon.
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    Jenny

    Asked on January 16th, 2026

    is there tour after 20th Dec???? from 20th to 28th .....and what if we are having 2 adults and 1 young kid, are we allowed to share a room ?

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    • TrafalgarOperatorWritten January 2026

      The only available departures we have for December 2026 is as follows:

      December 11, 2026
      December 13, 2026

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    Leslie

    Asked on November 18th, 2025

    Would like to receive more information on the itinerary, inclusions, and the type of accommodations used on this tour. Could you also please send a quote for 2 single rooms?

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    • TrafalgarOperatorWritten November 2025

      The tour price is CAD 4,725.00 per person for a single room, or CAD 9,450.00 for two guests in separate single rooms. Alternatively, if you prefer to share a twin room with your travel companion, the cost is CAD 3,625.00 per person, or CAD 7,250.00 in total for two guests (prices subject to change).

    • TrafalgarOperatorWritten November 2025

      Inclusions: 7 nights' accommodation in cherry-picked hotels, 7 breakfasts and 4 dinners, services of an expert Travel Director and professional Driver, must-see sightseeing experiences, audio headsets for flexible sightseeing, luxury air-conditioned coach with Wi-Fi in most countries, optional Experiences and free time to explore at your own pace.

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    Nadia

    Asked on November 7th, 2025

    Is single room available?

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    • TrafalgarOperatorWritten November 2025

      Single Room allocations for the 13 December 2025 departure are no longer available. If you would like to consider the Twin Share Room option, where you would share with another solo traveller of the same sex, please let us know.

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    Kerry

    Asked on August 27th, 2025

    Looking at the German Christmas market tour for this year. Where do we fly in/out of and how do we connect with tour upon arrival?

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    • TrafalgarOperatorWritten August 2025

      For this 8-day itinerary, the tour starts in Frankfurt and ends in Berlin2. That means: Fly into: Frankfurt Airport (FRA) Fly out of: Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER). We typically provide detailed arrival instructions in your travel documents, including hotel address and where to meet the Travel Director. Complimentary airport transfers are available on the first day if your arrival falls within our designated transfer window.

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    Suzanne

    Asked on July 27th, 2025

    Do you run your German Christmas markets trip in reverse from Berlin to Frankfurt?

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    • TrafalgarOperatorWritten July 2025

      Upon checking, this particular tour does not offer a reverse itinerary. Are you looking for a specific sequence of destinations or activities?

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    Wendy

    Asked on January 5th, 2023

    Do you have tours from Dec 19-26?

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    • TrafalgarOperatorWritten January 2023

      The latest departure we have is December 12-19 on this trip.

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    Nicole

    Asked on December 16th, 2022

    What time does this tour return?

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    • TrafalgarOperatorWritten December 2022

      For the time the trip ends on the Dec 19th, it would be anytime really. Our transfers drop off at the Berlin airport at 6am, 8am or 11am and we would recommend that your flights not departure for a minimum of 3 hours after your drop off.

    • TrafalgarOperatorWritten December 2022

      If you should tell us to cancel that would not be refunded. However, if we withdraw the trip on our end because of operational reasons or lack of participation, then you would have the option for a full refund of whatever you have paid thus far.

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      Nicole

      TravelerWritten December 2022

      Hello, What is policy if clients booked and deposit on your German Christmas Dec 2023 want to cancel? Can you apply credit to a Tour Radar in Iceland instead?

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      Nicole

      TravelerWritten August 2023

      Hello, When is final payment due?

    • TrafalgarOperatorWritten August 2023

      The final payment for Janet Lyn Villareal and Helen would be on October 12, 2023.

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    Michele

    Asked on December 15th, 2022

    Are they still able to book this tour?

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    • TrafalgarOperatorWritten December 2022

      On all guided holidays young travellers under 5 years of age are not eligible to travel. Young travellers under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult, who will be responsible for their welfare and supervision.

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    Bonnie

    Asked on October 2nd, 2022

    With the covid policies changing, is there anyway we can do the tour in dec 2022 without being vaccinated? We can take a test to show proof of no covid.

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    • TrafalgarOperatorWritten October 2022

      All guests traveling with Trafalgar through December 31, 2022 are required to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, which may include a booster shot. Children not eligible for vaccination must provide a verifiable and negative Covid-19 test result, taken within 72 hours prior to the start of the tour.

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    Heidi

    Asked on July 27th, 2022

    Is there an advantage to leaving on a Friday rather than Sunday? (Dec 9? or Dec 11?) I see the Wartburg Castle in Eisenach (Sat/Sun only) is only available certain times that may be missed by leaving on a different day. Are there any other advantages/disadvantages to leaving before or after a weekend?

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    • TrafalgarOperatorWritten July 2022

      To answer your questions, it honestly just depends on your preference on leaving on a Friday vs and Sunday. The Wartburg Castle in Eisenach visit also states for me throughout my research that the Eisenach Christmas market would only take place on Saturday or Sunday. If you didn't want to miss the Eisenach Christmas market then I would recommend the Dec 9th date because the group would be visiting on Sunday the 11th.

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