It’s the season of snuggling up in cosy wooden cabins and the month for Christmas markets.
We don't necessarily mean the gigantic affairs like those in Strasbourg or Munich, but the cute, local markets you’ll find popping up in almost every village square in Europe, where you can pick up handmade soaps, crafts and winter woollies, as well as local delicacies like olives, cured sausage, foie gras, nougat, herbs and spices.
Why not skip away for a few days for a festive break: in the mornings, wrap up and walk the hills or the beach, and in the afternoons head to the nearest village, wrap your hands around a hot mulled wine and pick up some stocking fillers?
Or maybe what you need is not shopping and culture, but to take a quiet, detox break in the open air before the madness of Christmas. Well, we’ve all the right places for you to do that too, and great low-season bargains on cute cabins in open-air resorts.
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